The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-01-25

corners OF the leaves that precede It.
On the outside of the catalog or separ-
ate part price list. you should mark
the name OF the local dealer and state
agency from whom spare parts may
be obtained.
All the above costs nothing. The
box may be had at any store where
you trade. for the asking. Any deal
er will furnish you all the printed
matter, and the time in filing 1t away
and keeping 1t In order would not
amount to twenty-five cents a year.
The advantages are numerous. In
case of a broken part you have at
instant service, the illustration and
description of the machine. with no
uncertainty as to the year 1t was
made. You can refer to the separate
part catalog for the picture of the
part wanted and the serial number
by witch it is known. You know
the address of the party who can fur
nish 1t, and the price. All this pre-
vents delays and mistakes. AS ma
chimes break, when they give out at
all, just in the season when they can
not be spared, even for day. ability
to replace the part quickly Is most
important.
II you wish to sell the machine, you
can show the customer just when and
by whom 1t was made, the original
price, and indicate to him how he can
obtain repairs. These things will en-
able you to get a much better price
than If the time of service were I'M
known and the name of the maker an
uncertain quantity.
TAGS ON EVERYTHING
On every farm there are more or
less parts of machines, taken off at
one season and put on at another, or
kept to replace parts when broken.
Put a tag on everyone of these. Ten
cents worth of shipping tags will last
a long time for this purpose. Write
on the tag the name of the machine
from which the part is taken and the
name of the part, il 1t has any. The
date that the entry Is made will Of
ten prove useful. No farm has too
few separate parts of this kind, and
none too many, to make this system
impracticable. Like the matter of fit
ting printed descriptions, instructions
for use. price lists, etc. it costs prac-
tically nothing. 1t will never, even
after ten years, leave you in uncer-
tainty as to the use of any machine
part.
WORK PLANNED AHEAD
] found 1t much to my advantage to
keep list of things to be done. Not
that | was ever at a loss for some
thing to do, no farmer ever is. There
is often choice, however, as what
need to be done most and my list
helped me keep all things in mind.
My custom, of an evening, or during
the rest period after dinner, was to
talk things over with my farm hands
and note down, in a small book, kept
for the purpose, the things that must
be soon attended to. This helped to
bring things along in an orderly and
effective manner Read this list over
with your wife. II writing Is lost
art with you, as II very nearly is with
me, your wife or your daughter will
While they are doing it, is the very
best time for consultation about
the plans of the farm.
SAVE THE STEPS
A screw driver costs from ten to
twenty-five cents. There is no eco
nomy In having but one on the farm.
You should have one for the house,
one for the stable and one for every
building il at distance from the first
two mentioned. Nails cost but three
cents a pound. ali You should have an
assorted box of them at points where
they will be likely to be wanted. For
nails or minor tools, one should never
have to chase from one end of the
building lot to the other, or even go
any great distance from building to
building. For my farm, | had five
supply stations of this sort and at each
could be found hammer, screw driv-
er. saw yardstick, box of nails and
some other simple tools. The cost
is little in comparison with the time
saved. You may gradually add to
the usefulness of these stations by
implements of no cost whatever. A
broken fork tine is most useful tool
for such an assortment. A wooden
marlin spike will come handy and may
be whitfield out as a pastime. Wood
en- blocks and rolls, with shapely piec-
es of iron for various uses can be thus
assembled. to great advantage. Oil
cans, onesfor lubricating oil and one
with kerosene for cleaning machinery.
with cleaning cloths and brushes, will
naturally group themselves at these
stations. Pieces of wire, string and
rope, IL kept in an orderly fashion,
will prove very useful. AS a general
rule you should never be thirty sec
onds from tools and supplies of the
simpler sort, about your farm build
ings.
GET RID OF THE RUBBISH
The secret of having the thing you
want. and knowing where it is when
In,