Show MACHINERY COST machines make money for you when they are in use they cost you money when they stand idle A machine makes the greatest possible profit for its owner when it is used continuously in profitable work till it is worn out then it is really worn out it does not rot or rust ru stout out the average farm implement ift only about half worn out by uie Ao alone the rest of the wear is due to rust and decay acres count in the life of a machine not years it was found that the cost per acre covered is the real measure of the value of the service given by an implement and that darthe clr the average the more acres covered per year the more profitable lt it proves to its owner for example it was found that ifor for the territory of western new york surveyed the in ower mower that covers but 14 acres per year cost t its owner 36 cents per acre wile while the mower that covers as 63 acres arnu annually ally cost but 10 cents per acre cut of the implements studied the walking plow shows the longest life in days of service ace days dayi out of a total life of 12 years while the two row corn planter shows the shortest life in days of service 9 days out of 11 years or about nine tenths of a day per year yea r the cost of the walking plow was less than ten cents per acre mostly for repairs while the cost of the two row corn planter was 80 cents per acre Tri mostly replacement cost or the amount charged against the implement each year toward getting a new one when it is scrapped |