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Show IMPLEfslENT HELPS Ey A. H. Pov.-ell .".ssisiant Proves-or cf Farm Mechanics, Mechan-ics, Utah Agricultural College Note This is the first of a series of three or four articles on the cum of farm machinery. We are now drawing Inward tin end of the farmer's busy season and lie, already weary from the 1 n;' days nl constant toil, is gathering up the remnants of the last crops to be har-es;ed har-es;ed and looking forward to the season sea-son of the year when he will have leas work and more hours of leisure. We do not wisli to impose mors work upon the already overworked farmer, but we suggest that he put forth every effort to lighten his load next spring and reduce his expenses on equipment by caring for it and giving giv-ing it the proper attention in the fall. First the plows. They should ba brought into the yard and carefully looked over to determine if any new parts are needed, atjd if so, a list of these should be made and the parts ordered xt the earliest possible data so as to have the implement in proper prop-er working order before it is needed. The plow should be carefully checked to see that the proper horizontal and vertical suction is maintained, as this effects Ho a great extent the successful success-ful operation of the plow and the power pow-er required to draw it. All the points which are made of steel and not worn out should be sharpened. When all the braces and bolts should be tightened, tight-ened, the moul-board should be thoroughly thor-oughly cleaned and polished, then coatod with a very heavy oil or grease. Each bolt on the plow should receive a few drops of light oil thereby making mak-ing it possible to either tighten or remove re-move it without twisting it off. Tha plow should then he stored away in a suitable shed for the winter, and all the other implements treated in like manner. It is very necessary that every farmer farm-er provide himself with a sinail shop tUat can be heated in cold weather and equip it with the simple tools with which all of his repair work may j done. All the implements should be Inspected and repaired with special speci-al attention given to all wearing parts, from tho wheels ou the plow or hay r:Ur& to the pitman bearing on tha mower, and the cams and sprockets oi the binder and seeding machines. All of these parts should be removed and carefully washed and cleaned with kerosene. All bearings subjected to loads, such as the socket bearings on the disc plow, the plow wheels, and all wheels that carry or guide the im- iLjUill, nicei Uiucim cieamug pnuuiu be filled with clean cup grease and replaced. Means should be provided Cor the addition of new grease at the center of the hub, so that when more grease is forced in the old greass will work out, carrying with it all foreign for-eign materials, such as sand and dust, out and away from the bearings. Other small beariugs that are lubricated with oil should be given a very liberal quantity of oil after careful cleaning. By carefully observing these poinU tho life of the machinery will be prolonged pro-longed and much less power will be roquired in their operation. Special attention should be given to all gaur-ing, gaur-ing, commonly called cog wheels, to see that they engage deep enough. If they are permitted to run without be-j.roperly be-j.roperly engaged the life of these wheels will be very short. The question may arise as to why all this taking apart and cleaning, no in order to answer that question we first call to your attention the fact that when you sharpen an ax on the grind stone, you use water on the stone to speed up the grinding, and when you sharpen a knife on an oil stone, you use oil to speed up tha cutting. cut-ting. These grinding stones, also the artificial grinding wheels, are nothing noth-ing more than a large number of fine grains of hard materials cemented together, to-gether, and each grain as it protrudes from the mass presents a sharp cutting cut-ting edge, and this cutting edge will cut most rapidly when lubricated with oil or water, depending upon the character char-acter of the stone and the kind of material to be cut. Since all sands and dusts, regardless of their fineness, constitute a grinding material, with i lie addition of oil it will cut and grind almost as effectively as it pre-;:i:ed pre-;:i:ed grinding compound. Since it is impossible to keep all the bearings of form machinery free from sund and dirt and at the same time all of these bearings must be lubricated to reduce friction and con-gumption con-gumption of power to operate them, it Is obvious that in all of these bearings there is brought about an ideal condition con-dition for grinding and wearing. From this you may decided that it is better to operate machinery without with-out the use of oil, which of course is true in some cases. For an example, exposed sprockets and drive chain, also exposed gearings that cannot be protected from the sand and dust that may. be carried by the wind, should not he lubricated, as a lubricant in this case merely tends to collect tha sand and dust and asaiHt in rapidly cuttini!; and wearing these parts. How- j evr, the best designed equipment have s II such parts carefully housed in ! which permits of their lubrication and j excludes all of the sand and dirt that la o injurious to all types of farm j machinery. I |