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Show Fix Garden Tools Now, Save Time Next Spring By properly taking care of the garden gar-den tools In the fall, hours of making ready In spring can be saved, says the November American Home. Rust tins a knack of doing slow but effective damage and is the thing to be guard ed ag.ilnst most carefully. All metnl work, and wood. too. can be rubbed with on oil-soaked rag. The oil used should be clean but not ton light, for it must give a perfect covering cov-ering through the winter. All bear, ings. too. can be kept shiny, such as the share of the garden plow or th-hoe th-hoe blade, coat the surface liberally with hard oil. This work Is a dirty Job and should be done in old clothes. Should you find a tool badly rusted a brick bat will be found an excellent thing to remove the rusL A tine gradi-of gradi-of sand paper will also cut through nicely. This can be finished with emery cloth, although a bulling wheel turned at high speed with some emery powder on It will be the best to put on a highly polished surface that will "scour" when first used. |