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Show Good Implement House Will Pay fer Itself Long Before It Wears Out ymfiv: - v.-.... ' . It rV'r'-'vr--f " ' jk-j-a x4- U-U C. G Post I, lZ"x.6"PhfTBU jp, n 41, I r 7o-o' 1 :. 3'..r.3.t...Y-.T.H'.rJ o I Machinery ed i T By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Kadford will answer e 10 s' Inns ant! Rive advice FREE OF cO.:v on all problems pertaining to the id.j-et t.l' baiklhi.tr work on the farm, for the roadtars of this paper. On ae-t ae-t ur.t of My wide experience aa editor, i'titln.r and manufacturer, he is, without with-out douht, tile highest authority on the Mil'jcct. Address all inquiries to "William "Wil-liam A. Itariford, No. 1827 Prairie ave-ku' ave-ku' , Chicago, .111., and only inclose Mo-cnrit stamp for reply. Illinois (Tinners lone ?t.3S7,500 annually an-nually through their failure to house farm Miiichinory and protect It from i'.ic weather, according to It. I. Shawl, a member of the farm mechanics de-I de-I ;t pi uionl: ar the college ot agriculture, I'nivrrsily of Illinois.- Ten per cent, or .J.'Jtio.Odi) worth, of farm machinery machin-ery in ihe slate Is left out in the open, )..; says. As a .result the average "T"e i.f It is reduced from sixteen years i.-U-ht years. as shown In statistics Mt!iri.i h.v ugi'leliUuritl colleges, Hiiu'tr! Ibis $22,200,000 worth of nift-ihlncry nift-ihlncry lusts only eight years, the aimiml depreciation on It Is 75.000, xyhcreas if U were properly housed Mid proipoted It would last sixteen jo.irs ittul the annual depreciation vcoaM llien.he reduced to $1,H87,500. Similar results could lie obtained In ail .sections of the country. Itl order lo k"ie full value, the machine "bed Should be properly designed de-signed and built. A good roof is important im-portant dhd It Is desirable to have the shed built light and equipped with close tilting doors to keep out sim-light, sim-light, rain, snow and dust and to prevent chickens from getting into the building. The design of the shed should be such that machinery can be put in and taken out easily. In addition, the shed should lie so located that no time and labor will he lost in gelling back and forth between It and the fields. A third point is that the shed must be used by the farmer, since no money will he saved if the implements are left standing outside the building. Aside from saving machinery, a good implement shed adds to the efliciency of the farm by providing favorable working conditions so Unit repairs, Overhauling and adjustments can be made In the winter when both time and cheap Ittbuf fire available to do such Work. Indirect ndvantoges which add to the value Of shedding machinery machin-ery are the saving' in time required to limber up the machines nnd the fewer delays at crilioal times from the breaking of n part rusted or weakened weak-ened by exposure. |