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Show Repair Program At Shop Continues With our nation in war, new ma-chinery ma-chinery for farmers wiW be difficult diffi-cult to obtain this year. Th;s should not alarm the farmers, but should stimulate action toward a planned program of repair and re placement. With these conditions In mind the Preston Vocational Agricultural Agricultur-al Shop department in cooperation with the school board and Supt. Campbell started adult evening classes .n December featuring farm machinery repair, blacksmilhing, farm carpentry, soldering, reconditioning recon-ditioning and refinishing furniture, cabinet work and, reconditioning tools. This campaign to call the farmers' attention to needed repairs re-pairs and to get them to decide to make the repairs and replacements during the winter months will con tinue with the shop facilities and instructions made available to any farmer; or adult desiring to repair or make new farm equlpmenL These classes are held in the farm mechanics shop each Thursday from 7:30 until 10 p. m. During the past years Buch farm shop jobs as the following have been accomplished by adults in these evening classes; trailer hitches hitch-es built, ledger plates and sections I replaced in. mowers, farm machln- replaced in. mowers, larm macuin-ery macuin-ery painted, harnesses repaired and oiled, plowshares drawn out and sharpened, chicken, hog and dairy feeders built, milk parts made, hai-row hai-row teeth drawn out and sharpened, sharpen-ed, tools repaired, handles replaced, replac-ed, furniture reglued, reconditioned and refinished, cabinet work built etc. Any adult desiring to attend these classes is invited to attena any or all the Thursday evening meetings. A welding outfit will soon be available ror rarm rnacmu-ery rnacmu-ery repair. There are no charges for these classes only for those using the acetlylene welding out. fit. The machinery must be ready to go in the spring; farm labor may be scarce so let us work ahead to plan ahead to have everything ev-erything ready in our agricultural war program. |