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Show TAKE CARE OF THE TOOLS Farm machines when not In use need care. The troublo Is that many of us farmers never stop to think how great Is our loss when wo leave our Implements standing out of doors' during dur-ing tho Idle season, to bo quickly destroyed by tho elements. This treatment ' Is' by fuf worse than the service they get In tho field. They will stand a great, mutay years of work if properly cared for, but It does not tako long for them to go to pieces when they nro left whero Jthe sdn and rain can get to thorn1 tho year round. ' ' My father bought a binder to harvest har-vest his crop In 1896. Altogether ho has run It soventeen seasons, and during that time tho total cost for repairs has not 'been over- $10. The machine Is still good for 'many moro years of service. Its long llio Is duo to two things, the careful Handling It hns had while being used In tho field and good sheltor when Idlo. Ho still uses tho set of canvasses that came with tho machine. I havo'secn n great many farmers whoso binders wero ready for the Junk heap in four or flvo years. , Tho llfo of n machlno Is Increased from flvo to ten times by proper housing hous-ing oiid caro when It Is not working. |