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Show TAKE CARE OF YOUR MACHINERY Tho t;roat outcry for farm produc tion and tho scarcity of mnchlnery points to tho need ot somo way to repair a great many Implements that are now useless largely obcause of tho noglect with which they havo been treated says the United State3 Department of Agriculture, which also al-so adds that tho machinery manufacturers manufac-turers nnd their local sales agents should, help to perform this repair Bervlce. Throughout the country thoro nro thousands of binders, mowors, nnd other farm machines rusting In tho fonco corners, and many ot thoso might bo mado avallablo for further valuahlo service. Tho manufacturers of farm machinery nro ndmlttodly unable to furnish nil tho now machines ma-chines required and nro paying for full page advertisements to influence governmental authorities to Insuro them necessary raw matorlals nnd transportation In competition with th edemand for machlnos ot war. Tho railroads of tho country, nc-cordln nc-cordln gto ono of their officials are bolng compellcdsln the prcaont emergency em-ergency to rescue practically every scrap locomotive from tho old Iron gravo yards and rebuild thorn for activo sorvlco, A similar plan should bo adopted, says tho dopartment, for tho reclamation of this enst off farm equipment through tho ngoncy ot central lopalr shops whero tho work could bo done. Many of tho mn-j chinos might bo mndo available for furthor sorvlco with repairs of com-parat'vuly com-parat'vuly small cost. Added to tho almost sinful enro- 1phsiios of somo farmers tlioro has been tho attitude on tho part of farm mnchlnery manufacturer In years , p.it to fuvor Hi'' abandonment of worn and disabled machines In or- H der to sell new ones; but now tho BE tlmo has arrived when l Is difficult H to supply tho market with tho neccs- BB sary now machinery. Bj Tho Dopartmont suggests that rep- BB resentattves of 'the manufacturers, B' on the one hand, and of the farmers g J such as farm bureau agents or ' m0 county agents on o other hand, BJ' should get together to establish tho K necessary farm machinery repair sta- BJ tlons in convenient localities. flj BBd |