Show COUNTI AGENTS COLUMN CONTINUED the work done by such machines it is therefore important that before 1 he oxidation process sets in blades vels disks furrow openers and mould boards should be thoroughly freed from all adhering soil then polished and given a protective coat of some heavy grease such as cup grease axle grease or animal fat that has been thoroughly boiled to drive off all moisture coating these parts with ordinary oil Is not adequate protection tor for winter storage unless the equipment so treated la Is to be housed in a good weather eather proof building As each im clement Is brought into the repair shop it Is advisable to commence with ith the inspection of all rivets re placing the lost or worn ones and tightening all others A few sharp blows with a hammer on the heads of bolts as they are tightened will insure a more tive set this type of work should be accompanied ac compan ed with a checking ot of all the tracings brac ings and corner braak ets straightening the bent parts and replacing broken parts the parts of all implements should be given a coating of linseed oil or paint this will reduce to a the weather checking and splitting that occurs in unprotected wood parts |