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Show HOW RUST "ROBS" THE FARMER AND HOW TO PREVENT IT EASILY . A A' si ' 4 P ' ? ' ; t ' j y. a- J s, ,utS- jlTX ' 1 1 if 4' "W?' r"e I r' 1 he new rust preventives are effec- a-.jv. s.. yj .. .'; ,. ' V':sr', . . : : -'2 tive on manure spreaders where the p , ss V h it ; "' i''1"" ' action of the acids normally causes ' sv "" - ( l- 1 rapid corrosion. ;:v : : ',x 5','t :..-s, . 1 ' iitf yy "-i DRIC PATTLRON , - , ' ' J tomi Sunt , Mate Institute of ' ,' , S , '.cnni"l f ANY farmers accept the ma- I ppfiZMs16-" . sharp cuUinB e.lttc of knives of MANY farmers accept the machinery ma-chinery problems and trou-b!?s trou-b!?s caused by rust as a matter of course. I wonder how many farmers really know how much expense, time and labor, rust is causing them. A prominent farm equipment manufacturer man-ufacturer reports that up to 47 cents out of every dollar spent for repairs is due to the ravages of rust. A survey by the New York College of Agriculture of the actual use-life of form machines in New York Slate reveals clearly how much the farmer is robbed of his machinery investment by rust. This survey showed, for example, that a corn binder did only 55 days' work in its lifetime; a cultivator only 50 days; a side delivery rake only 40 days; a potato dirtier oi days and a hay tedder just 10 days' work. If you divide the price of one of these machines by the average number num-ber of days' work it does in its lifetime life-time you get a very high machine-cost machine-cost per day's work. It is apparent that farmers get only a fraction of the useful life built into the tools by !he manufacturer. ",nd the reason is obvious, as a survey by Iowa State College of Agriculture shows the average farm mcr.-hiue, outside the troclor. truflc or windmill, is used only 11.1 day3 a year. Tbe other 351 days il is lying idle, rusting out. There is no further need for fanners fann-ers to accept this loss, involving not only waste of money and metal but endless hours of time and work. For there are effective rust preventives preven-tives that will maintain even the 1 fine land poli:;li of a plow or the rj&tos.v " sharp cutting edge of knives of mowers, binders and combines from one season to another. These rust preventives have been tested at many Agricultural colleges. col-leges. They are economical to purchase, pur-chase, and easy to apply. Consult your county agent or write to the state experiment station or Agrlcul tural college for tbe facts on these new rust preventives. Now is the time to rustproof your machinery for the winter. Next Spring you will lie glad you took the sin?.!! trouble involved, for the machinery will be completely fret from rust, even if you leave It out all winter. ( i.v nut the palicy of the Stute Institute of Aiiiilicil Ayrirutturc to rcrnw m '? n; a'f-iic product oii't nothing iv ''i.v article sliovl'l be so construed. |