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OCR cross-column confusions, involving :
“Agriculture : Rainy Day Work” by Anon.,
“Why Is Flax-raising So Unprofitable?” by H. Koelkenbeck,
“The Cost of Growing Wheat” by J. W. Smith, and
“Horticulture : Orchard Protection — No. 4,” by D. B. W.
in The Farmers Review 16:7 (April 28, 1886) : 258
“Rainy Day Work,” entire —
There are always little jobs accumulating on the farm. Such ought not to be the case, for whenever a breakdown occurs it should be repaired at the earliest possible moment. It is always a good plan to have all kinds of farm machinery in working order. If you do not attend to everything promptly, when attention is demanded, you soon find that that there is something the matter with all your machinery. It is impossible to keep machines in good shape without attention. Neglect will soon tell on them. Therefore, to avoid delay and expense, which will be sure to come if you do not see to your machinery properly, do not allow anything to wait for repairs any longer than you can help. There will be rainy days in which you cannot work out of doors. Take these days to look over your machinery in. See that everything is just as it should be. By examination, you will perhaps find many injuries begun which attention at that time will prevent from becoming serious, and thus considerable possible expense will be avoided, and the accompanying vexation of delay. The most successful farmer in my acquaintance is one who makes it a point to have every machine on his farm constantly in perfect working condition. Whenever he sees that anything is wrong he has the matter attended to. Of course it is impossible for him to avoid breakdowns, but he does avoid most of the delays which farmers experience who neglect their machinery when they know it ought to be attended to. Take the first rainy day to inspect your farm machinery in, and you will be pretty sure to make it one of your most profitable days.
There are scores of other things to attend to on the farm; little things which are constantly being neglected, but which can be done on rainy days if the farmer will only set about it. The hardest part of the job is for him to get into the habit of attending to such work. He can’t get over the idea that it is “puttering,” and few men like that. But let him once understand that an inspection of his machinery in advance of imperative demand for repairs will save expense and vexation, and he will see that what he may consider “pottering” is really profitable work, and the matter will then present itself to him in a new light. The barn or the granery can be put in good condition on rainy days. “A stitch in time saves nine” is an old saying. It is quite true that a nail in time saves nine about our buildings. It does not take long to make repairs if we take them when we ought to. But, allowed to run along, a little thing soon becomes a source of much annoyance and expense. To look up these little beginnings of future trouble should be one of the main features of the programme for rainy-day work. It pays to have everything about the farm in good condition at all times. If you neglect to give the proper attention to such matters as you know require attention in crder to have everything in working trim, you are wasting money. This money you can save on rainy days. Let the rainy day be a general inspection day, and I venture the assertion that you will have not one-half so much trouble from break-downs as you will have if you wait until a break-down comes along before you look over your machiney.
ANON.