MINOR ARTICLES OF FARM EQUIPMENT. 



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Taulk I —SuDiinuri/ of items of minor equipment reported on thirty-three farms in Ohio, 

 with the number and cost of all items suggested as necessary and their total cost— Cont'd. 



Items. 



] lay — Continued. 



Hay rope, l-inch.. 



Trip roi)e, l-ineh.. 



Hand fork 



Baled hay hook... 



Sfyllie and snath. 



Hand seeder 



Sickle 



Slings 



Knife 



Small grain and seed: 



Cradle 



Binder cover 



Flail 



Measure 



Straw fork 



Hand rake 



Sacks 



Scoop shovel 



Sugar beets: 



Beet fork 



Beet hoe 



Beet topper 



Potatoes: 



Scoop 



Fork or hook 



Hand planter 



Maple sugar: 



Sap bucket 



Spout 



Cover 



Scoop 



Gathering pail 



Tapping bit 



Percentage 



of farms 



reporting. 



Average 

 number of 

 items per 

 farm report- 

 ing. 



Total cost of 

 necessary 



ileins suggested as 



61 

 30 

 88 

 21 

 88 

 70 

 32 

 9 

 67 



48 

 36 

 15 

 33 

 15 

 36 

 97 

 82 



3 

 3 

 3 



3 



39 



3 



21 

 15 



3 

 12 

 12 



9 



a 132. 5 

 a (S. 

 3.2 

 1.6 

 1.4 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 2.7 

 1.2 



1.0 

 1.0 

 1.6 

 1.4 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 38.6 

 1.7 



2.0 

 6.0 

 9.0 



1.0 



1.4 

 1.0 



471.0 



485.0 



500.0 



1.0 



2.5 



2.0 



Number of 

 each item 

 suggested 

 as neces- 

 sary. 



bllO 

 b40 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Cost of 

 each item. 



SO. 60 



.30 



1.25 



5.00 



.50 



2.00 



.75 



5.00 

 :3.00 



Total cost 

 of items 



suggested 

 as neces- 

 sary. 



S5.00 



.45 



1.80 



.30 



1.25 



5. 00 



.50 



1 



38 



2 



.50 

 .70 

 .25 

 .20 

 1.00 



1.50 

 .50 

 .25 



1.50 

 1.50 

 1.75 



.20 

 .03 

 .06 

 1.00 

 .75 

 .30 



5.00 

 3.00 



.50 



.25 

 7.60 

 2.00 



1.50 



270. 70 



a Feet. 



A careful study of Table I will bring out many points worthy of 

 consideration. To the owner of a farm who has had no occasion from 

 time to time to collect his miscellaneous equipment and take account 

 of its extent, this study should suggest the advisabihty of taking an 

 annual inventory of the small a"S well as of the large ec[uipment in 

 order to keep track of his investment. The practice of taking an 

 inventory, even of the larger pieces of machinery, is not as common 

 as it should be, and in many cases where an invoice is taken the 

 "small stuff" is lumped in one item. During the process of taking 

 the inventories used in compiling this circular the owner almost 

 invariably expressed astonishment at the extent to which his capital 

 was invested in miscellaneous minor articles. 



The tenant farmers, and especially those who have frequent occa- 

 sion to move, will ordinarily be found better posted as to the extent 

 of their miscellaneous equipment, and this will usually be found to be 



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