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MINOR ARTICLES OF FARM EQUIPMENT. 



1 tinner's snips $0. 35 



5. 00 



.85 



.75 



.75 



2. 25 



1. 50 

 .20 

 .24 



2. 80 

 .75 



1 road scraper 



1 steel square 



1 nail hammer 



1 ball peen hammer 



1 jackscrew 



1 pipe wrench 



1 currycomb 



3 clevises 



1 crosscut saw and handle. 



5 files 



1 grub hoe 



1 garden hoe 



1 horse brush 



1 horse brush (for tail). . . 



1 hatchet 



1 lantern 



1 fork, 4 prongs 



1 punch 



.45 

 .35 

 .45 

 .15 

 .75 

 .90 

 .60 

 .10 



1 pick and handle 



2 boxes of copper rivets . 



2 boxes of tubular rivets. 



1 spade 



1 ditching spade 



1 snath 



1 scythe 



1 wheelbarrow 



1 hay knife 



1 feed basket 



1 pair of nippers 



1 sledge and handle 



3 quarts of paint 



Total 



Less 10 per cent cash discount . 



Net cost 



10.60 

 .20 

 .10 

 .60 



1.00 

 .75 

 .75 



1.75 

 .75 

 .80 

 .75 

 .90 



1.15 



106. 86 

 10.69 



96.17 



A similar course to that just described might well be pursued by- 

 many persons who are about to engage in general farming. As 

 before stated, the saving through the merchant's discount is con- 

 siderable. The merchant who furnished the majority of the prices 

 contained in Table I stated that for a large bill of goods such as that 

 under discussion he could afford to give from 10 to 20 per cent 

 discount for cash on account of the size of the order and the saving 

 in the cost of selling. This would pay interest on the investment 

 for some years, to say nothing of the time which would be saved 

 through having the stock complete at the beginning. 



On nearly every farm some articles will be found wliich have been 

 bought at second hand. No doubt a considerable saving may be 

 effected by thus securing articles at odd times when work is not press- 

 ing. If, however, the business of the farm is stopped during attend- 

 ance at a sale it is an open question whether the saving on minor 

 items over the suggested method will be sufficient to cover the time 

 spent. As a rule these articles are summed up in the sale bill as 

 "too numerous to mention" and no idea is given as to the extent or 

 condition of the offering. 



The lists here given are in the nature of a census in that they present 

 data from which each individual may secure the information suited 

 to his own use. These hsts are printed with that object in view 

 rather than as a recommendation of what should be purchased. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 347, following a discussion of the various workshop 

 oools, states that the complete equipment of a shop for the making 

 of general farm repairs should include a blacksmithing outfit, a 

 $25 collection of wood-working and general-purpose tools, a pipe- 

 working combination, miscellaneous tools, a harness-repair outfit, 



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