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them. As soon as the year's sawing is done all of the parts 

 that are likely to rust should be oiled or painted. 



180. It hardly pays to put a saw mill on a farm unless 

 there are 40,000 feet to be cut each year; or to express it in 

 acres, unless there are about 250 acres of well stocked tim- 

 ber land. The writer knows a mill that is operated on a 

 place where there are only 150 acres of timber land; but the 

 neighbors bring in logs for custom sawing, so that really the 

 mill is fed from a much larger area. If there is less than 

 40,000 feet to be cut, interest, taxes, and depreciation eat up 

 the profits. With good management and 40,000 and over to 

 saw, the farm mill earns a neat profit. 



