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THE ECONOMY OF THE FARM. 



involve a positive loss, as they are kept up at a constant 

 expense, be it more or less, to say nothing of the constant 

 loss of interest on the original cost, and the loss of the 

 land they cover, which in many cases is no small item. 



875. It is not good economy to use old and worn ont or 

 otherwise unsuitable implements on the farm, nor should 

 shovels, hoes, ploughs and other implements requiring 

 strength for their use, be heavier than is necessary to 

 accomplish the object desired. Good implements save 

 labor, while those ill-suited to the purpose increase it. 



876. But though the best are, on the whole, the cheap 

 est, even if the first cost be greater, yet it does not follow 

 that they should be bought beyond the actual wants of the 

 farm. Expensive implements that are rarely used, increase 

 the permanent investment, and occasion great inconven 

 ience, by requiring much space and care. They should not 

 therefore be accumulated on the farm merely because 

 they are new and good in themselves. If they are not 

 wanted, the money paid for them is often worse than lost. 



877. Some may be 





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needed but a few 

 hours in the course 

 of the year, and yet, 

 for that time, may bo 

 of the highest im 

 portance. In such 

 cases, where the 

 farm is not large 

 enough to make it 

 necessary to own the 

 implements, two or 



more neighbors can buy and own them in common. 



The mowing machine, (Fig. 88,) the reaper, the stump 



Fig. 88. Mowing Machine, in. operation. 



