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puller, the stone lifter and the threshing machine, in a 

 section of small farms, may be obtained in this way. 



878. The storage and preservation of implements 

 require thought and attention. Exposure to the weather 

 will often rust and otherwise injure farming tools, while 

 a little care will preserve them. Some system of manage 

 ment should be adopted for saving the more expensive 

 ones from unnecessary injury. 



879. The cost of a well-arranged tool room will not 

 seem great, when we consider its convenience, and the 

 saving which may be effected by it. &quot; A place for every 

 thing and every thing in its place,&quot; is a maxim nowhere 

 more important than on the farm. On many farms much 

 time is wasted in searching for tools left out of place and 

 ill cared for, which should be saved. 



880. A mistake not unfrequently made by farmers, is 

 that of undertaking more than their capital will warrant. 

 Profit depends more on thoroughness and quality of 

 cultivation than on the quantity of land put under tillage. 

 If a man has a large capital, can employ a strong force, and 

 has the capacity and industry to direct extensive operations, 

 he can cultivate a large farm, perhaps, to a profit. But 

 if he has only a small capital, and is mainly dependent on 

 his own labor, he should limit his operations accordingly. 



881. This error of undertaking too much, often occa 

 sions the waste of many things, the value of which, in the 

 aggregate, would amount to a good profit on the whole 

 capital invested in the farm, if the waste were avoided. 

 For want of means, the farmer is often obliged to sell at 

 low prices, and buy at unfavorable times. This, perhaps, 

 leads to a failure, or at least makes life uncomfortable, 

 when the same knowledge and energies on a smaller farm 

 would have obtained complete success. 



