DIRECTIONS AS TO TOOLS 



a broad sense, also a manufacturing business, 

 the owner of a country estate should adopt sim- 

 ilar methods. It should be borne in mind, how- 

 ever, that farm tools cost money, and indis- 

 criminate buying will soon swell the investment 

 account to such an extent that it precludes the 

 possibility of making satisfactory returns. For 

 example, a portable gasolene engine (three 

 horsepower) costs one hundred and seventy-five 

 dollars. Against this machine must be charged 

 annually, as interest on the investment, ten dol- 

 lars and fifty cents, also ten per cent for wear 

 and tear and at least five dollars for repairs. 

 So we have twenty-eight dollars as a fixed an- 

 nual charge. Should, then, such an engine be 

 run only four days during the year, saving the 

 labor of six men at one dollar per day for that 

 length of time, its fixed charge would more than 

 eat up the amount saved by its use. 



Every farm department should have a full 

 complement of tools, but they should be practical 

 and essential to the working of the land. The 

 following list will be found necessary for any 

 farm of thirty or more acres: 

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