CHAPTER V. 



Farm Implements and Buildings. 



Purchase only such implements as are necessary 

 and best suited for the different kinds of work for 

 which they are intended. An expensive implement 

 is not always the best. The rule should be to buy 

 only such implements as are required, and on no 

 account to buy an implement that is not required 

 on the farm. The whole assortment of implements 

 should be cared for in the best possible manner, with 

 a view to extending their time of usefulness. 



The first thing is to provide an implement and 

 tool house (see III. 27), and the second to see that 

 every implement and tool is under cover and in its 

 proper place when not in actual use. Exposure to 

 rain and sun is ruinous to implements, even to those 

 which are constructed of iron or steel. It is a saving 

 of time and money to keep all the farm machinery, 

 implements, etc., under cover, and in their place, 

 and to keep every implement in good working order. 

 The implements and tools should be painted 

 occasionally, a work which may be done on mild 

 days during the winter season. 



In one end of the implement house there should 

 be a cheap fan forge, with an anvil and a few black- 

 smith's tools. Most men, if at all handy, can do 

 ordinary repairs on the farm, and save not only 

 expense, but also the time of going to the blacksmith 

 shop, which is often worth more than the cost of 

 repairing. 



In addition to a blacksmith's bench and tools, in 

 the same end of the implement building there should 



Purchasing 

 Implements. 



Implement 

 House. 



Blacksmith 

 Forge and 

 Tools. 



Carpenter's 

 Bench and 

 Tools. 



