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include suitable brooms and brushes for sweeping dry floors, shovels of 

 the size and form suited to the kind of floor and also the gutters. Good 

 currycombs and brushes, always in their place when not in use, insure 

 better care of the stock. 



Tools. The most used forms of carpenter's tools should be found on 

 every farm. There should be a small shop in which to keep them and 

 where they may frequently be used. The ax, hatchet and two or more 

 kinds of hammers, the cross-cut and the rip saw, a brace and suitable 

 outlay of bits, and one or more good planes will frequently be needed. 

 There should also be a suitable collection of files, punches, pliers and 

 wrenches. Both flat and three-cornered files will be found useful. The 



bastard and second- 

 cut are the grades of 

 files most needed for 

 general work. Cold 

 chisels and a few wood 

 chisels will also be use- 

 ful. There are many 

 other small tools that 

 can be added to the 

 outfit as needed. The 

 extent of the outfit 

 will be determined by 

 the extent and charac- 

 ter of the farm ma- 

 chinery, the mechani- 

 cal ability of the 

 farmer and the accessi- 

 bility to local repair 

 shops. 



Handy Conveni- 

 ences. There are 



innumerable conveniences, many of which are home-made, that find much 

 use on the farm. Among these may be mentioned the various forms of 

 eveners and double-trees, suitable to three horses or more, and made to 

 suit the character of machinery on which used. 



A pump with hose attachment, fastened to a board, may be placed 

 across the wagon bed and is very handy in filling barrels from a stream or 

 shallow well. A derrick of suitable height is useful in the home butchering 

 of hogs, sheep, calves or beef animals. A hoisting apparatus suitable for 

 putting hay into the mow or stack should find a place on nearly every farm. 

 The wagon jack will make the work of greasing wagons and other 

 vehicles easy. 



A hand cart and a wheelbarrow are frequently needed. Suitable 



1 Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Farmer. 



HOME-MADE BARBEL CART FOR HAULING LIQUID FEED. 1 



