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is any need of. There are times in the year when we cannot make 

 anything on the farm ; then we try and make something by taking 

 care of what we have. We oil the harness, paint the wagons, 

 varnish the carriages, the wheels at least, paint the inside of eave 

 troughs and the valleys, and the house and barn also get a coat 

 often. It is cheaper to paint before they really need it. It is 

 cheaper to never let anything get really out of order. 



FIG. I 



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FIG. 2 



We have some very simple and good home-made fastenings 

 for the inside of our tool house and barn doors, that were given 

 in The Practical Farmer some time ago. I will ask them to insert 

 them in this chapter. A view of the inside of our covered yard, 

 from a photograph, showing earth closet, lumber rack, manner of 

 supporting roof, etc., was given in Chapter XVIII. 



