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be placed in racks upon the ceiling or under the bench. 

 A wooden vise attached to a substantial bench is needed 

 for wood working and an iron one with an anvil attach- 

 ment will be found most useful. If one has a large 

 equipment of teams and tools, a portable forge, a few 

 plumbing tools, taps and dies, etc., will save many a 

 large bill. 



Care of Farming and Gardening Tools. 

 The good workman is known by his tools, and no 

 workman can do his best with poor tools or those badly 



FIG. 7 The Tool-Room. Farm Tools Hung on the Walls 

 of the Barn Basement. 



cared for. All tools should be cleaned and wiped after 

 using and hung in their proper places. A large number 

 of tools may be kept in a very small space when prop- 

 erly arranged. The large tools like mowing-machines, 

 horse-rakes, etc., will require considerable floor room, 

 but the plows, cultivators, seed-sowers, weeders, etc., 

 may be hung upon pegs or large hooks along the sides 

 of the tool- or wagon-shed or cellar, as shown in the 



