REPAIR OF FARM EQUIPMENT 



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nails, staples, rivets, hinges, and fittings should be on shelves 

 and should be plainly labeled. 



Time for Repairing. Boys on the farm should be taught 

 to use the tools and to do careful work with them. This is 

 of great value in keeping them interested in the repair work 

 of the farm. 



Much of the repair work of the field machinery may be 

 done on rainy days, during the winter, or at midday in hot 



FIG. 238. A simple wagon jack is a very useful 

 device on any farm. 



FIG. 239. A simple but 

 old-fashioned gate latch that 

 many a boy could make. 



summer weather. Let all machines be looked over before 

 they are to be needed, as at haying or harvest time. Never 

 wait until the machine is needed before seeing that it is in 

 perfect repair. 



Handy devices for use in the home and on the farm 

 should be made in the farm shop when time will permit. 

 A few suggestions for such devices are shown in figures 

 235-244. 



Three=Horse Eveners. It is often desired to hitch 

 three horses together in pulling heavy machinery or doing 

 hard plowing. Two plans for three-horse eveners are shown 

 in figures 235 and 236. 



