Economical Management of Materials, ^c, on the Farm. 367 
place where they are kept, so as to be ready to hand when 
wanted. 
Buildinf) materials, or materials useful in Building repairs, Sfc, 
a frequent feature in the " rubbish deposits " of Estates and Farms. — 
I have alkided to the fact that a prolific source of " waste " 
material arises from building work having been carried on at 
one time or at several times during the " accumulating period 
of rubbish deposits." Those who know the building trades well, 
know the " weakness," some will call it the amiable weakness, 
of some of their members for leaving not only a goodly supply, 
in a few instances, of the materials which they use in their 
work, but also more than one of the appliances by which that 
work is done. Should repairing or other work, therefore, be 
pretty frequently carried on during the accumulating period, the 
" stock " of this kind which will be " acquired " by the owners 
or occupiers will be considerable ; but it will be, so far as 
they are concerned, most innocently " acquired " ; the truth 
being that they will know nothing about its being left till 
"order" is established and the rubbish collected, and the 
existence of this " found material " made known. Even then, 
in fact, many will be driven to guess and to wonder how " came 
such things there ? " What I have said will be to them a clue 
to the seeming mystery or difficulty. But not the least advantage 
of " setting " and " keeping one's house in order " is that there 
will be no inducement to throw materials aside, no matter of 
what kind, anywhere or in any fashion ; but, on the contrary, 
every inducement to save what is worth saving, or likely to be 
at one time or another useful. 
A store or shed in which to keep materials of various kinds, 8fc., 
useful in various classes of work on the Estate or Farm. — This 
will soon be required, and will serve as a place in which to 
keep the most valuable materials of the " waste " heap, and from 
which to distribute them as required for work being gone on 
with. This store for working or constructive materials will be 
most usefully placed in connection with the implement shed 
and the workshop. And by way of keeping down the expenses 
of this department, the store may itself be a " shed," pro- 
tection from the weather being what is only or chiefly necessary 
for the general run of constructive materials. For the smaller 
and more valuable articles, as tools, nails, bolts, &c., there 
should be a small lock-up closet, or a portion of the workshop 
may be set aside for this. 
Carrying out the principle of " order " in everything, and in 
every department, all the materials should be so laid up in the 
" store " and " lock-up closet " that a hand can be put upon 
any one article at once. This may appear to be " finical " 
