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The Colorado Experiment Station. 
The investigation discovered harrows which had been in use 
for twenty years, and which had covered 3,000 acres without being 
sharpened or reversed. 
Plate 4. It costs no more to do good work with a sharp harrow than it 
does to slide over the ground with a dull one. 
THE EARM WORK SHOP. 
If the observer was to draw conclusions from the farms in¬ 
vestigated, he would have to conclude that very few farmers realize 
the importance of the farm work shop. As a matter of fact, a 
great many of those farmers who do not own shops understand 
the advantage of them. Again, many farmers are under the im¬ 
pression that they haven’t the “knack,” which they believe is a 
necessary adjunct, if they are to do repair work. Many have not 
investigated the cost of a small shop outfit, neither have they figured 
the matter on a basis of dollars and cents. 
In cases where farmers are not very handy to the local shop, 
the time which is lost while going to and from the distant shop 
often amounts to several times the actual charges. At critical 
times, such as harvesting or seeding seasons, one long trip to town 
for repairs may cause a loss more than equal to the value of a well 
equipped shop. 
The following table shows that the machinery found on farms 
having well equipped shops is in need of less repairs than that on 
farms without shops: 
