The Ohio farmer . ll kit of black-smith tools, carpenter tools and anabundance of iron and lumber. We boys spent many a rainy day inmaking play things, and after a whilewe began to make repairs of the sim-pler kinds. Then we got to makingsleds, drags, harrows, ladders andgates. We also had our fancy notions,making roller skates, bicycles, pictureframes, harness, bolts and taps. Wewelded irons, sharpened tools and CLEVELAND, OHUat ^^O^NUARY 11, 1908. dHMer farmers will save mone> Hs^lM ring done. But there aremany things to be made and littlejoyed many pleasant and profitable things to be re
The Ohio farmer . ll kit of black-smith tools, carpenter tools and anabundance of iron and lumber. We boys spent many a rainy day inmaking play things, and after a whilewe began to make repairs of the sim-pler kinds. Then we got to makingsleds, drags, harrows, ladders andgates. We also had our fancy notions,making roller skates, bicycles, pictureframes, harness, bolts and taps. Wewelded irons, sharpened tools and CLEVELAND, OHUat ^^O^NUARY 11, 1908. dHMer farmers will save mone> Hs^lM ring done. But there aremany things to be made and littlejoyed many pleasant and profitable things to be repaired, that with a well- even shod horses. Each one ieat.,.Ito shoe his own horses and one broth-er learned the trade at home. We en- hours in the shop. We made manyfailures but our motto was to tryagain, even if it was at the expense ofbroken and misused nails, destroyed provided shop, can be done in less timethan it would take to carry it to atradesmans shop. For instance, beforethe shop was provided father was. FARM TEAM, PERCHERON MARE AND FOAL. AND THE OLD SHOP. Price 5 Cents a Year. as much important time had been few years after the shop was a fix-ture, father was again finishing hisharvest with a reaper, when a largeand important bolt broke. J- means ofthe shop the machine was at workagain in just one hour and the job fin-ished before night. We recall a few of the great manyinstances where the shop was a greattime and money saver. At least fourtimes there were tongues broken outof machinery and within one hourthey eould be mended and replaced. Itvery frequently occurrs that somethingbreaks about the threshers outfit, andmany times much valuable time is convenient shop saves it all. We arequite sure that it will pay the aver-age farmer living one-half mile ormore from a blacksmith shop to havea small or short kit of tools for him-self. It will save much time andmany dimes. In all these years wehave saved much important time byrepairing, etc. The s
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