WHAT NEGLECT CAN COST THE FARMER
That valuahle implements are allowed to lie ahout and deteriorate on many i'armsis notorious. Thi» neglect in the "aggregate means a considerahle increase in the cost of production, though perhaps farmer* generally f ail to look at it in that light. An inquiry was recently instituted in the United States with the ohject of ascertaining the difference in the life of farming:'appliances put under cover compared with those left in the open. Th« result is Hluminating, - as the following summary shows: —
Possihly the severe winters iu America would tend to sHorten the life of a, neglected implement at a mere rapid rate than ijuNew Zea> land; hut even aUowing'for that it is evident that apphances treated with care will; last at.least half as' long agaln as those that are left in the open. On thatVbasis housing will keep the cost of \ implements down hy 50 per cent., a.very materifti consideration on presjent charges.
Average Years implement "WlienWlieii Not. Housed Housed. Cultivator ..... 12 7 Binder .......w 14 , 7 Disc harrow .... 15 8 . Drill >..,14 6J Plough ........ 14 9 Manure spreader .12 ,6 Mower .......... 15 9 , Waggon 22 4 8
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 19, 15 October 1937, Page 26 (Supplement)
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194WHAT NEGLECT CAN COST THE FARMER Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 19, 15 October 1937, Page 26 (Supplement)
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