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Farm Mechanics

by Herbert A. Shearer

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Acetylene gas129
Air pressure pump107
Anvil33
Apple-picking bag216
ladder215
Asparagus knife205
Auger, ship26
Auger-bit24, 25
Automatic hog feeder219
Axles, wagon52
Babbitting boxings73
Barn trucks226
Belt punch211
work146
Bench and vise34
Bench for iron work35
for woodworking16
Bipod206
Bits, extension boring26
Bit, twist-drill, for wood-boring25
Blacksmith hammers61
shop31
Block and tackle77
Bobsleighs188
Boiler, steam90
Bolster spring186
stake187
Bolt cutter45
Bolts, carriage and machine56
emergency53
home-made52
plow and sickle bar56
Boxings, babbitting73
Brace, wagon-box58
Bramble hook20
Brass valves236
Breeding crate for hogs203
Brick trowel209
Bridge auger26
Bucket yoke75
Buck rake165
Building bracket202
Bull nose-chain233
treadmill81
Cable hay stacker176
California hay ricker176
Calipers43
Caliper rule14
Canning outfit229
Carpenter’s bench17
trestle17
Cart, two-wheel191
Centrifugal pumps105
Chain, logging50
Chisels and gouges28
Circular saw, filing69
jointing68
setting68
Clearing land by tractor146
Clevises, plow58
Clod crusher155
Clothes line reel box, concrete228
Clothes line tightener230
Cold-chisel37
Colt-breaking sulkey192
Compasses18
Concrete center alley for hog house209
farm scale base and pit196
hog wallow209
wall mold210
Conveniences, miscellaneous farm194
Conveyances, farm179
Corn crib, double201
two-story194
Corn cultivator142
planter158
shock horse208
Cotter pin tool44
Coulter clamp54
Countersink41
Cow stanchion234
Crop machinery, special161
Crops, kind of, to irrigate118
Crowbars46
Cultivator, combination143
corn142
Cutting nippers46
Derrick fork168
Dies and taps55
Diggers, potato205
Disk harrow152
plow137
Dog churn79
power80
Draw-filing62
Drawing-knife22
Drill, grain160
power post38
Drill-press39
electric40
Driven machines100
Dumbwaiter229
Economy of plowing by tractor146
Electricity on the farm121, 127
Electric lighting123
Electric power plant122
towel231
Elevating machinery133
Elevator, grain134
Emery grinders31
Engine and truck, portable94
Engine, gasoline91
kerosene92
steam90
Eveners for three- and four-horse teams139
Extension boring bits26
Farm conveniences194
conveyances179
office194
shop and implement house9
shop work50
tractor97
waterworks89, 100
Feed crusher131
Feeding racks217
Fence-making tools205, 206
Fence pliers207
File handle36
Files and rasps36
Filing hand saw56
roll63
Flail75
Fore-plane27
Forge32
Forges, portable32
Forging iron and steel59
Fruit picking212
ladders215
tray213
Fruit-thinning nippers214
Gambrel whiffletree173
Garage10
Garden weeder54
Gas, acetylene129
Gasoline engine91
house lightning128
Gate, sliding field205
Gatepost with copper mailbox227
Gauge, double-marking22
Generating mechanical power74
Goat stall230
Grain drill160
elevator134
elevator, portable135
Grass hook163
Grindstone28
Hacksaw45
Hammers, blacksmith61
machinist’s42
Hand axe23
Hand saw19, 65
filing66
jointing65
setting65
using67
Handspike24
Hardy43
Harness punch211
Harrow cart154
disk152
sled141
spike-tooth141
Harvesting by tractor146
Hay carrier carriage172
Hay crop, handling163
Hay derricks, Idaho171
Western169
Hayford, double harpoon169
grapple170
hitch173
hood197
Hayrake, revolving163
Hay ricker, California176
Hay rope pulleys174
Hay skids167
Hay sling167
Hay stacker, cable176
Haystack knife168
Hay-tedder165
Hay-track roof extension197
Hoe, how to sharpen70
wheel162
Hoes and weeders204
Hog catching hook232
Hog feeder, automatic219
trough221
trough, reinforced222
wallow, concrete209
Hoist, oldest farm133
Hoists78
Home repair work, profitable50
Horse clippers231
Horse feeding rack218
Horsepower86
House plumbing234
Husking-pin208
Hydraulic ram95
Idaho hay derricks171
Implement shed10
shed and work shop12
Iron, forging59
Irons for neckyoke and whiffletree51
Iron roller157
Iron working tools42
Irrigation112
by pumping112
overhead spray116
Jointer, carpenter’s27
Jointer plows144
Jointing hand saw65
Kerosene engine92
Keyhole saw20
Knife, asparagus205
corn cutting205
haystack168
Knots212
Lag screw57
Land float156
Level, carpenter’s24
iron stock25
Lighting, gasoline128
Linchpin farm wagons185
Link, cold-shut43
plow58
Loading chute for hogs235
Logging chain50
Machines, driven100
Machinist’s hammers42
vise47
Manure carriers233
Marline spike212
Measuring mechanical work14
Mechanical power, generating74
Mechanics of plowing138
Melting ladle73
Monkey-wrench19
Mule pump84
Nail hammers21
Nail set37
Office, farm194
Oilstone15
Overhead spray irrigation116
Oxen181
Paint brushes212
Pea guard168
Picking fruit212
Pig-pen, sanitary210
Pincers44
Pipe cutter48
Pipe-fitting tools46
Pipe vise47
wrench48
Plastering trowel209
Pliers18
Plow, heavy-breaking224
riding140
walking138
Plowing by tractor145
importance of137
mechanics of138
Plows, jointer144
Scotch143
Plumb-bob and plumb-line206
Plumbing, house234
Pod-bit25
Portable farm engine94
Post-hole diggers204
Poultry feeding trough222
Power conveyor121
Power, generating mechanical75
Power post drill38
Power transmission120
Pulverizers155
Pump, air pressure107
centrifugal105
mule84
jack109
jacks and speed jacks111
rotary103
suction101
Punches37
Quantity of water to use in irrigation118
Racks, feeding217
sheep feeding219
Rafter grapple173
Rasp35
Rasps and files36
Ratchet-brace40
Refrigeration123
Reservoir for supplying water to farm buildings120
Revolving hayrake163
Riding plow140
Ripsaw21
Rivets53
Rivet set54
Road drag, split-log220
steel225
Road work146
Roller156
Roll filing63
Roof pitches200
truss199
Root pulper130
Rotary pumps103
Round barn, economy of196
Rule of six, eight and ten199
Sand bands187
caps188
Sanitary pig-pen210
Saw, hack45
Scotch plows143
Screwdriver23
ratchet24
Seed house trucks226
Septic tank235
Set-screws64
Shave horse18
Shears217
Sheep feeding rack219
Sheepshank212
Ship auger26
Shoeing horses71
knife34
tool box34
Shop, garage and implement shed10
Shop tools14
Slaughter house198
Sliding field gate205
Snips, sheet metal25
Soil auger204
tools202
Soil, working the137
Speed indicator201
jacks111
Split-log road drag220
Spud205
Stable helps232
Stall for milch goats232
Steam boiler and engine90
Steel, forging59
road drag225
square22
tools, making60
Stepladder216
Stock for dies55
Stone-boat179
Stump puller131
Suction pumps101
Sulkey, colt-breaking192
S wrenches44
Tapeline15
Taper reamer41
tap56
Taps and dies55
Tempering steel tools60
Tongs43
Tool box for field use72
handy72
Tool rack, blacksmith34
Tools for fence-making205
for woodworking19
for working iron42
pipe-fitting46
soil202
Tractor economy146
farm97
transmission gear98
used in plowing145
uses for, on farm146
Tram points40
Travoy183
Treadmill, bull81
Tree pruners216
Trowel, brick209
plastering209
Trucks, barn226
Try-square22
Twist-drills25, 41
U bolt in cement57
Uses of electricity on farm126
Valves, brass236
Vise38
Wagon-box irons57
Wagon brakes186
seat spring187
Walking plow138
Water-power88
Water storage100
Waterworks, farm100
Well sweep76
Wheelbarrow180
Wheel hoe162
Winches79
Windmills83
Wire splice52
splicer44
stretcher77
Wooden clamp18
roller157
Wood-saw frames129
Woodworking bench16
tools19
Working the soil137
Wrecking bar24

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