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Introduction A workshop on a farm is always a good sign. It is an indication that the farmer believes in having a place where he may profitably spend his time on stormy days that would otherwise be wasted. To such farmers, and their sons, this book is addressed, in the hope that they may learn from it some useful lessons in an easier way than by hard experience. Several years ago a series of articles on "Farm Black- smithing" appeared in Farm Stock and Home. There was then, and has since been, some inquiry for a book embodying those articles and covering the subject of iron and steel. work, or so much of it as the farm mechanic would need to know. Such a book has now been prepared, and the author has added to it such knowledge as he has gained by an experience of seven years in teaching blacksmithing to the farmer boys in the Minnesota School of Agriculture. If the expert blacksmith complains (hat he finds nothing to interest him in the book), let him remember that it is not intended that he should. It was written for beginners. The chapter on "Saw Filing" was written by Mr. William Boss, Instructor in Carpentry at the School of Agriculture.
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