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Planning To Paint?
By ff'. Hi Ljne, C*. Agent ; Spring time- is painting time, ^sture’s. way of freshening up the appearance of .the country side in die spring makes us want to freshen up the appearance of the fireside. Dogwood in blossom . . . trees in new leaf . .. fresh green (hoots of grass . . . all of nature la her new dress make many buildings seemingly bright .in winter look drab in spring so we try to imitate her. j| Painting is done for appearance, it bolsters home pride and satisfaction. Also good paint prevents Wood from checking and warping which are important factors in the depreciation of farm structures.
Present construction costs being high, good paint properly applied K cracking good investment.
For instance the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station pub-, fished a report some time ago which was based on results of a survey of 273 building? comparing painted and unpainted service buildings. Buildings that were unpainted gave 37 years of service, those painted when built (3 coats) but not after, were serviceable for nearly 46 years while those painted as needed were serviceable for 53 veaVs. The first paint job yielding 3.73 per cent return on the investment while costs of paint as needed gave a return of 3.22 per cent both considering the extended life of buildings because of the use of good paint. 1 Unfortunately all paint* can t he classed as good paints simply because the paint manufacturers are shrewd enough to realize that
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