Archive Article: 1998/06/26
There are generally two ways of doing any simple farm job – the right way and the way youve always done it. If the two are one and the same thing, bully for you. If, on the other hand, you have the sneaking suspicion that the way you have done a particular task for aeons is not the quickest, cleanest or most effective, you are probably in good company.
Take hand sharpening of drill bits. Very few of us are formally trained in such things, yet the difference between a properly-sharpened bit and one that is sort of adequately sharpened is huge. We went to a man who knows how to do it and got him to pass on the fruits of his experience.
We have also thrown some light on an area that few people fully understand – patents – by talking to the patent experts and farmers who have been down the patenting path.
We explain what is involved, what the process costs and what degree of protection you will get.
So, if you have designed something in the farm workshop that you think could have commercial potential, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest.