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farm life's pure pleasures.
The length of the life of a rubber
boot depends on how the boot is used.
Some farmers rinse their boots care-
fully after each use, while other farm-
ers just kick them off to one side. If
boots are left to dry in the sun without
being rinsed, a protective coating is
formed on them, possibly adding to
the life of the boot, although statistics
have not as yet proven this. If it rains,
rubbers can be an effective rain gauge.
One way to check the quality of
rubber boots is to look at the ankle
part of the boot when taking a step. If
the ankle "wrinkles" too much, you
can be sure that sooner or later the
boot will let go along that line. Boots
can also be damaged by puncture,
cutting, or other such mutilations.
A good way to ruin a perfectly
good pair of rubbers is to lend them
to someone else "just for a quick trip"
almost anywhere. And the way to
discover that the boots have been
ruined is, first, to assume that they
have been returned in the same excel-
lent condition in which they were lent
and, second, to have to walk across an
ankle-deep barnyard pond. The pond
near the "pile" after a heavy rain will
do the trick every time. The moral is:
"Never lend your rubber boots to
anyone else."
Some farmers tuck the pant legs of
their coveralls inside their rubber
boots. Other farmers roll the pant leg
up to mid -boot height., and others roll
the pant leg to the top edge of the
boot. Tucking rolled pant legs inside
the boot top puts added stress on the
ankle fold and the boot will let go
there even quicker. This is a good
way to get rid of a hand-me-down pair
of rubbers or a pair that is too big.
After all, no rubber boot lasts forever.
A word of caution: be sure that the
rolled pant leg inside the boot does not
interfere with blood circulation in the
leg or ankle.
The best test of whether your fam-
ily is "right-footed" or "left-footed" is
to check how many odd boots are still
kicking around the place. We are def-
initely right-footed. This means that
there are at least four leftover left-
footed boots with no mates. Obvious-
ly, we use our right feet more. As
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