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doner who does not thoroughl}' understand the use of any particular tool, 

 should exercise considerable care until proficient. In the farmer's home 

 garden and in other gardens of large size, it might be well to use horse- 

 drawn tools. 



Horse cultivators are of two general types : those having large, flat teeth, 

 commonly called shovel-tooth cultivators; and those with narrow teeth, 

 called spike-tooth cultivators. The latter are generally preferable for use 

 in gardens, because they do not work deeply, can be operated much 



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closer to the plant, and are lighter and therefore easier to handle. The 

 shovel-tooth type includes coarse, deep-working tools of five or seven 

 teeth ; these are not adaptable to the intensive work of the average large 

 home garden. The cost of a one-horse cultivator varies from five dollars 

 to ten dollars. 



Many home gardeners are doing away with the horse-drawTi cultivators 

 entirely, preferring to decrease the size of their gardens, intensify their 

 operations, and use man-power wheel cultivators. There are several 

 types of these machines; figure i6o illustrates some of them. All of these 

 tools are shallow working, adaptable to ver^^ close culture, easily operated, 

 and highly efficient. The cost varies from four dollars to fourteen dollars 

 and fifty cents. Many of the wheel cultivators have several types of 

 attachments, such as rake, harrow, hoe, shovel, or disk, while others have 



