Summer Care of the Home Vegetable Garden 



1991 



Fig. 160. — Several forms of wheel hoes 



but one. Any one wishing to buy 

 these tools should inspect those 

 at the local stores or should write 

 to the manufacturers for cata- 

 logues. With these tools not only 

 can much shallower cultivation be 

 practiced than with horse-drawn 

 cultivators, but it is possible to 

 cultivate much closer to the 

 plants, in many cases doing away 

 largely with hand hoeing or finger 

 weeding. The one- wheel hoes are 

 pushed between rows, and the two- 

 wheel may be used similarly to 

 the one- wheel, but are generally 

 pushed straddling the row. In 

 order to work these machines 

 efficiently, a knack is required, 

 which is gained only with practice. 

 These hoes are light and easily 

 operated. 



Thrust, or scuffle, hoes and drag 

 cultivators are modifications of 





Fig. 



161. — The two-wheel tool permits close 

 cultivation on both sides of the row 



