CHAPTER VI 



INCIDENTAL CARE 



CULTIVATING 



THE tools necessary for cultivating in 

 the home garden may consist of 

 nothing more than the hoe, followed by 

 the rake; or there may be a wheeled hoe, 

 which is of the man-power type; or in, a 

 very large garden, the one-horse cultivator 

 type with from 5 to 12 teeth on the culti- 

 vator may be used. 



In the question of the hoe and rake, it 

 is possible to hoe around the hills of corn 

 and between the rows, breaking up the 

 surface soil after each rain, or if it does 

 not rain, every week or 10 days, following 

 the breaking up of the soil with raking, 

 leaving the top soil perfectly loose and 

 without any footmarks. This is perhaps 

 the best method that can be adopted, and 

 is quite adaptable to the small-sized home 

 garden. 



Where the garden is a little larger and 

 the man-power wheeled hoe is used, the 



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