GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



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The Lawn Rake is used for raking off lawns pre- 

 vious to and after using the scythe or lawn mower, 

 and for removing dead leaves and other rubbish. An 

 improvement over the old 22-teeth wooden rake is 



the Steel Wire Rake (tigure 160). The teeth are so 

 made that they will not catch in the roots. It rides 

 over the grass in place of having to be held up, mak- 

 ing the work easier. 



The Garden Rake (figure 161) is used to level the 

 surface of the ground after it lias been spaded or hoed, 

 and to prepare it for the reception of seeds or Dlants. 

 Rakes are made of different sizes, for convenience in 

 using between rows of plants, with from six to sixteen 

 teeth. When a crop like cabbages is newly planted, we 



Fig. 161. 



use the rake in preference to anything else, as raking 

 over the surface before the weeds start to grow, destroys 

 the germ of the weed, never allowing it to appear at all. 

 One of the best garden rakes made is the '*bow rake" 

 (figure 162), which will not break, like an ordinary 

 garden rake, where the handle is fastened in the center 

 of the head. 



