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Another indispensable implement is the Roller, fig. 16 ; 

 it is of great importance not only in breaking lumpy soil, 

 but in firming it properly around newly sown seeds, be- 

 sides, the ground leveled by the roller is much easier hoed 

 than if the surface were uneven or irregular. The roller 



we use is made of hard 

 wood, and is 5 or 6 feet 

 long, and 9 inches in diam- 

 eter. The roller is bored 

 though its whole length, 

 and through this hole is put 

 a bar of 2-inch round iron. 

 Fig. 16.— garden roller. This bar gives the neces- 



sary weight, and its projecting ends afford points to 

 which to attach the handle. 



The Double Marker, fig. 17, is used to mark G or 8 lines 

 at once, as may be required ; the spaces between the teeth 

 being 12 inches on one 

 side, and 9 inches on 

 the other. Where rows 

 are required only of 

 these widths, every row 

 is of course planted 

 but many of our crops re- 

 quire wider rows, thus, 

 with the 12-inch marker, we plant our early Cabbages at 

 24 inches apart, the intervening rows being planted with 

 Lettuce at the same time ; or with the narrow side of 

 the marker, every row, 9 inches apart, is planted with 

 Onion sets, or in such a crop as Beets, every alternate 

 row only is used, making the rows 18 inches apart. The 



Fig. 17. — DOUBLE MARKER. 



