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GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



economy. The greater risk in thinly sown crops being 

 from destruction by insects, frost, or the thin sowing not 



Fig. 19. — WETHERSFIELD SEED DRILL. 



having strength enough to force through the soil in dry 



weather. 



The Dibber, fig. 20, is a very simple but indispensable 

 tool. It is of importance to have it made in the 

 maimer represented here ; it can be formed from 

 a crooked piece of any hard wood, and shod 

 with a sharp iron point, which gives weight to 

 it, besides it always keeps sharp. Dibbers are 

 too often made from an old spade or shovel 

 handle, when they are awkward and unhandy 

 affairs. 



Ficr. 20.— Planting is an operation that often requires 

 dibbeu. the most rapid movement to get a crop in at the 



proper time, and the best appliances in working are not to 



be disregarded. With a dibber of this style, an ex- 



