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Market Gardening. 



be watched for, and secured as soon as obtainable. 

 All agree in advising use of the best tools. Good 

 tools make cultivation easier, and crops better in 

 amount and quality. There should be a tool-house, 

 which should also have an outfit for making small re- 

 pairs. Tools after use should be immediately returned 

 to place. They should always be cleaned off before 

 being left ; iron and steel parts should be wiped and 

 oiled, or treated with some more thorough dressing, 

 according to their liability to rust, and the length of 

 time they are likely to remain unused. 



(I) One-Horse Landside (2) Medium Two-Horse Landstde. 



We have seen that the first requisite in preparing for 

 a crop is to pulverize the soil ; and since the Plough 

 is very efficient for this service (and in fact quite indis- 

 pensable), it is manifestly one of the most important of 

 agricultural implements. Amongst so many varying 



