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Next in order of usefulness comes the Cultivator, 

 After the land has been ploughed, subsoiled, harrowed, 

 rolled, and planted, this serviceable implement is called 

 into requisition. It executes with thoroughness, dis- 

 patch, and economy a large amount of work that used 

 to be laboriously performed with hand-hoes. Many 

 varieties are offered to choose from, and the choice I 

 recommend may not accord with everyone's individual 

 opinion, but I consider the Planet, Jr. (see cut p. 194) 

 on the whole the best I have ever seen; principally be- 

 cause it can be put into so many different shapes, by 

 varying the combination of its parts, and thus so many 

 different kinds of work can be done with it. 



It stirs and pulverizes the ground, destroying weeds, 

 giving aeration, and promoting moisture about the 

 roots of the growing plants ; it will throw the earth to 

 or from the rows as may be desired; i: does pretty 

 much all that can be done with a hand-hoe in cultivat- 

 ing the crop. Many who are using this implement 

 to-day do not hoe their crops at all by hand work. It 

 requires discretion and skill to obtain such effective 

 results from its use, but there is no question that, in the 

 hands of one who thoroughly understands its capabili- 

 ties, it can be made to do, at a greatly reduced cost, a 

 lar^e amount of hoein-r formerlv done with the hand- 

 hoes. 



Besides being economical on the score of expense, it 

 is also highly advantageous in enabling the far more 

 rapid execution of the work. Crops often suffer for 

 want of a timely stirring of the soil, especially in times 

 of drought ; weeds must be cut down as soon as they 



