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show themselves ; even when neither weeds nor drought 

 threaten the crops it is beneficial to the soil, and thus 

 to the growing plants, that it should be turned or stirred 

 as frequently as may be, to give it life. Hand labor is 

 manifestly unequal to carrying out work of this descrip- 

 tion : it costs too much, and goes over too little ground 

 in a day. 



The implement shown in our illustration, under the 

 nam.e of Planet, Jr. Cultivator and Coverer Combined, 

 meets the exigencies we have described in a thoroughly 

 satisfactory manner. No farmer or market-gardener 



Pl-net. Jr. 



can afford to dispense with this or some equivalent form 

 of cultivator. It combines in a single machine, the 

 Horse-hoe, Cultivator, Plough, and Coverer. The side- 

 hoes or plates are reversible, thus giving double wear ; 

 and the standards have adjustments that allow more or 

 less hilling, and also regulate the depth, in conformity 

 with the object or purpose for which it is to be used. 

 This adjustability is a most important feature, in suiting 



