Tools a7id Conveniences of the Year. 25-5 



Clearing FoRK.-(Fig. 5.) A strong fork for removing 

 cabbage stumps, stones, etc. — Fred IV. 

 Card, in Ainerican Garden, jgj. 



Clod Crusher or Grater.— (Fig. 6 ) 

 Made from an old stone-boat by driving 

 strong spikes through it in a slanting direc- 

 tion, or threshing machine teeth may be 

 used. Stones and 

 rubbish may be 

 drawn from the 

 field at the same 

 time that the im- 

 plement works 

 the ground. — 

 Fred W. Card, in 

 American Garden, 

 393- 



Home-made 

 Garden Marker. 

 — (Figs. 7, 8 and 

 9-) ''For the 

 beam or head 



,/ . (Fig- 7) I use 



i>^x2 m. stuff 4 ft. 2 in. long, plow- 

 ing a grove >^xi/^ in. in the lower 

 side. I then bore i^-in. holes every 2 in., beginning 2 in 



ick Lk'e The h ^'^ '^-^^ ^^^- '^ ^^^ -^^^ of'oak, from a 

 fnH / beam, With a tenon 2 in. wide by V, in hi^h 



mort<V" '"^- ^''° ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^his tenon or shoulder I 

 t" ro "h ?h ' T '" ''^l'^! joint-bolt, which is inserted 

 fvt^o^^l T ^^^.«l^the tooth. This joint-bolt 

 witf AV ^^'1' ^^''?' '/« ^^- di^^eter, and pointed, 

 with a thread turned on the lower end. The hole 

 m which the bolt lies should be y, in., to allow 0I 



Fig. 6. 



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Fig. 7. 



