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arms, whereby the spring may be lengthened, when it is de- 

 sired to only half hill the rows. The driver, by resting his 



feet in the stir- 

 rups of the mold- 

 bo a r d s , can 

 adapt them to 

 any crookedness 

 of the rows or 

 irregularities of 

 the surface, the 

 machine being 

 adjustable to 

 rows from three 

 to five feet apart, 

 and from six 

 inches to two 

 and a-half feet 

 in height." — 

 Scientific Ameri- 

 can. 

 from the point 



Fig. 24. 



Cane Cutter. — (Fig. 26.) '-It is made 

 of an old cradle scythe, united to a hard-wood handle about 

 three feet long, with a leather loop tacked on six inches from 

 the end." — American Garde?!, 244. 



Plant Peg. — (Fig. 27.) A wire peg used 

 in England for holding down layers and ^ a 

 vines. — American Garden, 24'/. 



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Fig. 25. 



Fig. 26 Fig. 27. 



