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GENERAL ADVICE 



nary soils, the hoe is the tool to follow the 

 spading -fork or the spade, but for the final prep- 

 aration of the surface a steel garden-rake is the 

 ideal tool. 



In areas which are large enough to admit horse 

 tools, the land can be fitted more economically by 

 means of the various types of harrows and cul- 

 tivators which are to be had of any dealer in 

 agricultural implements. The type of machine 

 which is to be used must be determined wholly 



11. Disc and Acme harrows, for the first working of hard 

 or cloddy land. 



by the character of the land and the purposes for 

 which it is to be fitted. Land which is hard and 

 cloddy may be reduced by the use of the disc or 

 Acme harrows, shown in Fig. 11, but lands which 

 are friable and mellow may not need such heavy 



