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GENERAL ADVICE 



more ; all the thrust -hoe handles bend up in 

 a regular curve (like a fiddle-bow turned over) 

 two or three inches. Unless 

 they are hung right, these 

 hoes are very awkward things. 

 When perfectly fit for one, 

 they may not fit another 

 that is, a tall, keen -sighted 

 person cannot use the 

 hoe that is just fit for 

 a very short one. * * 

 Curves in the handles 

 throw centers of grav- 

 ity where they belong. 

 Good timber generally 

 warps in a handle 

 about right, only 



implement - mak- 24 



ers and babes in of the best 



weeding may not han d-weed- 



know when it is 



made fast right side up in 



the hoe. 



"There are plenty of 

 thrust - hoes in 

 market, such as 

 they are. Some 

 have malleable iron 

 sockets and bows 



26. Finger-weeder. heavier to the 



23. Home-made 

 scarifier or scraper. 



25. Home-made hand 

 weeder. 



