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buyer and cheaper to the dealer instead of wrought- 

 ironand steel, such as is required for true worth." 

 For many purposes, tools which scrape or scar- 

 ify the surface are preferable to hoes which dig 

 up the ground. Weeds may be kept down by 

 cutting them off, as in walks and often 

 in flower-beds, rather than by rooting 

 them out. Fig. 21 shows such a tool, 



27. Long 

 handled 

 trowel. 



28. Improvised 29. Weed- 

 trowel, spud. 



30. Weed-cutter. 



and a home-made implement answering the same 

 purpose is illustrated in Fig. 22. This latter tool 

 is easily made from strong band-iron. Another 

 type is suggested in Fig. 23, which represents a 

 slicing -hoe made by fastening a sheet of metal 

 to the tines of a broken fork. 



