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it may be used for the work of shallow cultivation to good 

 advantage. It does not work the soil deep enough for 

 the best summer cultivation. 



Plank Drag or Smoothing Board. The form of this is 

 clearly shown in Fig. 19. It is used for crushing lumpy 

 soil and smoothing off and leveling the land preparatory 

 to seed sowing or planting, and will be found very useful. 

 It can be made by any one. The planks are two by ten 



Fig. 19. Plank drag for smoothing the surface of land. 



inches on the ends and eight feet long, lapped two inches 

 and nailed. These are strengthened by two six-inch cleats 

 securely bolted on. It is drawn by a chain fastened at the 

 front corners. 



Potato Diggers. Of the cheapest forms of potato 

 diggers, probably the Hallock Improved is the most perfect. 

 It does very good work, and where not over five acres of 

 potatoes are to be dug it is probably all that is needed. 

 Where the potato is raised on a large scale, however, it is 

 generally desirable to use an elevating digger. Of these 

 the Hoover and the Dowden are probably the best to be 

 had. They both work on the same principle. 



Spray Pumps. Almost every farmer and gardener 

 needs a good spray pump for applying Paris green to potatoes 

 and vines and for spraying trees, vines, etc., with fungicides 

 or insecticides. For this purpose some form of the knap- 

 sack spray pump is most desirable where the work to be 

 done is not very extensive. For applying these substances 



