42 AGRICULTURE 



horse hoe and cultivator (fig. j). 1 The great 

 service performed by both tools is the constant 

 stirring of the soil, which helps to keep down 

 weeds, and to let air and moisture penetrate 

 below the surface. It stands to reason that it 

 must be a quicker and more thorough per- 

 formance of the same than can possibly be 

 done by a hand hoe. The cultivators save 

 time and save labour, and are a good invest- 

 ment for capital to be -laid out at starting, as 

 they do not cost more than 2 to 3 each. 



Seed sowing, (b, c, d, e) Seed sowing, weeding, watering, 



watering' the care of lawns and walks all these are so 



lawns and obviously essential to the well-being and well- 



doing of a garden, that the necessity for a 



thorough knowledge of all need not be dwelt 



upon. The homely proverb, " A stitch in time 



saves nine," applies equally to a garden as to 



a garment. Lawns swept regularly once or 



twice a week, and cut as often as necessary, 



1 Mr Geo. Bunyard of Maidstone informed the writer that 

 he kept ten Planet Junior Cultivators always at work on his 

 fruit gardens, and he calculated that he saved 50 a year in 

 wages for each cultivator employed. 



