CHAPTER IX 



AND EQUIPMENT SPECIALIZING CROPS 



To subdue the land with an ax, a plow, and a spade is 

 possible; millions of acres have been so subdued. This 

 method, however, is the most expensive of all, as in our times 

 markets won't wait, and the man who wants to get on must 

 produce as quickly as possible. To do so, he must have the 

 best tools. They will pay for themselves many times over in 

 a single year. For the farm, the following list, in addition 

 to a well-stocked tool chest (hammer, saw, plane, ax, etc.) 

 covers the indispensable : 



1 team horses (these may be hired) $200.00 



1 walking plow 10.00 



1 disk or cutaway harrow 25.00 



1 farm wagon 50.00 



1 cultivator (2 horse) 25.00 



1 one-horse cultivator 8.00 



Shovels, pick, mattock or grubbing hoe 10.00 



Work harness for two horses 25.00 



$353.00 



These things you must have to get the land in proper shape 

 for seeds or plants ; but special crops require special tools. 

 A scythe is good to keep weeds away from the fences. A 

 sickle is handy to keep down rank grass. To reduce living / 

 expenses, a cow for $60, and fifty hens at fifty cents each, 

 say $25, will supply a large family with milk and eggs. Most 



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