80 THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



people make the mistake of buying too many things and 

 these poorly selected. It is better to have too few tools 

 than too many, for tools are often dropped where last used, 

 and so are lost. Then if money is scarce, you may not be 

 able to make a shelter for your machines and tools, and they 

 will rust through the winter. Many farmers, through neg- 

 lect, have to replace their tool equipment every four or five 

 years, but with attention and care, the original equipment, 

 even to the team, ought still to be in use twenty years after 

 their purchase. I know many instances where this is true. 

 The above equipment is the minimum for beginning work. 

 The character of additions to it will depend much upon the 

 crops which you select as the money getters. 



For general market gardening and the kitchen garden too, 

 the following tool list, together with the above, will include 

 everything absolutely necessary. 



Wheel hoe $6.00 



Spade and fork, each $1.00 2.00 



Push hoe .65 



Watering can .60 



Rake and common hoe 1.00 



Bulb sprayer .25 



Trowel .10 



$10.60 



The wheel hoe is a great saver of backache, especially 

 to the beginner; as Warner says, "at the best you will con- 

 clude that for gardening purposes a cast-iron back with a 

 hinge in it is preferable to the ones now in use." 



The dibble, an old tool handle, or a bit of broomstick 

 sharpened, and garden lines to get the rows straight, labels, 

 tomato supports, plant protectors and stakes can all be home- 

 made out of old material. The full outfit Would include the 

 following : 



