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tenis in use, is excellent for weeding and for loosen- 

 ing the soil between the rows of corn, etc. The 

 one called the universal cultivator, having its side 

 bars made of iron, curved so that at whatever dis- 

 tance it is j)lficed the teeth will point straigld for- 

 ward^ is a much better tool than those of the older 

 patterns, which had the teeth so arranged that when 

 set for wide rows, thej pointed toward the clevis. 

 It is difficult to keep such a cultivator in its place, 

 W'hile the " imiversal " is as difficult to move out of 

 a straight line. 



IMPEOVED nORSE-IIOE. 



The irrvproved (or Knox's) Jiorse-hoe^ is a combina- 



tion of the "Langdon " horse-hoe and the cultivator, 

 and 3S the best implement, for manj purposes, that 

 has yet been made. 



An excellent tool, called a l\ruller, is used in Rhode 



