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Island. It consists of a stick of heavy wood, five or 

 six feet long and about three inches by six inches in 

 size, drawn by fastening one trace to each end, having 

 stilts or handles rising from the upper side, and two 

 rows of sharpened iron teeth six inches long on the 

 under side — the front row of teeth point forward, and 

 the rear row backward. It is a " horse-rake " for the 

 ground, and leaves it as fine as a hand-rake would, 

 while it works it much more deeply. 



One of the best cultivators that it is possible to use 

 between rows of corn — or other plants — is a small 

 sub-soil plow of the kind shown on p. 201, drawn by 

 one hoi-se, and running five or six inches deep. It 

 mellows the land deeply and thoroughly. 



There is much truth in the following proverbs : 

 " A garden that is well kept, is kept easily." 

 " You must conquer weeds, or weeds will conquer 

 you." 



" The best time to kill weeds is before they come 

 up." 



It is almost impossible to give a recapitulation of 

 the matters treated in this section, as it is, itself, but 

 an outline of subjects which might occupy our whole 

 book. The scholar and the farmer should understand 

 every principle which it contains as well as they un 

 derstaud the multiplication table ; and their applica 

 tion will be found, in every instance, to produce the 

 best results. 



