DIRECTIONS AS TO TOOLS 



should be taken not to use a roller where the 

 soil Is well supplied with moisture, lest the 

 ground become hard and baked. 



The corn planter is simple to operate by one 

 who is willing to use care and common-sense in 

 handling it; but no machine which accomplishes 

 several things at once can be handled properly 

 unless the operator has some knowledge of me- 

 chanics. 



A one-horse mower has been chosen for the 

 list, as on a farm of thirty or forty acres where 

 only two work horses are used, haying can be 

 done more expeditiously where one horse does 

 the mowing, while the other does the tedding 

 and raking. Of course, if more horses are 

 used, a two-horse mower with a seven-foot cut- 

 ter bar would be in order if the land is level and 

 free from stones. 



The weeder is always used within a few days 

 of the planting of seeds. Its mission Is to pre- 

 vent little weeds from starting; and this it does 

 by stirring the soil gently, just enough to kill 

 the weeds, but not deep enough to injure the 

 crop. 



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