DIRECTIONS AS TO TOOLS 



engine. In this way they are safe and ready for 

 use at a moment's notice. 



The power saw would be needed only on an 

 estate where there was much timber to be cut for 

 firewood. 



The potato planter and the potato digger 

 are expensive tools; unless at least two acres of 

 tubers are raised, it will not pay to buy the 

 former; and a cheaper digger would answer 

 the purpose for a hundred or two hundred 

 bushels. A man and a boy can easily drop the 

 fertilizers and seed potatoes, and cover an acre 

 in a day. The planter requires a man and a 

 boy to operate it, one driving and the other 

 watching the feeder. The digger requires four 

 horses on heavy soil, and three on medium loam. 

 On all large machines where the vibration is se- 

 vere, care should be taken to keep the nuts 

 tightened; for the loss of a nut when a machine 

 is in use will cause great inconvenience and end- 

 less loss of time. 



The field spray can be made to do double 

 duty. It will spray four rows of potatoes or 

 strawberries, or it can be altered for use In the 

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