SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



There is a considerable opportunity for choice, 

 even amongst small tools of almost the same pat- 

 tern and make. No good shoveller is quite satis- 

 fied unless he can have his own shovel to work with 

 it fits his hand better than any other. Hoes and 

 forks have their peculiar merits and demerits, such 

 as can hardly be accounted for upon a cursory 

 examination, but in long-continued use become 

 apparent. All these, however, involve but little 

 outlay, and their possible peculiarities are, there- 

 fore, of less importance to be discussed; but, of 

 course, the clumsy ones should be avoided, or dis- 

 carded as soon as convenient; and better ones 

 should be watched for, and secured as soon as 

 obtainable. Good tools make cultivation easier, 

 and crops better in amount and quality. There 

 should be a tool-house, which should also have 

 an outfit for making small repairs. Tools after 

 use should be immediately returned to place. 

 They should always be cleaned off after being left ; 

 iron and steel parts should be wiped and oiled, 

 or treated with some more thorough dressing, 

 according to their liability to rust, and the length 

 of time they are likely to remain unused. 



Tools operated by horse power form a large and 



