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also a very useful tool; expressly adapted to loos- 

 ening and throwing over garden soil. It is made 

 with only four tines; these are either flat or angular 

 in shape, with but little to choose between the two 

 styles. 



The SLIDE HOE is used mostly between the rows 

 of beets, lettuce, spinach, onions, dandelions, 

 parsley, celery and all the crops sown by machine. 

 This tool is made in different widths so as to fit 

 the varying intervals between the rows for which 

 it is intended. The smallest are four inches wide, 

 and they are made to range upward to nine inches. 

 They are used by sliding them in a direction 

 parallel with and along the row, and the knives 

 enter the soil to a depth of about one inch, making 

 the land loose and light on the top, and destroy- 

 ing the weeds. 



The LITTLE GEM WHEEL HOE is a hand imple- 

 ment combining some of the characteristics of the 

 horse-hoe, or cultivator, and the slide hoe; thus 

 producing a very serviceable tool. It is well- 

 proportioned, as regards size, to the work to be 

 done; built light and strong; all iron and steel, 

 except handles; well made, and handsomely fin- 

 ished and adjustable in every way. It is made 



