IMPLEMENTS 



with single wheel, for use between the rows; 

 and also with double wheel, for use astride 

 the rows. 



Wheel-hoes for similar service are likewise made 

 and sold by the Planet, Jr., manufacturers, who 

 continue to maintain their well-known high stan- 

 dard of excellence in all goods of this class. More- 

 over, the wheel-hoes of their design possess 

 unrivalled advantages of adaptation to different 

 kinds of work, by reason of their many possible 

 transformations. These are very ingenious. 



The SEED-SOWER or DRILL is one of the most 

 useful and labour-saving implements in the entire 

 outfit of the market garden. It is used to sow 

 nearly all kinds of seed. Even peas and beans 

 are ordinarily sown by this machine. The quan- 

 tity of seed sown is regulated by small tins, with 

 holes affording passage for the seeds to the exact 

 amount required, and the distance between rows 

 is regulated or marked by a chain which is made 

 to drag from an adjustable arm. While one row 

 is being sown, the next one is marked by the chain. 

 The adjustable arm is a stick pierced with little 

 holes, and placed across the handles of the machine. 

 The depth of the sowing is regulated by raising or 



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