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the rows at the first hoeing of small plants from 

 seed. It is then that careful and close work 

 counts. 



This method is, of course, applicable equally to 

 all kinds of crops when small. It is not necessary 

 to watch the course of the blades, but only to keep 

 the row exactly spread between the wheels. If 

 desired, in place of the hoe blades, a pair of culti- 

 vator-teeth may be used for mellowing the soil 

 effectually, while causing less lateral disturbance 

 of the surface. 



Subsequently, when the plants are of larger size, 

 the cultivation is performed by propelling the hoe 

 between the rows (instead of astride). A single 

 cultivator-tooth being attached centrally, in 

 addition to the two hoe-blades the entire space 

 between the rows is covered and worked into 

 mellow condition by one passage of the tool 

 every weed being destroyed. The width may 

 be adjusted to suit all rows not wider apart than 

 sixteen inches. 



By another obvious modification, replacing 

 the two hoe-blades, used in the last described com- 

 bination, by cultivator-teeth, we obtain a three- 

 tooth cultivator, for stirring and mellowing between 



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