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a horse and cultivator, is wortli ten with the hand hoe, and if 

 the farmer would use it oftener, as often as once a week in a 

 dry time, he would find it pay in the result of the crop. To 

 facilitate this work, the rows, of course, should run even and 

 straight. 



The Sulky Cultivator {fig. 43) has been gaining in favor for the 

 last few years, and will very soon, no doubt, come into general 

 use, as its advantages in cultivating corn on a large scale become 

 more and more apparent. The driver is furnished with a seat 

 sufficiently high to be in full view of his work, the forward 

 shovels being some feet in front of him. This is made by Dreere 

 & Co., of Moline, Illinois. Other modifications of the Sulky 

 Cultivator are manufactured in other parts of the country. 



Seerated Clod Crusher. The clod crusher is one of those 

 implements that have made their way but slowly into public 

 favor, partly because of their expense, and partly because they 

 have failed to be appreciated as they deserve to be. But on 

 some soils, particularly on stiff cloddy lands, dependent very 

 much upon the season, it is really invaluable. {Fig. 44.) 



In a wet season it often happens that strong lands cannot be 

 worked to advantage. The soil turns up in solid lumps, which 

 become as hard as a brick when dry. The clod crusher then 

 becomes almost indispensable. 



On light land farms, too, it may often be substituted to advan- 

 tage for the common iron roller. Like the roller, it is usually 

 cast in sections kept apart by washes on the main shaft. It pul- 

 verizes the lumpy soil, and breaks down the clods much more i 

 effectually, while on lighter soils it compacts the surface earth. J 

 No farmer who has once used the clod crusher so as to be 

 able to appreciate its many advantages, would think of doing 

 ??ithout it, and wherever it is used it will increase in favor. 



Cooper's Lime Spreader. The use of lime as a manure is 



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