Hoeing Between Rows. 



46 How to Make the Garden Pay. 



on a modest scale are often tempted to purchase a combi- 

 nation tool drill and cultivator combined, such as Planet Jr. 

 Combined Drill and Wheel-Hoe, seen at work hoeing both sides 



of the row below, and as 

 a cultivator on next page. 

 Such a combination has 

 serious objections, how- 

 ever. Its double purpose 

 necessarily makes it com- 

 plicated, and less effective 

 in either capacity, and 

 whenever you use it you 

 are wearing out two im- 

 plements at the same 

 time. If you think you 

 can afford but one tool, 

 by all means sow seeds 

 by hand, and buy a 

 separate double wheel- 

 hoe. A good horse-hoe can now be purchased at almost any hard- 

 ware store. The " Planet Jr.," always unsur- 

 passed, is always the leader in improvements, 

 and has some novel attractions for the com- 

 ing season. One for instant adjustment of 

 width, and another for quickly securing the 

 handles to one side or the other, is a boon to 

 grape, hop, and blackberry growers, and when- 

 ever covering or making up plant ridges is to 

 be done. The illustration on next page shows 

 it in a useful form, with a set of teeth which are onlyi^ inches 



in width, and such do the best 

 work in stirring the soil. For 

 many reasons an even surface 

 of the soil is most desirable, 

 and we want no ridges and 

 furrows. Hilling is required 

 only in rare cases, such as the 

 last cultivation of potatoes, or 

 in the celery field ; and the 

 hilling blades can then be sub- 

 stituted for the two narrow 

 outside blades. If I further 

 emphasize the necessity of 

 having the hand hoes bright 

 clean, and sharp, and hung in the proper angle to a light, 

 smooth handle ; of keeping the steel and cutting parts of all 

 implements bright, and well oiled when not in use, and all tools 



Combined Drill and Wheel-Hoe. 



