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in their places under cover, little else remains to be added on 

 the subject of tools of tillage. Implements for special use, such 

 as asparagus bunchers, spinach cutters, hand weeders, etc., will 

 be mentioned elsewhere. 

 It is hardly necessary to 

 speak of wagons, etc., as 

 their selection depends on 

 local fashions, and special 

 purposes. A good manure- 

 spreader may be a con- 

 venient implement ; but I 

 question whether it can be 

 considered indispensable in 

 even a large market garden. 

 With the use of many 

 implements of tillage, such 

 as the various styles of 

 hoes, spades, shovels, forks, 

 etc., the question of "best" is often dependent on the habit of the 

 user. Some people after having once acquired the " knack " of 



Combined Drill and Wheel-Hoe. 



Planet Jr. Horse Hoe. 



handling a certain tool to advantage will do much better work 

 with it than with a superior or more modern one. The employer 

 must humor the whims of the hired help in such cases, and give 

 them just the tool that they have learned to use with skill and 

 to best advantage. 



The improvement of gardening implements, both large and 

 small, is still going on at a rapid rate. The leader of to-day may 

 be crowded into second or third rank to-morrow. This keeps 

 the progressive gardener on the alert all the time to enable him 



