MISCELLANEOUS FARM CONVENIENCES 



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careful analysis of the sample, but a farmer of experi- 

 ence will make a mud ball and form a very good esti- 

 mate of the amount of water in it. 



Figure 189. Manure Hook and Potato Diggers. 



Figure 190. Spud. Certain vegetables are gro^vn for crop and 

 for seed. The green plants are thinned with a spud for sale, leaving 

 the best to ripen for seed. It is also used to dig tough weeds, espe- 

 cially those having tap roots. 



Figure 191. (1) Corn Cutting Knife. (2) Asparagus Knife. 



FENCE-MAKING TOOLS 



Sliding Field Gate. Each farm field should have 

 a gate, not necessarily expensive, but it should be 

 reasonably convenient. Farm field gates should be 



