JANUARY: THIRD WEEK 19 



toward the row instead of away from it, may be used for 

 very rapid and uniform work. As a general thing, however, 

 level cultivation is to be preferred to hilling as the loss of 

 water from evaporation is not so great. Toward the end of 

 the season, when crops which have been planted close have 

 begun to fill up the rows, the vine lifters should be put on, 

 and the single wheel used, with the hoes set close together, or 

 the " sweep" or scuffle hoe attachment used in their place. 



For ordinary work, going once in a row at each cultivation 

 will be sufficient. If the weeds have begun to get a little 

 ahead, and the first time over does not get them all, or 

 where the rows are too wide for the hoes or cultivator teeth 

 to work up close to the row on either side, go twice, or three 

 times if necessary, until the work is thoroughly done. 

 Weeds that are only partly destroyed will continue to make 

 a rapid growth, particularly in moist weather, and if they 

 once re-root after the main tap-root has been broken, you 

 will have your hands full, as they form a mass of fine fibrous 

 roots to which the earth clings, so that each cultivation 

 simply moves them around a little without succeeding in 

 putting them out of business. 



In addition to these two most important tools, which if 

 properly used, will do most of the work of planting and 

 cultivating, there are a number of smaller ones which are, 

 nevertheless, essential. The outfit of tools in your garden 

 tool shed should include the following: a spade; a shovel; 

 a spading fork; a flat-tined hook; a lawn rake; an iron- 

 toothed garden rake; a standard light hoe; a small weeding 

 or " onion" hoe; a Warren or heart-shaped hoe, for planting 

 and furrowing; a reel and line; a scuffle hoe; a trowel and a 

 dibber. For facilitating the work of hand weeding, there 

 are several types of small tools designed to save one's 

 fingers; of these select one or two which suit your individual 

 taste; personally for most work I prefer the style with a 

 plain bent sharp blade; known as " Lang's weeder," which 

 most seedsmen carry; for work in hard soil, about in- 

 dividual plants, and in flower beds, some type of finger- 

 weeder, with or without a long handle, will be useful. 



