CHAPTER V 



GARDEN TOOLS 



ARE SO inijDortant in the proper care of the 

 garden and for the ease with which it 

 may be worked that only the best should be con- 

 sidered; the best, however, need not be the most 

 expensive, but they should be the best adapted 

 to the work to be attempted. It is not necessary 

 that their number be large, indeed, the number of 

 tools really indispensable is relatively small, but 

 definite. A good steel garden rake will be one of 

 the first tools required and this should be of the 

 steel variety, neither too light nor too heavy. Get 

 a good spade with a "D" handle that fits the hand 

 and foot. A wheelbarrow of the wooden side- 

 board construction will also be required ; to these 

 will be added a garden line and a hand cultivator 

 and as this is the most expensive and important 

 tool its selection is of much moment. There are 



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