The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



lengths, boring a hole in one end of each 

 piece and sharpening the other end, passing the 

 ends of the cord through the hole and making a 

 knot too large to slip through the hole, makes 

 the line more convenient to handle than if tied 

 around the stick, as it cannot slip in winding, or 

 any ingenious boy with simple tools can copy the 

 regular reel in a short time. A very simple, home 

 made tool for marking rows equal distances apart 

 consists of a straight pole of wood with a cross 

 piece at one end, fifteen, eighteen or twenty-four 

 inches on each end from the center pole and pro- 

 vided with triangular pieces at the ends and in 

 the center for markers, or wooden rake teeth may 

 be set in holes provided for them. This is drawn 

 along the ground and makes one, two or three 

 rows at one operation. The construction of two 

 or three of these markers is a short job and they 

 save a considerable amount of time in laying out 

 the garden. The twenty-four inch marker can 

 also be used for marking the twelve inch rows 

 by adjusting the pegs. The hand cultivators 

 with seeding attachments have also a marker 



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