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piece of wood in each end with a hole through the 

 center to admit a bar of wood or iron which 

 should be attached at the ends to a handle ad- 

 justed so as to allow the cyHnder to roll; this 

 being light can be rolled over the bed, leveling 

 two or more rows at a time according to the 

 length of the cylinder; it can be quickly con- 

 structed of waste material about the place and 

 any piece of wood of suitable length — a couple of 

 lathes, even, will answer, will do for handles. It is 

 a good idea when it is found necessary to employ 

 help in cultivating the garden to have a few little 

 jobs like this on hand in case rain interferes with 

 the work ; in this way neither the time of the help 

 nor the money of the employer is wasted and I 

 have found that it gives far better satisfaction to 

 the help if there is something of the kind for him 

 to do so that he need not lose his day's or fore- 

 noon's work. Sharpening tools is another job 

 that it pays to remember in the odd moments. A 

 memorandum of things that can be done when it 

 rains, tacked up in a conspicuous place in the 



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