POTATO CULTUKE. 



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thing to harrow and plow with. The die c and cutaway har- 

 rows are the best implements we have for working soil more 

 than can be done with a Thomas hallow. They should 

 always be used back and forth, lapping half; as then, with 

 careful driving, the land is not ridged much. We have both, 

 but rather prefer Clark's cutaway to a disc. We think it 

 draws a little easier, and digs deeper on hard ground, and it 

 does not ridge the ground so much. But both are good tools. 

 A cutaway, Thomas, and roller, are all the tools I need to 

 prepare potato-land ; and the same tools are now used to 

 prepare the potato . ., , stubble for wheat without 



plowing. Let me jj|lj||i| \ advise that, if you use a cuta- 

 way or disc in pre- || \ paring potato-land, you do 

 not go lengthwise, !| 'ill f ^K^ as vour rows are to run, 



ELLIOTT'S THREE-HORSE EVENER. 



Price complete, for wag-on and plow, $4.00 per set; for plow and har- 

 row without wagon attachment, $3.00 per set. Address all inquiries to 

 Thomas Elliott, Tecumseh, Mich. 



but exactly at right angles, or crosswise, and the slight 

 ridges made by harrows will then bother the least. I should 

 explain, perhaps, that my clover sod, on which no stock 

 ever runs, is very mellow, usually. With less favorable 

 conditions, more harrowing (the use of the cutaway) might 

 always be needed. Again, some years the ground seems 

 much more mellow than others. You get the point of why I 

 do as little tillage as will answer, before planting. But you 

 must not overdo it. Small-cut pieces of seed would dry up 

 if the surface were too coarse. In this chapter you will find 

 cuts of the cutaway harrow and a roller. 

 If there is danger of rain, do not roll ground any faster 



