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bly less for the hoe to do. So I went to the tool-house and got 

 a piece of plank, about two inches by six, and two feet long. 

 Then I took some round half-inch harrow-teeth, that were 

 sharpened,* and, boring holes, I drove them through the plank, 

 as shown in Fig. 10, a tooth at each dot. The holes were bor-. 

 ed through square, not slanting. A slanting tooth would cut 

 off the leaves instead of pushing them aside. Next with two 

 little hook bolts, shown in Fig. 10 at B, which were found 

 among the old irons, I fastened this little harrow under a Plan- 

 et cultivator-frame (leaving the wheel on), after having taken 

 off all the teeth and teeth-standards. I then had a cultivator 

 with nine harrow-teeth instead of five curved teeth. One can 



FIG. 10. HARROW ATTACHMENT FOR CUI/TIVATOR. 



buy something of the kind ; but one made in this way, as an 

 attachment to the cultivator, costs but little, and it can not 

 track. The bolts B hook up over the cultivator frame, one each 

 side, and the nuts, of course, go under the plank. To use it, 

 the land must be clean no rubbish or stones of much size. 

 Under these circumstances you will be pleased with the harrow, 

 to use in connection with a cultivator. You can put in more or 

 less teeth, according to the condition of your land. I tried 

 about fifteen at first, but had to reduce the number to nine. 

 With this harrow one can stir the soil about an inch deep, very 

 close to the crowns of the plants, leaving it level, and do it at 

 quite a rapid pace, as the teeth throw no dirt, no matter how 

 fast you go. The tooth next to the row we did not drive 

 through as far as the rest, by about half an inch, so as to be 

 sure not to disturb the roots of the plants. We go through 

 twice in a row, of course, in our four-foot rows, once on each 



* See last chapter in regard to the manner of sharpening the teeth. 



