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tatoes are cultivated both ways. Now, where we want to do 

 marking like that described on pages 174 and 177, this machine 

 is by all means the best arrangement that can be used. It is 

 especially the thing where there is an obstruction in the way, 

 such as stumps or trees, as in working new land. A bright 

 young friend of mine a girl of fourteen remarked that the 

 picture was not just right. She said that, on their farm, it 

 should show a boy at one end of the pole and a girl at the oth- 

 er, and that she was that girl. This is a hint for the strawber- 

 ry-grower as well as the farmer. Now, if you are going to 

 have children use this implement, every thing should be as 

 light about it as possible and still have it do the work. I would 

 have a pole made of light pine, largest in the middle, tapering 

 at both ends. Have notches cut at regular distances, so jou 

 can slip the cords as required for different crops. 



For working in a small garden it may be well to have poles 

 of different lengths. Two men -with a long pole will easily 

 make seven marks at once far enough apart for planting pot a 

 toes. With cross-marking, as on page 174, you can slip the 

 strings any distance apart that may be needed. This imple- 

 ment does not make a furrow, or not much of one. By using 

 links from a log-chain, especially if the ground is fine and soft, 

 quite a small furrow may be made. Where chains are not at 

 hand, a drag- tooth or any heavy piece of iron answers nearly 

 as well. The chain, however, would be less likely to get 

 caught, and would more easily slip around obstacles. 



JADOO FIBER, A SUBSTITUTE FOR POTTING SOII, FOR FLORISTS. 

 This article for growing plants first made its appearance in 

 America in 1896 or '97. It was manufactured and offered for 

 sale by the Jadoo Fiber Co. , Philadelphia. I believe it was used 

 previously in European countries. Our readers will notice I 

 have mentioned it frequently in the foregoing extracts from 



