Classification of Tools 111 



There should be a tool for each diverse type of labor. 

 An advantage of the variety in tools offered by Ameri- 

 can dealers is the fact that a tool may be selected for 

 each particular purpose. Some farms are overstocked 

 with tools. Too much capital is locked up in them. 

 This fault is usually the result of duplication, the 

 various tools are too similar, they do not per- 

 form different kinds or types of labor. 



It requires nearly as many tools to equip 

 one acre of market -garden as to equip five 



Fig. 29. Wheel-hoes for garden work. 



acres. Consequently, it is relatively cheaper to till a 

 fairly large area, so long as it can be tilled well. 



Market -gardening tools may be roughly classified 

 as follows : 



I. Tools for tillage. 



Tools to prepare the land for planting : 

 Plows (Fig. 26), 

 Harrows (Fig. 27), 

 Cultivators, 

 Rollers (Fig. 28), 



Hand-tools of various kinds, as spades, shovels, 

 wheel-hoes (Figs. 29, 32). 



