The Home Garden 



tiously, it has been done in a thoroughly satis- 

 factory manner. There is no such thing as 

 doing it slightingly when this implement is 

 used. The ease of its operation adapts it 

 admirably to the use of women and children, 

 who can do just as good work with it as any 

 man. It is so adjustable that it can be made 

 to do its work in any manner required. In a 

 minute it can be regulated to go deep into the 

 soil, or simply scarify the surface. It can be 

 adjusted to rows of any width, in a word, it 

 is a tool that can be made to do just what you 

 want it to do, and is so simple in its construc- 

 tion and management that anyone can operate 

 it with perfect success. No gardener can afford 

 to be without one. 



In purchasing a cultivator, I would advise 

 getting the style having two wheels, as this 

 enables one to cultivate both sides of a row at 

 the same time. The single-wheel implement 

 obliges one to go along the row twice in order 

 to complete the cultivation of it. Both kinds 

 are fitted with a small plow attachment, hoes, 

 and wide and narrow teeth. These can be set 

 at any desired angle, and in such a manner as 

 to throw the soil from the row, or into it. There 



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