CHAPTER IV 



TOOLS AND HOW TO USE THEM 



To use a hoe or rake properly is an art as well as 

 a science. 



THERE is a great variety of tools adapt- 

 able to pruning, spraying, planting, 

 transplanting, and cultivating, but a few good 

 tools put to the proper use in the right way will 

 be sufficient for most of the practical back- 

 yard gardens. One tool may be used for sev- 

 eral different kinds of work in the garden. 

 For example, the rake may be used to smooth 

 the surface of the soil preparatory to sowing 

 the seed, covering the seed, cultivation, and 

 raking the ripe onions into rows to dry. 



It is just as important to know how to handle 

 tools properly as it is to know the proper depth 

 to plant seeds. A crop may be spoiled by the 

 wrong method of cultivation. Beets partly 

 matured may be destroyed if the beet is injured 



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