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ORCHARD IMPLEMENTS 



plowed or disced. The chief objection to it is that the frame is 

 very rigid, so that it does not always adapt itself to irregularities 



FIG. 40. The acme harrow. An excellent orchard cultivator when soil conditions are 

 good, but stones and trash interfere with it seriously. 



FIQ. 41. An orchard cultivator with heavy, rigid teeth. An excellent implement for heavy 

 work, either where the land is rough or the weeds are large. 



in the surface, one end perhaps working too deeply and the other 

 not deep enough. On the other hand this very rigidity makes it 

 effective in pulling the land into shape, taking down the high 



