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Horse Hoes and Horse Cultivators are much alike in general 

 construction, but each is adapted to special purposes, and 

 both are very desirable. The horse hoes are for use when 

 the land is very hard and weedy: they may also be used for 

 ridging the land and for drawing- the earth from or throwing it 

 towards the plants. For this purpose they have various at- 

 tachments. 



The cultivators are especially for the purpose of stirring 

 the surface soil and keeping a dust blanket; they do not re- 

 move weeds that are well established. They throw very little 

 soil sideways and on this account may be used for cultivating 

 very close to small plants. Among the best of these are those 

 known under the names of Planet Jr. and Iron Age. 



Figure 7.— Opening and closing furrows with hand garden cultivators. 



Hand Cultivators. — There are many good forms of hand 

 cultivators on the market, and they are a necessity in every 

 garden containing over a quarter of an acre. They are made 

 so as to be adjusted to various widths between the rows, and a 

 kind, called straddle cultivators, is made so as to cut on two 

 sides of a row of plants at one time, which is often quite an 

 advantage. They also have various attachments for special 

 purposes. Among the best of these are Jewel wheel hoe, Nev 

 Universal wheel hoe. Gem garden cultivator and the several 

 kinds manufactured by the Planet Jr. Co. 



Seed Drills. — These are necessary in every garden. There 



