ON IMPLEMEiNTS. 



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Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



The Rake (Fig. 1) siiould be of 

 tlie best wrought ii-on, with teeth 

 about 2-^ inches long and l-^- apart. 

 The head is of any size, from six to 

 twenty inches. There are also rakes 

 of malleable iron, and wooden rakes 

 with steel teeth : the latter sort are 

 very convenient for rough ground. 

 The handle should be round, made 

 of pine, or any other light wood, and 

 from six to eight feet long. 



Beet Rake (Fig. 2). — This very use- 

 ful implement is composed of hard 

 wood, with steel teeth, obtusely pointed, 

 about two inches wide, five inches long, 

 and from nine to twelve inches apart. 

 It is exceedingly useful for drawing drills in which to sow 

 Beets, Carrots, Onions, and all small seeds or roots. In using 

 it, strain the line, and draw with some strength ; when three 

 drills will be made at once, saving the labor of moving the 

 line so frequently as when the work is accomplished by the hoe. 



Hoes are of many and varied de- 

 scriptions, sizes and shapes. Fig. 3 

 gives an idea of the most useful. 

 They should be of the very best 

 of steel, with rather strong, round 

 handles, five feet long. They are in pig, 3. 



sizes from three to ten inches. Those of three, five, seven and 

 nine inches are generally used. 



Pronged Hoes, Fig. 4, are very kji 



useful, indeed indispensable, for ^ o 



stirring the soil and destroying <J 



weeds. They are of steel or malic- Fig. 4. 



able iron : the latter generally used, though the former is pre 



ferable ; handles four and a half feet long 



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