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ORCHARD IMPLEMENTS 



plowed or disced. The chief ol)jecti()n to it is that the frame is 

 very rigid, so that it does not always adapt itself to irre^larities 



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



good, but stones and trash interfere with it seriously. 



Fig. 41. — .\n 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 



