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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 uot alwaj's adapt itself to ii-re^larities 



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



good, but atoaes and trash interfere with it seriously. 



Fig. 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 malves it 

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



