56 — How to Make the Garden Pay. 



implement ; but I question whether it can be considered indis- 

 pensable in even a large market garden. With the use of many 

 implements of tillage, such as the various styles of hoes, spades, 

 shovels, forks, etc., the question of "best" is often dependent on 

 the habit of the user. Some people after having once acquired 

 the " knack " of handling a certain tool to advantage will do 

 much better work with it than with a stiperior or more modern 

 one. The employer must humor the whims of the hired help in 

 such cases, and give them just the tool that they have learned to 

 use with skill and to best advantage. 



The improvement of gardening implements, both large and 

 small, is still going on at a rapid rate. The leader of to-day may 

 be crowded into second or third rank to-morrow. This keeps 

 the progressive gardener on the alert all the time to enable him 

 to profit by any new device that may be of unusual merit, and 

 to keep ahead of his competitors. On the other hand I can 

 hardly advise the gardener of moderate means to invest in every 

 new implement as soon as put on the market under high claims. 

 Progressiveness in this respect may well and profitably be tem- 

 pered with quite a considerable amount of conservatism. 



