TOOLS WHICH MAKE GARDENING EASY 



There are single-wheeled and double-wheeled 

 wheel-hoes. Some have small wheels and others 

 large. It is the small-wheeled ones that have all the 

 attachments. 



In the spring, after your garden is ploughed or 

 spaded, the rakes may be substituted for the hoes 

 and the ground levelled. Then the little plough- 

 share is put on, and the drills in which the seeds 

 are to be sown can be made that is, if you are 

 going to sow them by hand. It is easier, however, 

 to have a seed-sowing attachment on the wheel-hoe. 

 It costs about $7, but I really believe that it is 

 worth it. It saves one from getting down on his 

 knees, or doubling up like a jack-knife, when sow- 

 ing the seed, and, as the machine is regulated so 

 that the seed may be sown any thickness desired 

 and the work done much more evenly, a given 

 quantity of seed will go farther than if sown by 

 hand. As soon as the seed-leaves show above the 

 ground, cultivating commences with the regular 

 cultivator-teeth. And this should be continued all 

 summer long, using scuffle-hoes to cut off the 

 weeds, or the teeth of rakes to keep the dust mulch 

 in good condition. 



In selecting a wheel-hoe, it will be necessary to 

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