TOOLS WHICH MAKE GARDENING EASY 



work in narrow or wide rows. Other levers regulate 

 the angle at which the teeth are set. These horse- 

 cultivators can be used for making furrows, cul- 

 tivating, hoeing, and covering hills and furrows. 

 Many times have I made the furrows for my po- 

 tatoes with this, and then followed the boy who 

 dropped the seed with the same machine, but with 

 other attachments to draw the soil in the row and 

 firm it. 



Where the amount of cultivating will warrant it, 

 I would recommend buying a spike-tooth culti- 

 vator. For stirring the soil to create a dust mulch, 

 it is better than the ordinary cultivator in that it 

 does not leave the soil in ridges but perfectly flat 

 and very fine. 



Of the ordinary hoes there are a great variety. 

 The common one is useful for straight hoeing, 

 and, if kept sharp, does good work, but there are 

 special hoes which are much better; they do the 

 same work and do it more easily. There is a heart- 

 shaped hoe which is particularly useful for making 

 furrows. There are hoes with scalloped edges, 

 which, if kept sharp, will cut weeds with about one- 

 half the effort that is necessary to draw the ordi- 

 nary straight-edged hoe through the ground. The 



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