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duce one that should be as near the .^^**^ 



tiling reqnh'ed as possible. y^ y^^^^k^ 



Every one who has ever had an / ^^^^*^^m| 

 occasion to work in ground that was r J^ ^ 

 filled with quack-grass roots must ■/ y^ 



have felt the need of an implement / ^ 



with which to readily extract them. r 



The Prong Hoe we believe is the 

 thing required for that purpose ; besides, it is 

 well adapted to various other kinds of work, such 

 as leveling the soil and thoroughly manipulating 

 it preparatory to sowmg of seeds. For digging 

 potatoa-^s, it is far superior to the common hoe, 

 and many will prefer it to the spading-fork. 



Fig. 22 gives a good idea of the form of the im- 

 plement. The tines are made in pairs, and of the 

 best spring steel. They are fitted into a mal- 

 leable iron head and firmly secured by a wedge. 

 If a tine should be accidentally broken, it may 

 be readily taken out and repaired without injury 

 to the other parts, as is often the case with sim- 

 ilar implements which are made of one piece 

 of steel. We would recommend the Prong Hoe 

 as a very handy tool to have about the garden. 



neff's peuxixg-sheaes. 



A good pair of pruning-shears is one of the 

 indispensable implements to every farm, garden, or 

 nursery. For many kinds of work shears are pref- 



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erable to a knife, especially in pruning vines, 



