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KITCHEN-GARDENING. 



in the last mark made by the runner. When the marker is 

 turned around, the gauge is laid over on the other side of the 

 marker. 



TRUE S POTATO PLANTER. 



The illustration herewith given represents a machine for 

 making the furrow, cutting the potatoes, dropping the pieces, 



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covering the seed, and rolling the ground, all at one operation, 

 in a workmanlike manner. It was invented only a few years 

 since, by J. L. True, Garland, Maine. We have seen it ope- 

 rated with one horse, where it planted potatoes with great dis- 

 patch and accuracy. Where a farmer plants several acres of 

 potatoes, such a planter will relieve workmen of much hard 

 labor. 



A STEEL CULTIVATOR TOOTH. 



The following illustration represents one of the best kinds 

 of cultivator teeth that we have ever met with for cultivating 

 potatoes. They are bolted to the wood-work of cultivators, 

 with strong bolts passing through the iron flanges or palms 

 on the upper end of the standard. The steel plates are 

 bolted to the cast-iron standards. When the earth is to be 

 turned towards the growing plants, the teeth are attached with 



