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so as to lift the frame about five inches from the ground as it sits upon the 

 surface. Each edge is sharp iu order that it may cut both ways — the opera- 

 tor pushing it before him by means of the handles, cutting off the weeds, 

 then drawing it back the same distance and lifting the knife at the same 

 time, iu order to insure a displacement of the weeds. The knife may be 

 made of a width to suit any space between rows of vegetables. The form of 



the knife is such as that it may 

 be run as close to the rows 

 as is desired, without endan- 

 gering the roots of plants — 

 for it cannot cut under. 

 Weeders of this character 

 are sometimes made with the 

 knife before the wheel. Any- 

 body can make the wood- 

 work of this weeder who has 

 the tools. Ordinary plow 

 handles that can be pur- 

 chased for twenty-five cents 

 will answer. The knife, the 

 braces to the handles, and 

 the tire of the wheel, is all 

 the iron about it. We have 

 devoted this much space to 

 its description and commen- 

 dation because there are 

 many farmers who are turn- 

 ing their attention to root 

 culture and to the cultiire of 

 small fruits, and there are 

 many others who would de- 

 vote more acres to these 

 crops were labor available. 

 Those who grow carrots, 

 onions, turnips, parsnips, the 

 sugar beet, or even straw- 

 berries, will find, for money 

 invested in one of these im- 

 plements, a sure return. 

 There is no patent on it that 

 we know of, and any man 

 with gumption can make one. 



T Ii o ni a s ' No-Pnteiit 

 Scraper. — Our illustration 

 represents a practical and 

 very useful implement for use on public or private roads, and as there is no 

 patent upon it, it can be easily made by any one as follows: 



Take a hard wood plank, say three by fourteen inches, seven feet long. 

 Bevel the back side, rivet on an old mill saw for the edge. Put in a mortise 

 wide enough to receive the teuou of the pole on an angle — a common ash 

 wagon pole with a tenon say two by four inches, and five feet of medium 

 size cable chain fastened on each side of the pole two and a half feet from 



