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wheel going in front of the tines which serves as a guide, and 

 (4) a double handle for th** labourer to push the implement with. 

 If instead of 4 tines only one tine is used or two tines at the 

 two extremities of the slit, the furrow or the two furrows 

 made by the implement may be sown with seed by a man 

 walking behind who can cover up the furrows with his feet as 

 he walks along. 



. 197. Madras or C. P. Bullock 'hoes cost only Rs. 5 or 

 Rs. 6. It requires trained bullocks to work these hoes 

 straight. There is always a little damage done by the feet 

 of cattle. The cattle must, of course, be muzzled. The use 



FIG. .33. THE C. P. DUNDIA. 



of the hand-hoe is accompanied by no loss if the rows 

 and lines are regular. Where the distance between two rows 

 of plants is sufficiently great a Dundia (Fig. 33) which is a 

 C. P. Bullock-hoe with a single knife may be used. But the 

 combined hoe and rake (Fig. 34) which is used in the vine- 



FIG. 34. FRENCH COMBINED HOE AND RAKE. 



yards of Europe, is a more effective instrument for this 

 purpose. For hand-weeding besides ordinary khurpies and 



