CULTIVATING. 



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A. One acre on sod land and one acre and one-fourth on stubble. 



Q. What area should a man and a pair of horses harrow in a day, 

 to do it properly, with the Acme or other harrow? 



A. From four to five acres, to do it thoroughly. 



Q. Of course you are aware that about twice that area is harrowed 

 when done in the ordinary way? 



A. Yes, and even more. But I consider that such labor thor- 

 oughly done is the best investment the farmer can make. My expe- 

 rience of thirty years has been varied and extensive, and every suc- 

 ceeding year only impresses the more strongly upon me the fact, 

 that to get good crops you must have thorough pulverization of the 

 soil. 



Q. Of course you use the various kinds of cultivators for the various 

 crops. What implement do you at present use for cultivating corn? 



A. Cultivators are now so varied and improving every year, that 

 it is hard to say that any particular one is the best. There are many 



PLANET, JR., CTJI/HVATOR AND HORSE HOE. 



patterns more or less valuable. My rule in all such things, when pur- 

 chasing at an implement or a seed warehouse, is to ask what tool is 

 in largest demand for a certain purpose, and I usually find that the 

 public in the long run finds out which is the best article, and that the 

 article most in demand is the one usually having the most merit. At 

 present I have found that the cultivator known as the Planet, Jr., 

 Horse Hoe, does the best work in this way, and as it is mostly used in 

 this vicinity, public opinion bears me out in mine. 



(Mr. H.) I agree with you in that entirely, and as a seedsman I can 

 well endorse it ; for whenever a customer asks for any particular tool, 



