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class excel all others in the depth to which they penetrate, 

 sometimes being used as substitute for the plow, especial- 

 ly on land that was turned over in the fall, those built 

 on the Acme principles will pulverize finer and are better 

 levelers of the surface. I prefer the original Acme in my 

 experience over any of those harrows which contain a 

 modification of the principles, and can be bought at a low- 

 er figure. When there is no turned over sod to be worked 

 deep, the Acme will be the better harrow for those farmers 

 who can afford but one of the improved varieties. By 

 setting it up at a sharp angle it can be made to cut nearly 

 as deep as can the wheel harrow, though by so doing the 

 draft on the horses will be greatly increased. Following 

 the Acme and to be used as a final pulverizer and leveler, 

 making the ground ready for planting of all kind of vege- 

 tables, dandelions almost alone excepted, comes the 

 Meeker harrow. For those who raise vegetables on a 

 large scale there is no greater labor saver than this, pro- 

 vided their land does not abound in stone larger than eggs. 

 It has the capacity to work such stones below the surface, 

 but not sufficiently deep to prevent their being struck by 

 the slide hoe. When used it should be drawn across the 

 field both ways, ending at right angle with the direction 

 the seed rows are to be run. In using the Meeker, I find 

 it does the work of over a dozen men and therefore is a 

 great labor saver. Among weed killers the Thomas 

 smoothing harrow and Breed's Universal Weeder rank 

 pre-eminent. By using these freely, passing with and 

 cross wise the rows as soon as weeds start in potatoes and 

 corn, a vast amount of hoeing and hard weeding can be 

 saved. The smoothing harrow can be used until the corn 

 is six inches high and the potatoes a couple of inches, 

 but Breed's weeder I should not dare use at so late a 

 period of growth, for not having much weight of its own 

 to force the teeth into the ground, it needs to be worked 

 by the hand back and forth as it is drawn along the rows, 

 which is lather too rough work among crops above 



