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seen is of an entirely different construction from the 

 harrow just described. As a pulverizer or leveler we 

 have found it one of the very best implements we have 

 ever used for these purposes ; for it is not only a harrow, 

 but, under certain conditions of the soil, it is to all intents 

 and purposes a gang of small plows ; or, in other words, 

 in a soft or light soil you can plow the ground just as 

 thoroughly for six feet wide as you can do it with the 

 ordinary plow eight inches wide. Although this imple- 

 ment has been recommended especially for farm work, 

 our own experience with it convinces us that it is equally 

 valuable in the market garden. Still another excellent 

 smoothing harrow is that known as the Disc, which con- 

 sists of some sixty sharp discs, placed on revolving shafts 

 so as to cut the 'soil to a depth of three inches by one 



Fig. 123. DISC HARROW. 



inch in width, which levels the ground as completely as 

 can be done with a steel rake in the hands of an expert 

 workman. The use of this implement has saved us an 

 immense deal of labor, which previously was done by 

 hand rakes. 



In all hoeing operations by hand, the Steel-Prong 

 Hoe (figure 124), is used in preference to the old-fashioned 

 blade hoe ; yet superior as this implement is to the 

 blade hoe, it is not much more than twenty years since 

 it came into general use. A man can do fully one- 

 third more work with it, do it better, and with greater 

 ease than with the blade hoe. True, it is not so good 

 for cutting weeds, but weeds should never be seen in a 

 garden, whether it be for pleasure or profit ; it is short- 

 sighted economy to delay the destruction of weeds until 



