IMPLEMENTS. 



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For stirring between narrow rows of Cabbage, Celery, 

 etc., we use a small one-horse plow before using the culti- 

 vator ; this is represented by fig. 10, and is known as the 

 Skeleton Plow. Following this is our main implement 



Fig. 10. SKELETON PLOW. 



for cultivating between rows, which is simply a triangu- 

 lar adjustable Harrow, represented by fig. 11. This 

 implement we prefer to any variety of cultivators we 

 have ever used, on ground where there are no weeds, 



(and weeds are rarely al- 

 lowed to grow in our 

 market gardens), as its 

 teeth sink from three to 

 four inches deep if kept 

 sharpened ; when extra 

 depth is wanted, a weight 

 In all hoeing operations by 

 hand, the steel pronged Hoe, fig. 12, is used in prefer- 

 ence to the old-fashioned blade hoe; yet, superior as 

 this implement is to the blade hoe, it is not more than 



Fig. 11. CULTIVATOR. 



is put on to sink it deeper. 



