SAVING LABOR. 



To save hand hoeing, plant in rows that are 3% x 2% or 2% 

 feet and cultivate both ways until plants commence to make 

 W. F. ALLEN, JR. considerable runners and then cultivate onl> 

 the wide way. By this method only one or two hoeiugs will be 

 necessary. Md. 



Use Planet Jr. eleven tooth Harrow- 

 Cultivator, teeth fine ; does not throw dirt 

 A. G. SHARP on the plant and can be 

 run very close This harrow is changeable 

 in width and can be changed while in 

 motion. Mass. 



Plant in rows four feet apart. As fast 

 as the runners are large enough to take 

 root let them run in the rows to the right 

 and left so as to stand in a narrow line, 

 A. G. SHARP A. I. ROOT then you can get close up 

 to the plant with the cultivator. I do not know of any tools 

 better than the Planet Jr. fine tooth ; this can be run close up to 

 the plant and not injure the leaves. O. 



Cultivating should be done soon after rains when the ground 

 is soft. A special trowel for setting -plants like a mason's trowel, 

 GEORGE F. BEEDE wider and full at the point with extra large 

 handle is the best tool for setting. A toothed Sunnyside hoe is 

 the tool for hand work. I enclose cut of trowel. N. H. 



I am prejudiced in favor of the good 

 old hand hoeing. Absolutely clean cul- 

 ture is not possible without it. By mark- 

 EDW. W. CONE ing ground as for corn 

 and planting so as to admit of cultiva- 

 tion both ways, hand work may be 

 lessened considerably. Wis. 



Early runners make the best plants ; 

 GEO J. KELLOGG cut off the late 

 runners. Wis. EDW. W, CONE 



We use one heavy fine tooth cultivator and a lighter one 

 HORACE J. SMITH with fourteen teeth. There will be still 

 some hoeing to do as well as weeding, which later, as well as 

 the setting of runners, we do with a crew of small boys. Wis 



