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leak in places, though the hose, when new, can hardly be 

 detected from pure rubber, unless examined by an expert. 

 It is therefore advisable to buy only from those that you 

 can depend upon to give you pure, or nearly pure, rubber 

 hose. Although it costs a little more to begin with, it 

 will outlast the other four times over. A recent intro- 

 duction, known as ''Armored Hose," we have used for 

 over a year. It has wire twisted around the hose, thus 

 saving it from friction in dragging. It looks as if it 

 would be six times more durable than common hose. 



THE HOSE REEL (figure 146) will be found useful for 

 transporting the hose to various parts of the garden or 

 lawn. It also drains the hose in winding it up, making 

 it last longer. 



HAND CULTIVATORS (figure 146). With these imple- 

 ments a great variety of garden work can be done, such 

 as hoeing, cultivating, weeding, making drills, earthing 



The " Planet Jr." Doubl- Wheel " 



Hoe, Cultivator, and Plow. 

 Fig. 146. 



up, etc., and with greater speed and more ease than 

 with an ordinary hand hoe. 



THE COMMON OR DRAW HOE (figure 147). There are 

 several patterns of draw hoes, but the one in general use 



