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A measuring rod is also a useful garden tool. 

 Get a lo-foot stick about one inch square, and paint 

 one side white. Then measure accurately and at 

 every twelve inches cut a notch quite deep and 



The garden-line and the ten-foot measuring stick are often very 

 useful and occasionally indispensable 



all around the stick. Then mark the feet, plainly 

 from one to ten, using black paint or indelible 

 pencil. Cut a small notch in between each large 

 notch for the one-half foot measure. 



For large gardens, the wheel cultivator and seed 

 drill are very useful, but small gardens can exist 

 without them. A spray pump, however, is indis- 

 pensable to a successful garden. If you haven't 

 any, you can easily rig one up. 



For anyone who wants to purchase some or ail 



