TOOLS AXI) IMPLEMENTS 



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GARDEXS AND ESTATE TOOLS AND 

 IMPLEMENTS 



Though the number of tools actually required for a garden or 

 an estate in the tropics is not large, there are many which are not 

 generally known and which would not only facilitate various 

 operations in connection with garden or field work, but also prove 

 a considerable saving of labour. The stock-in-trade of a garden 

 coolie is often limited to a mammoty, watering-pot and a sickle, 

 and it is only at the expense of time and labour that he gets over 



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the work with these. The quality of the work done, however, is 

 not always as it should be. Of late years the number of useful and 

 labour-saving implements for the farm and garden has been con- 

 siderably augmented, more especially by inventions from America. 

 Though many of these are obviously unsuited to the conditions of 

 labour in the tropics, others are of easy application and effect 

 a considerable saving of labour as well as of individual energy. 

 Needless to remark, it is true economy to employ the best and 

 most suitable tools. Though the following list includes many that 

 are not necessary for a small garden, all are more or less indis- 

 pensable in a large or public establishment, while most will also be 

 found useful for estate work. 



