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The Florists^ Review 



Jink 22. \U2.. 



Ik. (ipcriilcil li>' 11k' pciwcr I rdJii (piie dl' 

 tlicsc niacliiiu's. Tlicv nre far superior 

 to .'t staticmary f,fas()lim' fii^ijio, bccaiist' 

 with them one can take tlie powi'r to 

 tli<' jdli instead of lieinj; cdrnjielled to 

 liriiij,' the ,joh to th( power. Tlic en;x'"''i 

 however, i> a litth loo )ij,rht to do satis- 

 lact(ir\' wcpik whin attacheil to a field 

 |dow of t he oidinary si/.e. 



The item ui' depreciation of I lie ma 

 ihirie is small indeed if a little euro 

 is exercistMJ, and a careful ownei' should 

 leceixc the [inrchase jirice of lln' ma- 

 chine many times o\ er before he is re- 

 <)uired to disjiose oj' it as junk. There 

 is nothing; which deteriorates so rapidly 

 as iron or steel, and once oxidfitioii he- 

 yins its di'st 1 uct i\e work, it is almost 

 ;m[iossildi to stop it. Tlo' only sure 

 method ol ;i\-oidinjr loss in this way is 

 to prt \(iit the tool from rustin^^ which 

 •an I'l easily dune in a few minutes 

 It tli< niaidiine is t horoui^rhly ide.ancd, 

 oiled, covered and stored awav in a 

 pl.'ice wliere the moisture cannot atta(d<^ 

 ;t when not in use. rnder tiiese con- 

 ditions .'1 machine slnrtild last, a ^Miod 

 m.any \ears. with only the^ necessity of 

 occasionally icnewlnj,' ]iart';a> tlie\- we;ir 

 out. 



Sales Plus. 



(>n< rn;i whack which has discouraged 

 .'i mon extensixe use of these machines 

 in the jiast has been the nnwillingnes'* 

 or the inaliility of the mannf.'ictnrers 1o 

 «tnnd liack of their machines with s(m\ 

 ic(. Kither the firms were iinrelialile 

 or they did not re.ali/e the \alue of the 

 fidlow-np -^.ales >i\st(>m. Under these 

 circumstances the llorist oi- nurservman 

 had no assurance that it' his machine 

 lirokc' down in the midst ol' a Imsv sea- 

 -on, he could ffet expert mechaiiies to 

 hel[i liim out. Tlierefore, not lieing :ih]r 

 to keep a horse lor an emergency, loir 

 heinfr willing to dii his work at the 

 pleasure of the machine, he decided not 

 to take a chanc(-. 



If a stlimlding Mock of this kind did 

 exist in the past, it has now lieen en 

 tirely (diininat(''(l. Parts liave been stan 

 dardi/ed to a large extent, and the 

 niakers maintain supply and service st;e 

 lions throughout the country in cli;irge 

 of men competent to liandle any trouble 

 with which the unskilled person ma\- 

 tilid himself confronted. Tlii^ ser\ ici 

 is generally reudereil ;it a nominal co-^t 

 if, in truth, it is not done entirely fr(i> 

 of charge. Instructions, in untechnical 

 language, .•iccompanied by diagrams, .■ire 

 turnished witli each machine, exjdaining 

 how. when and wliere to lubricate and 

 the kinds of oil to nse, together with 

 all the iiiformat ifiii nece^sarx- to ojierate 

 the machine. 



Who Makes Them? 



•■arden tractors are not entiridx a 

 recent innovation, and some of tiieni 

 liave been in operation in florists' fields 

 .'ind nurseries for several vears. These 

 rnaidiines are making good, as will be 

 indicated hereinafter. 



The Merry Garden AutoCulf ivatoi , 

 made by the Atlantic Machine & Mfg. 

 <V>.. Cleveland, O.. is a machine which 

 some florists hn\e found [i;irt iciilarl\ 

 attractive. If is light, weighing only 

 28") jiounds, and has a speed of about two 

 miles per hour. The handles can be ad 

 liisted uji or <lowii to accommodate any 

 height of man or boy. The slots in the 

 tool-h(ddeT>; allow ;i wide rangf- of posi 

 turn of tools, and the transmission of 

 j/ower is effected by means of a train 

 (■'■ <a'-< hardened stedcut gfar*- with 



ratio of' 1 .",(1. The control is effected by 

 means of a clnti h. 'I'lie machine mounts 

 a. L' liorse]iower Kvinnide motor, wliicli 

 is eipiipiied with a Kosidi magneto. It 

 straddles a lli inch or \\ iiler row and will 

 work betweiMi rows twenty- four inidies 

 or more apart. It can In- tinned around 

 in a .'ll-iiich circle. 



A nunibei of flori>ts ha\e iisi'd 

 the Merry tiarden. ''1 h,i\'e been 

 using ,'i ^ierry il.irden .\uto Cultivator 

 for twi> seasons with satisfactory re- 

 sults. \Vhile it is rather light for plov\ • 

 iiig, it is an ideal machine for cultivat- 

 ing. My 1 ."i year-old boy has done the 

 work." says .1. M. Hassett. id' Haminoii 

 Ion. N. ,1. "While we has'e had a. little 

 tioiible with the iiiaidiine fidin time to 

 time, it almost iii\ iiriably proved to be 

 through some oversight of our own, due 

 to inexperience with mofnr-. We h;i\e 

 cultivated t'rom three to five acies with 



Ready to Cultivate Two Rows. 



it easily and have kept tliein more 

 thoioughlv worked than v\ e n-<d to with 

 liorse ]iower. 



Makes Turning Easy. 



The (lilsoii Mfg. Co., I'ort Washing 

 ton. Wis., makes the Kcdeiis jiower hoc . 

 the only macliine with a clifTerent ia I. 

 enabling llie operator In turn the ma- 

 chine at tlie end ol' tlie idw with no more 

 (dfort than the strength ol' one hand. 

 It has a high .'iridi. which permit^ it to 

 wcirk astride .-i n.u of pl;int-; I'oiirteen 

 to tweiitv iiiche-. tall without damage. 

 The )io\ver i>< sil|i]died by a 1 e \ li iider. 

 a ircoided. gasol iiie dri v en iiiiptor, and 

 the gas(diiie consuiiipl 'ion i^ about one 

 gallon every ten hours. Tlie spied is 

 controlled bv a tliuinb hvei- on thi- 

 handle, which oper.-ite^ the tlnottle on 

 the c,-ii biiretor. 



The I'ideiiv niarhilie. with if'^ high 

 arched axle, it- tool centrol. ;t- difi'eren 



tial dlive it- e,-|-y I emulation ot' -peeil 



;ind its >ii;ip hitilir- on all ,'itt:M-|iiiienf -. 



i- ai tlit i-peci;illv ;ol.-| pte,| li. ||,,ii..t-' 



needs. It is de-i:.;iied 1 nr cln-e r u It i v at ion 

 .•ind t lieiet'oir h;i- in:idi tiien.l- where 

 llovi-ts h;ive -^eeli il di nioh-t i a ti d. 



I'he Itolell- power hoe x\:i- -Ik.hii lit 



the national flower -Imw. a; I loliaiia ooli- 

 la-t March. I'ser- in the tr.-ide incliub 

 thi' ('. <'. I'ollworth Co. .■iii.l Hcdtoii \ 

 llnnkel Co.. Milw.niki e. Wi-.-. .Mil,- Co., 

 ()^hko-li, AVi-.; .f. .\. l'el(i~on \ Son-. 

 Cincinnati. ().: W. AV. Ilorlai her. I);,v 

 ton. ().: Fifth .Avenue floral • d.. c,,|un,- 

 bii-. ().: .bdin Wieinann. Hiirlington. 

 Ta.: Daut P.ro-.. Iiecatiir, I!;.; rii.k 



Floral Co., Fort Wayne, Intl.; Baur k 

 fiteinkamp, Indianapolis, Ind.; Grav 

 Floral Co., Chicka.sha, Ok la.; Myers 

 Floral Co., Bluffton, Ind., and Joseph 

 Malinke, Milwaukee, Wis. It is used by 

 the eity foresters of St. Paul and Mil- 

 waukee, the fori'stry department of the 

 Dominion of Canada and the horticul- 

 tural departno'iit of the Fiiiversity of 

 Wi-corisiji. 



Made iu Miimeapolis. 



In Miniuvajiolis the Reeman Tractor 

 Co. ]iiits out a garden traetor palled 

 Heeman, ,Ir., whiidi is simply a little 

 )iower )ilaiit built into a traction ar- 

 rangement and designed especially to 

 handle garden tool attaehments. The 

 cultivator attachniiMit will cultivate one, 

 two or three rows .at a time. It has 

 I lear.'ince height of fourteen inches and 

 ideaiauee width ol' ten iiudies, which 

 permits gidng .astride or between the 

 rows. .V gasoline-driven, air cofiled 

 motor t'urnishes jiower, and the machine 

 is thrown into .and out of action by 

 a simple but jiositive bidt-tightener. 

 o[ierated at the right-hand hanille. 



One of the above mentioned is found 

 in use at the establishment of Luther 

 IForlacher, Xeiiia, O., and Mr. Ilorlacher 

 -ays in regard to the operation of the 

 machine: ''For the last two season- I 

 have been using one ot' these gardiii 

 tractors, finding it indispensable. .\s a 

 lultivator. it is far superior to a horse. 

 .Much more cultivating .-ind lufire 

 thorough Work i-aii be done than w itll a 

 lioi-e in a given lime. Many times 

 1 have gone out into my tield and culti- 

 vrited an acre and one-half of .T-foot 

 rows 11)1 and down twice after the even- 

 ing meal. One can speed these tractors 

 lo -iiit himself, and there is no horse to 

 ti-amp on the idants. One can turn from 

 one row and go up the next without a 

 minute's loss of rime. This tractor 

 is under perfect I'oiitrol, and can be 

 guided as close to the plants as one 

 desires. My tractor has been ab^plutely 

 dejiendable at all times, not giving' .any 

 mechanical trouble and .always being 

 ready for use. The B<>emaii Co. correctly 

 advertises its useful tractor to take the 

 fdace of a horse. In my experience, how- 

 ever, I have seldom seen one hors-e do 

 the kind of' ])lowing on our Ohio s(,il 

 that a good grower should want on his 

 land year after year. It takes a good 

 team, to do deefi, thorough jilowing, 

 which is essential to maximum rc-ults, '' 



"Walking and Riding Tsrpe. 



.\t Indianapolis, Ind., is made a ma- 

 chine called the Utilitor, of which there 

 are two models, one a walking type 

 .■ind one a riding type. The latter will 

 do (Veil heavier work than that ot' the 

 florist. This machine will pdow, harrow. 

 )uil\ eri/e. plant, cultivate, mow lawn-. 

 drag roads, do belt work to four horse- 

 povvei- and many of those things wh'ch 

 heretofore have been done with tli(> 

 hor-e or miili\ It is made by the Mid- 

 v\e-t Kiigine Co. The front franie can 

 be adjusted for .ither n;irrow or w ''de- 

 low cultivation. 



•■()n fairly level, solid ground the 

 I'tilitor does tine work ;ind has an 

 abundance of power. It turns to the 

 light or left on its own power and 

 can be kept going tiiuch more steadilv 

 than ,'i horse," says Nixon 11, Oano, 

 proprietor of the Martinsville Floral 

 Co., Martinsville, Ind. "In fact, if 

 a man keeps it going to c;ipacity all 

 day. he will know that he has done a 

 full day's work. "We use ours for plow- 



