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The Florists^ Review 



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Cultivating Asters in Wisconsin. 



iii^'. disking, imrniwinj^. ill iif^jiin;:. t'lir- 

 rovvinj; Jind cult iv;it iii^. Aliiuist any- 

 one cnii U'arii to ci|iciatc oiu nf tlicsc 

 tr.'ietors more readily and witli iiuhIi 

 nifire satisf'aet ion than lie could drivi 

 a Ikjisc. i1' lie never had any ex{ierien,'f' 

 with a liorse before. The l^tilitor, wlieii 

 ]iro|ierly adjusted before starting;, will 

 ^ive one no trouble at all. The machine 

 is well built, and wo have had no trou 

 hie with lireakaj^e. It is economical in 

 the use of j,'as(dine and lubricat inji' oil. 

 I much ]irefer the Utilitor to an\ lioisc 

 1 have eviT handled. 



•'T have used a ITtilitor trartdi- for 

 two years for plowing ami hai rnwin;,' 

 and like it for this jiurjidse. IT yon 

 ha\c a tractor to do your work and a 

 flivver to do vour errands. \(in uvi- well 

 fixed." says TI. Wells T.aylov, fleri-t at 

 ."^{irin^' f'ity. I'a. 



Simple and Sei-viceable. 



.\ small traetor and jiowit riilii\ .itor. 

 whieh lias a (dnteh control and carries 

 the engine inside the large bull or 

 traction wheel, is found in the Kinkade, 

 manufactured by tlie American Faru' 

 Machinery Co., Minneajiolis. Minn. "It 

 is a wonderful machine for its si/.e and 

 easily does the work of three men oper- 

 .'iting hand machines,'' says C. A. Bra 

 zee, wholesale florist and bnll> grower, 

 of Wilmington. Cal. "It hoes and cul- 

 tivates much deeper than a hand ma- 

 chine and makes work a ]deasure. T 

 ..an easily operate it in rows one foot 

 ;tpart, and it is so simpl<> that .a boy 

 can Ofierate it. It is strongly con 

 structed, re(|uiring little or no adjust 

 ment, and is .always ready for work. 

 Above all, it re.ally does thi' work." 



Tlu .\cme, .Tr., ]iowei- cultivator, 

 made 1>\ the .\cme Cultivator ('o.. 

 •'<jilem. ().. is a compact machine, easy 

 to handle. It i- of the 2-wheol type and 

 Its construction makes its lair --im]ilo 

 .'tiid its life ifing. 



Useful in Nursery Rows. 



Thi ('ultitriOtor, uj.anur.-ictuird l.y tli(> 

 J-helhy Tr.'ictor k Truck ('<i.. at Shelby, 

 O.. has a notaV)le advan1a;;e in it- abil- 

 ity to pass between narrow row>. allow • 

 iiig culti\ation regardless of the liciyht 

 ot jdants. Tool holders of various 

 lengths, attached in ;» few minutes, arc 

 adapted to any of the standard garden 

 tO(ds. such as hoes, cultiv.alor l(>eth. 

 disks, sidehill and moldhoard jdows. 

 Tools are thrown in or out of service by 

 touching a foot lever. A clutch .'it the 



lelt hand and a tliumli thia^ltlc at tlic- 

 light gi\e control. 



•' lla\ing only one |Mi\\er wheel (.t i ,\ 



ccptional width, i 'e traction is (,[■ 



tained th.an in the L'-\s licelc.l type, 

 which allows a slipjiage of the wheel on 

 the side of least resistance," state the 

 ni.akers of this machine. 



The dri\-e is through j.;ears and ch;iiii. 

 enclosed in metal housing, while Ipron/e 

 bushed and hardened roller hearings ;is- 

 sist in obtaining .1 minimum of friction 

 and wear. To withstand the hard usaye 

 to which a tractor is bound to be put, 

 rolled steel is used throughont in frame 

 work construction. A 4-cycle air-cooled 

 motor with enclosed flywheel mag- 

 neto produces the power. Jt is eiiuijiiii'd 

 with a device for removing .-ill dust 

 from the .air passing to the carburetor. 



A small belt juilley and an att.achment 

 permits the use of any hand lawn mower 

 ill connection with the Cultimotor. .\ 

 g.asoline consumption of one g.allon per 

 tell hours, with oil consumiitioii (if 

 •about one quarter pint, is cl.aiiiied I'or 

 this machine. 



Used by Vegetable Growers. 



.\ light ])Ower cultivator which 

 stresses its specialized design and con- 

 struction is the Motor Macult ivator, 

 m.anufactured at Toledo, ().. b\- the 

 .Motor Macultivator Co. This m.achine 

 turns in a radius of thirty fi\e inches, 

 is light .and jiowerful, and because of 

 patented features gives ,an unusii;illy 

 wide range of tool iiLaccmeiit at the (i|i 

 tion of the operator. The tool adjust- 

 ment on the Motor Macultivator enables 

 the operator to regulate width, dejith 

 .and cutting iuigle of the tools in nst'. 

 .\ special device on this maidiine en- 

 ables the o])(>rator to r.aise the tools from 

 the grouiul without lifting the machine. 

 It cultiv.ntes from one-cpiarter inch to 

 four inches in depth, one or two rows 

 at .a time. and. it is said, gets up within 

 a half inch of plants. It will str.addle 

 the rows or work between them, ;is the 

 operator may desire. \'egetable grow 

 ers have found this machine ;;cnerally 

 useful. 



Ill the Motor Macult i\at(ir the crank 

 ea-.' and main frame ;ire cast in one 

 |ii<ce. There an few ji.arts and these 

 easily accessible. Its low center of 

 gravity permits it te work on uneven 

 surfaces or sliarji inclines withipiit dan- 

 ger of overturning. Left li.aml clutch 

 and right-hand throttle are cunt rolled 

 from the hand grips. The lubrication 

 system consists of five grease- cups; no 

 oil can is needed. The motor is a one- 

 cylinder, four-cycle motor. The drive 

 whtnd diameter is nineteen and one half 

 inches, width over all se\entceii and 

 one-half inches. height tliiitv twa> 

 inches, length fifty t'oiir indies, clear 

 ance 7iine imdies, weight '-Mh iioiinds. 



The !Motor M.acultivator is r<.,adily 

 converteil into ,a jiower lawn mower by 

 the use of an inexjiensive .attachment 

 that is adaptable to iir.acticallv aii\ 

 lawn mower or cutting unit iii.w in th.' 

 market. 



Nurseryman's Experience. 



One of the first ni.anufactnrers to ful 

 low the trend toward specialized trac 

 tors of small size, the New Britain Ma 

 <hine Co., New Britain, ("onn., has de 

 sijiued a small tractor fitted to the 

 needs of truck g.ardeners, seed growers, 

 nurserymen and florists with .a smiil! 

 acreage of outdoor stock. Iv\[iiTiments 

 have been made in eastern nurseries t(' 

 (ieni(.iistr.ate tin abilitv of this mjicliiric 



to meet sucli needs. Last summer Sw.'im 

 .Velson & Sons Co., Chicago, bought one 

 of these machines for use in cultivating 

 nurserv stock in regularly ]dantcd tree 

 blocks', with rows as close as three feet. 

 This compatiy found tli.at when the 

 -roiiiid was not too h.ard or t.augled witi: 

 roots, the machine enabled one man 

 to cultiv.ate about twice the area that 

 lie roubl with a one-horse cultiv.ator. 

 ■•We tound the machine easy to yiiidc 

 .and have never had it tiji over, nor 

 h.'ive we lost control of it," says the 

 superintendent ot' the nurseries of 

 Swain Nelson i<: Sons Co. -'After s(-v- 

 eral days' usage, some part of the ma- 

 chine iiroke, not h.aving been built 

 strong enough to last long in this kind 

 of work. The m.anufacturers furnished 

 without cost to lis stronger p.aris. and 

 we are putting thi- machine" into pe-rfec^ 

 shajie' for use as soon as time feir e-ult; 

 vating arrive's. Xf) othe'v m.ae'liine' we 

 have Iried has oiven nearly the satis- 

 faction that the Xew Brit.ain gives. 

 We hope that, with tin' cdianges o^ 

 stronge'r ]iarts feir the original ones, 

 this will be a thoroughly satisfactory 

 niirseTv Tuedor cultivator." 



Light. One -Wlieeled Machine. 



\ liiilit power cultivator is inade i'V 

 II. ''. De.elne, Inc., Boston, ^lass.. and is 

 kiieiwn ;is the Sprywheel. This one- 

 whei-l ti-.actiir is fe)nnd tei work well ;n 

 ciiltixating pl.ants se>r Out in narre.w 

 veiws. An eastern nurseryman tinels iT 

 |iarticularly use^ful for cultivating 

 \-oung e'ViTgii'eiis and azale-as. which 

 ari' be'elde'd out. ti\ .■ rows to a be-<l. with 

 ti-n ine-hes betwee'ii the rows, ill a he'.avy 

 i-lay soil that packs li;nal, but has ne> 

 stones in it. In this soil the mae-hine 

 goes from twei ;ind one half to thre-e- 

 inches deep; in light soil it will .-ult.- 

 vate five inches deep. This nursery- 

 man savs: "In previous years this work 

 has always been done bv lianel hoedng. 

 ;is the. rows are too close together and 

 the stock toei valuable to ]iermiT the 

 horse' e'liltivateir. The trouble with the 

 machine- is to find a tn;iii who will keep 

 up with it all day. By paying a tittle- 

 extra, however, we are able to save 

 more' th;in the cost e)f the mae-hine- in 

 one wee-k. ove-r the expense eif iianel 

 wfirk, ,'is it will <io mon- and be'fter 

 work than te-n tiien with heie-s. For 

 such we>rk it is ad\isabie to pl.-inf the 



In the Carnation Field. 



