TOOLS 



4S 



" In marking lines, measure the first row, and then 

 draw the marker behind you so that the outside 

 tooth follows this line. The other teeth mark rows 

 which are parallel. 



Where many people work together, as in school 

 gardens, two or three of these markers with teeth 

 measured for various distances between rows, can be 

 made in the manual training room, and will be of 

 much service in planting the larger seeds, such as 

 beans, peas, and corn. 



Stakes. — During the winter months provide 

 yourself with twenty-five or thirty stakes to set at 

 the heads of the rows. 

 These can be made in 

 school if tools are pro- 

 vided there. Narrow 

 cedar shingles are espe- 

 cially good, because cedar 

 does not rot, and they 

 can be used year after 

 year. Cut off three inches 

 of the thin end ; point 

 that end and smooth 

 the other with a plane. 

 A piece about two 

 inches wide is large 

 enough to write upon. 



If shingles are not at hand, pieces of boxwood 

 will serve. 



Stakes for Marking Rows, 

 Made from Small Shingles 



