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The Peonged Hoe is better than tlie common blade hoe, for 

 more work can be done in a day witli it, and better done and 

 with greater ease, than with the old blade hoe. Of course, it 

 should be used before the weeds get a start, aa it is much eeisier 

 and cheaper to kill weeds just as they are breaking through the 

 surface of the ground, to say nothing of the feediag of the weeds 

 and the maturing of weed seeds for another crop. 



