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drudgery. There are two kinds: the single wheel is 
used between the rows, the best use of which is in- 
sured when the rows of vegetables are planted exactly 
parallel; the double wheel hoe, which like the two- 
horse cultivator straddles the row, cultivates both 
sides at once. The latter is a better implement to use 
while the crops are small. Several attachments are 
provided for both types. The hoe blades can be so 
set that they will scrape very close to the row, killing 
weeds and providing a shallow soil mulch. Another 
attachment which comes with the machines is a set 
of cultivator teeth, which dig in deeper, for use when 
the plants are larger. In the home garden it is prob- 
ably not advisable to have a seed drill. This tool, 
while indispensable in planting an area of any con- 
siderable size to fine seed, is not so well adapted to the 
home garden. There is nothing better than the human 
hand for distributing the seeds as they should be, as 
there is nothing which adapts itself more easily to dif- 
ference in thickness of seeding and difference in size 
of seeds. 
Most serious garden pests. (a) Green cabbage 
worm. This worm is the greatest obstacle to cabbage 
growing. Control early in the season is insured with 
arsenical poisons, which are without danger to human 
beings. Some authorities even say that they can be 
used after the plants have begun to head. While this 
view seems reasonable, it is perhaps best to be on the 
safe side and not use poison after the heads begin to 
form. Later on pyrethrum and white bellebore may 
be used. 
(b) Striped cucumber beetle. Control by applying 
Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead to the young 
plants as soon as they appear above ground. The 
