GARDEN TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS 



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Hand carriers are very useful in the garden. Ordinary- 

 hotbed flats or other shallow boxes may be adapted to this 

 purpose by attaching a piece of wooden barrel hoop as a handle 

 over the center of the box. Such carriers are useful in hand- 

 ling pots of plants, garden stakes, vegetable products, small 



tools and other articles. A market basket of the fiat form 



may be used for the same 



purposes. 



. Paint and brushes for 

 painting garden stakes. 



Pushcarts and wheel- 

 barrows are seldom needed 

 in small gardens. Where 

 large numbers of pupils 

 are to be engaged in the 

 garden work at the same 

 time, it is well to have 

 either one or the other of 

 these for transporting 

 tools, plants, stakes, or 

 other supplies to distant 

 parts of the garden. 



Hand barrows may be 

 made by the use of two 

 strong fish poles or other 

 light poles about four feet long. Lash these on the sides of 

 a box. Two boys can carry the ends of the poles with the box 

 suspended at the middle. Such a hand barrow has many 

 uses. 



An arbor or shade of some kind where the garden may be 

 enjoyed after the work is over. This may be made of a charac- 

 ter to serve as a shelter in case of rain. Here the young 

 gardeners may read or make raffia baskets, or rest. 



Hand planters and wheel hoes are so made as to be 

 quickly changed from one form to the other. Prom an eeo- 



FlG. 24. — ^A handy winder for garden lines, 

 easily made by young people. (U.S.D.A.) 



