8 AROUND THE YEAR IN THE GARDEN 



earth and to gathering up rubbish or manure that may be in 

 the way. 



Any garden that is large enough for the use of a horse can 

 be plowed better and more quickly than it can be dug. A 

 one-horse swivel plow that is especially good for use on the 

 small place or in the large garden costs about ten dollars. 

 Its advantages over the ordinary one-horse plow are that it 

 leaves no dead furrows and tramped corners; hillsides can 

 be plowed; closer work can be done and any furrow can be 

 turned either way. When you buy a plow by all means get 

 a colter with it; with it litter, manure or a cover crop can 

 be turned completely under so the harrow or rake will not 

 drag it up. 



The iron rake ranks with the spade as an implement of 

 prime necessity; every gardener must use it frequently, 

 but few do use it so constantly as they could to advantage, 

 especially after crops are planted. The bow type of rake 

 costs only a few cents more than the Qther kind and is less 

 likely to bend or break. A small attachment like a hoe 

 blade, arranged so it may be fastened to the back of the 

 rake, is very useful in cutting out weed stumps or clmnps of 

 sod or grass that would probably break the end of the rake. 



Some Hoes You Should Have 



To the uninitiated a hoe is a hoe. But there are now 

 numerous types, to say nothing about makes, on the market. 

 At least three different kinds will be needed in the average- 

 sized garden. The first is a sort of hybrid between a rake 

 and a hoe — the flat-tined hoe. This is useful in leveling off 

 and making fine ground that is too rough for the iron rake; 

 in clearing and raking off litter or rubbish; in working the 

 soil between rows too narrow for the use of a plain hoe; 

 in working over manure; in gathering up stones; in digging 

 potatoes, and in other ways. 



The second kind is the ordinary garden hoe — but you 

 should pick out one with a thin, sharp blade, a solid shank, 

 not a ferule, and a " hang " that is just right, so that it makes 



