Tools for the Garden 10g 
protect them if no oil or 
paint is at hand. 
Right and wrong ways 
of using tools. It will 
pay the beginner, and 
often also the more ex- 
perienced gardener, to 
make somestudy regard- 
ing the easiest way of 
using tools. It is not 
easy to describe on paper 
the best methods, In 
hoeing, raking, spading, 
carrying water, carry- 
ing flats, and using the 
wheel hoe, one should 
aim to keep the body 
well balanced and in 
graceful position so that "U.S. D.A, 
the tools may be used Fic. 64. The proper way to leave tools in 
‘ é the garden, when not in use. Make it a 
without unduestrain. A habit to stick the fork in the ground and 
few illustrations will per- eae iene and hoe down when they 
haps show what is meant. 
In Figure 63 the student to the left is forcing a spading 
fork into the ground with the fork pressing against the 
instep and heel. This position might strain and injure 
the foot, since it is not intended to carry weight at this 
point. The hand grasping the end of the handle has the 
palm downward. The student is pushing against the 
spade with his body. In lifting the soil, he must step 
to one side or be put to undue strain in lifting the forkful 
