PRACTICAL GARDENING 



Rakes differ in size, number of teeth, shape 

 and closeness of teeth and also in length of 

 teeth. The best garden rake is made of solid 



Fig. 13. — The right way to hold a rake. The body 

 is free to do its share of the work and the arms have 

 perfect control in forcing the teeth of the rake into the 

 soil. 



steel, fifteen and one-half inches in width, with 

 sixteen curved teeth two and one-half inches 

 in length. The handle should be white ash 



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