Tiiic ^•lan■:'l'AllLI•: axd s.MAi.L-i-'i;ri-r iiakkkn. Ji'J 



these interstices iifxt the utiuusjihei'e, Ave shall j^reveiit the 

 water passing otl' by evaporatiini. " 



When the jihmts are young, hand and hiirse cnltivatdrs 

 a.re used that tlirow very little dii't si(le\\'iso. These, sueli 

 as the Planet dimior, can be run verjr close to the plants 

 (Fig. 102). The different classes of horse hoes are niaiidy 

 for use later in the season, in cdi-n, }i(itatoes, and othei' 

 coarser emps in rows^vide ciiougli apart fur horse culture 



The hand cultivators — of vvhi(/h theix' are many gond 

 patterns — ai'e mainly used in commercial gardens between 

 rows of beets, h^ttuce, onious, Inish-beans, and other .small 

 growers planted only sixteen to eighteeu inches apart, as 

 illustrated in Tig. lOIJ, which sliows the use of atta.ch- 



Fl6. 103. — Haud culfh-ators witli sliovels to open and close fur- 

 rows. (Atlcr Green. ) 



ment shovels for lioth opening a furrow between nari'ow 

 rows and tlien, by going a second time over the i-ows, 

 closing and leveling the furrow. 



The hand cultivators are also used to great ad\antage 

 in small gardens in ilty lots, wdua'c a hoi'se cannot l_ie used 

 to advanta.ge. ISut in fai'ui and snlairbandct gardens, 

 where horse culture can be used, the)' do not pay. 



