January, 19 19 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



155 



When the Barker Comes, 

 Weeds Go! 



IS YOUR garden's fertility going to 

 weeds? Cultivation is more necessary 

 than ever before. With help scarce, and 

 growing scarcer, young America is finding 

 recognition as a wonderful working force. 

 Your boy and girl will do a man's work 

 any day, with a Barker — the remarkable 

 new tool that 



Weeds, Mulches, 

 Cultivates 



It's a terrible engine of destruction to 

 weeds. Besides loosening the soil it cuts 

 off weeds, pulverizes the soil, chops up 

 the weeds which thus decay quickly, add- 

 ing humus to the soil. The finely pulver- 

 ized soil prevents the escape of moisture, 

 thus acting as drouth insurance. Truly, 

 if you want to confine yourself to "just 

 one" cultivator, let "The Barker" be the 

 one. Made strongly enough to give life- 

 time service. 



MODEL 8&D, AS SHOWN, 

 WITH 85^1 BLADES, $8.25 



The Barker is made in five sizes, for use between 

 rows of different width. All are guaranteed to do 

 the work any combination weeder can do, and more 

 work than most cultivators will do. Write to-day 

 for Freely Illustrated Catalogue. It is free — axjost- 

 card will do! 



BARKER MFG. CO., Dept. 2 

 DAVID CITY, NEBR. 



iREER S 1919 



SERPEN BOOK 



IS MORE THAN A MERE CATALOGUE 



It is really an encyclopedia of all things pertaining to vege- 

 tables, flowers, plants and garden tools. Four splendid color 

 plates reproducing some of Dreer's specialties in vegetables and 

 flowers and 224 superbly illustrated pages of practically all the 

 vegetables and flowers worth growing. 



EVERY GROWER OF VEGETABLES and 

 EVERY LOVER OF FLOWERS 



will find Dreer's Garden Book brim full of valuable informa- 

 tion — just the things they must know in order to make their 

 garden a sure success. 



Famous experts in vegetable and flower growing have contributed special 

 cultural directions and have told how to plant, when to plant and what to 

 plant. Follow their advice and your 1919 garden will be the envy of your 

 neighbor. 



A copy of Dreer's Garden Book will 

 be mailed free to anyone mentioning 

 this publication. 



HENRY A. DREER 



714-716 Chestnut Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Here are the Reasons 

 for the Popularity of the 



T .IBERT V Cultiv 



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Adjustable 



and Weeder 



Teeth that are as sharp as knives and so shaped that they naturally sink 

 into the soil without any pressure; thumb-screws that are easily manipulated 

 by anybody regulate the width of the arms so that they cover from four 

 to ten inches thoroughly, giving weeds no quarters; by removing the center 

 tooth, held also by a thumb-screw, both sides of rows may be cultivated at 

 once, and cultivated they are when the "Liberty" gives them the once over, 

 doing the job up proud. 



Your dealer handles the "Liberty" or should. If he 

 cannot supply, we will. Cultivator comes with 5-ft. 

 polished round handle or with adjustable wheel- 

 frame as shown above. Prices on application. 



The Gilson Weeder's 



Remarkable Record 



Early last spring we sent a "Gilson," the safe 



weeder hoe, to a village on Long Island. Soon 



after the arrival, we sent six more to the same locality. Then one of its 



prominent citizens applied to become our agent. One New York seedsman 

 sold a score within a week. Do you think 

 the "Gilson" would score such records if its 

 merits were not great? 



You won't get the fun out of your garden 

 without a Gilson, that you will with one. It 

 comes in three sizes, at moderate prices, from 

 $1.00 up. Write for booklets and 



Learn all about the 

 Complete Line of Gilson Tools 



Besides the Liberty Cultivator, and Gilson Weeder, 



we make wheel-cultivators, dandelion diggers, 



scratch weeders, etc., etc. Gardening becomes 



a joy with the help of the modern line of Gilson 



\ tools. Gilson-ize your garden work and be a 



!|>\ more successful gardener with less effort. 



Write us TO-DAY. 





J.E.GilsonCo. 



Port Washington 

 Wisconsin 



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