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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



for winter— so they say— but I don't like to rob 

 a cow of her hay. 



Of the uncooked greens lettuce and celery 

 stand supreme and alone. The small garden 

 can hardly manage celery, but the many kinds of 

 lettuce fill the whole growing season. 



QF THE root crops few are eaten raw; 

 radishes and the onion with her sisters and 

 cousins give flavor rather than food. Potatoes, 

 and sweet potatoes in their range, are the great 

 starch makers. Beets contain much sugar and 

 look well on the table, even when assisting in 



February, 1919 



our "hash" drive. Why beets 

 more in the small garden is one of . 

 The others of the list contain 

 matter besides the small amount 

 large amount of water. To the 

 the best fact is that these roots 

 stored in the cellar or pits for use 

 no canning is needed. 



are not grown 

 life's mysteries, 

 useful mineral 

 of starch and 

 food producer 

 may be easily 

 all winter, and 



pHE great triumvirate of the small garden is 



beans, peas, and sweet corn, giving greater 



and more complete food to the row than any other 



crops. They are very simple fellows, but sure to 



yield abundantly. They are most palatable when 

 green, but the matured seeds are among our 

 richest foods, and stored in a box or paper bag. 



Tomatoes, pumpkin, and squash contain much 

 water, but there is good food in them also. 

 Peppers, egg-plant and okra are not heavy 

 workers, but their flavor may please the palate. 

 Of these fruits the first four form the greatest 

 part of our canned vegetable supply, so plant 

 more than you intend to eat during their season. 

 If pumpkin and squash do not keep well in their 

 shell, into the can with them ! Three cheers for our 

 canned vegetable-fruits, first line of our reserve! 



The Fun of Working with Modern Tools a. kruhm 



Advantage of Certain Forms of Cultivators to Specific Pnrposes.-How Soil Character Is Responsible for Differing Types of Tools 



THERE is only one way to 

 find out the real merit 

 of different tools for dif- 

 ferent purposes and that 

 is to get them all! At any rate, 

 that's what I did last spring 

 and, by the time I got through 

 experimenting with them all 

 (with the "help" of many garden 

 neighbors) I felt like" a real 

 veteran! 



Of the dozen odd varieties of 

 cultivators — both hand and 

 wheel — available for home gar- 

 deners, no two really are alike, 

 although there is but little differ- 

 ence in their principle of construction. Three dis- 

 tinct types invite consideration: i, those that 

 loosen the soil, with cultivator prongs or teeth; 

 2, those that cut beneath the soil with horizontal 

 knives; and 3, these that pulverize with discs or 

 blades. The lastly mentioned are frequently 

 combined so that, in one operation, the soil is 

 loosened and thf weeds are cut. 



The original wheelhoe culti- 

 vator had from three to five 

 straight prongs or teeth. I 



Tools that mean 

 right: Perfection, 

 Mulcher. Front: 



victory over weeds. The new cultivator types have the cross bar handle Back left to 



asMSSftEKS i r dJ Sie whee1 ' Iron Age Double WheeI ' "&& ^ 



pushed it many a day through heavy clay and 

 know what the word " straight" stands for. It was 

 straight work! Then, wheelhoe makers realized 

 the advantage of the curved shape in cultivator 

 teeth (embodying the principle of the curved 

 fingers of the human hand) and curved cultivator 

 teeth were generally adopted. Now, we have 



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them scientifically shaped and 

 set, so that for instance, on the 

 Liberty Wheel Cultivator we 

 have teeth which, because of 

 their shape, sink into the soil 

 quite on their own accord, with- 

 out any necessary downward 

 pressure on the part of the 

 gardener. 



TN STRIVING after perfection 

 A in tools that will save both 

 time and effort, besides producing 

 bigger crops, some rather unique 

 combinations have been evolved. 

 Of course, the standard imple- 

 ments, such as the Planet Jr. and the Iron 

 Age, have developed with the times and they 

 offer, in their various attachments, nearly 

 every desirable combination of seedsower, weed- 

 killer and soil loosener which the gardener 

 may desire. With human hands to guide them, 

 these tools will do almost human tasks. There 

 seems to be no limit to their adaptability. 



Strange to say, so nearly does inventive genius 

 dovetail in these two popular lines that the only 

 real difference between them is found in the * 

 handles. The Iron Age has adhered to the 



original curved plow 

 handle from the be- 

 ginning, because it 

 offers certain advan- 

 tages. Planet 

 Jr. tools offer 

 handles that en- 

 deavor to put 

 the maximum 

 amount of push 



As a sort of heavy artillery on heavy soil the Barker tool 

 weeds and mulches 



Particularly adapted to light soils is the Leonard Perfection Disc 

 Cultivator 



For opening furrows and all round work the Iron Age (illustrated) 

 and Planet Jr. tools are universally used 



