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March, 1910 



100 Plans f or Lawns and Gardens 



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Tools and Their Cost 



HE cheapest outfit I would recommend for 

 even the smallest garden is as follows: 



Planting trowel So. 60 



Dibber, iron or brass ....... .60 



Hand weeder , .25 



Weeding hoe, 8-inch .60 



Warren hoe, 6J or 7-inch, for seed furrows ... .65 



Hill< n hoe, 8-inch . .75 



(Jarden rake, full bow, 12 to 16-inch .... .75 



Spading fork .pi 



$5.10 



The Hilton hoe is a new form of scuffle hoe 

 superior to any other on the market, a set of three 

 consisting of a 6-inch, an 8-inch and a weeder, cost 

 $1.60. For description and uses of other tools see 

 the series of articles in The Garden Magazine, 

 1908, March to June, inclusive. 



If the garden is of fair size a wheel hoe should be 

 purchased. A hill and drill seeder will also save 

 considerable time in sowing seed and do it better 

 than by hand. Or a combined wheel hoe and hill 

 and drill seeder would give the use of both at a 

 slight advance in cost over either. The purchase of 

 these tools is not extravagance, but economy. With 

 care they will last for years and save their cost many 

 times over. The price of these tools varies chiefly 

 according to the number of special tasks you wish 

 to perform. Wheel-hoes cost from $3.25 to $8.50; 

 a hill-and-drill seeder costs from $8.50 to $13.00; a 

 wheel-hoe and hill-and-drill seeder combined costs 

 from $8.50 to $13.00. 



To the garden equipment should be added an 

 iron bar for setting bean poles, etc., a garden line, 

 and iron stakes or reel. The wheel hoe marks rows 

 perfectly and the owner of one can dispense with 

 the garden line. The Warren hoe may also be 

 left out if a seeder is purchased. 



By a little attention to the hang of a tool and the 

 set of the blade, i.e., the angle of hoe blade to handle, 

 any hand hoe can be made more effective and there- 

 fore corresponding!}' easier on the user. To get 

 efficient service and long wear from tools, keep them 

 bright. The soil sticks to rusty tools and makes 

 greater exertion necessary. Dry and oil them 

 every time they are put away after use. It will 

 more than repay the small amount of care necessary. 

 Give all wood parts a coating of linseed oil — it 

 makes them wear smooth and they are more pleas- 

 ant to handle. Have a place for each and every 

 tool. The neatest way to arrange them is to hang 

 them up. 



Pennsylvania. J. L. K. 



Hills or Drills 



ALL plants should be grown in hills or drills, 

 never broadcasted, as plants in rows are 

 much easier to keep free from weeds. 



By "hills" we do not mean raising a mound of 

 earth where each group of plants is grown, but 

 rather that the plants, though grown in rows, are 

 also in groups of three or four to each place or hill. 

 Sufficient seed is planted at regular intervals to 

 produce the number of plants wanted in each hill. 



In drills the seed is sown thinly in a line and the 

 resulting plants are thinned to stand the proper 

 distance apart in the row. When the distance 

 between the plants is four inches or more, sowing 

 in hills and then thinning to one plant in a place is 

 liable to give a more uniform stand than sowing 

 in drills. Also it saves seed and much of the labor 

 of thinning. 



