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WHEN I bought my place in the country I 

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 former owner left all his implements, among which 

 were two strange-looking things that seemed home- 

 made. I would willingly have given them away, 

 but they were permitted to hang where they were 

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The hoe is a blade of thin steel, 2\ inches wide 

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 surface of a garden after a rain, to prevent drying 

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Two time-saving tools for garden work which can 

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show. And it is invaluable also for the quick hill- 

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 where the soil is mellow. It saves at least one- 

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 common hoe, and equals a wheel hoe in my estima- 

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 other newly born plants. 



And the hook is cousin to the hoe. It breaks 

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 where I was prone to put my fingers before the 

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 both garden and fields. I had previously tried a 



