V. 



GARDEN IMPLEMENTS 



Every person who becomes a gardener on a 

 large or small scale should provide himself 

 with the various implements which simpUfy 

 and expedite the work to be done. In this age 

 of machinery we cannot afford to do by hand 

 that which can be done to better advantage by 

 the use of tools which can be had for a reason- 

 able price, and which do the work required of 

 them rapidly and in a superior manner. 



One of the most important and necessary of 

 all garden implements is the cultivator or wheel- 

 hoe. This tool makes weeding easy, enables 

 one to do it in the shortest possible time, does 

 away with the use of the ordinar}^ hoe to a 

 great extent, and has the merit of being equally 

 useful in a large or small garden. In a half 

 hour one can accomplish more with a cultiva- 

 tor than he can all day by ordinary manual 

 labor, and he has 'the satisfaction of knowing 

 that while his work has been done expedi- 



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