LAYING OUT THE GARDEN 



made to do deep or shallow work, as the case 

 may require. As a general thing, after a 

 plant has attained some size we throw the soil 

 toward it. If the teeth are set to do this we 

 go down one side of the row and back on 

 the other, thus throwing the soil about the 

 plant alike on both sides. 



It will probably be necessary to remove 

 some weeds in the row, which cannot be 

 reached by the cultivator. This can be done 

 most effectively by the use of a hoe which 

 is triangular in shape, with the handle-socket 

 in the center of it. One side is a blade like 

 the ordinary hoe. The other comes to a sharp 

 point, with which it is possible to work close 

 to a plant without running any risk of in- 

 juring it — something that cannot be done 

 with the ordinary wide-bladed hoe. Weeds 

 that grow up side by side with vegetable 

 seedlings can be picked away from them so 

 easily, and without disturbing them in the 

 least, that no hand-pulling will have to be 

 resorted to in cleaning the rows. 



Where the garden-cultivator is used there 

 will be very little work to do with the hoe, 

 as this implement stirs the soil and uproots 

 weeds at the same time. But in the small 

 garden either hoe or weeding-hook will come 

 into daily use. The weeding-hook is a most 



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