CHAPTER IV 



VEGETABLE' aABDENIN a TOOLS 



Relative to the price of land, labor is expensive 

 in America. It must be economized. Tools and imple- 

 ments are a necessity. 



There is a tool for every labor. Many of these tools 

 are the products of necessity. Others satisfy the invent- 

 ive fancy of the American. Foreign writers wonder 

 at the variety of tools pictured in our rural books, but 

 the number of tools which are in actual use far exceeds 

 those which are described in books. To an important 

 degree it is true that the successful American farmer 

 is known by the number and variety of his tools. The 

 man who has many useful implements emphasizes 

 brain above brawn. He is tactful and resourceful. 

 He means to be master of the situation. He is to 

 accomplish the given^ result with the least expenditure 

 of mere physical energy. He will do his work better 

 and more expeditiously than the man who depends on 

 his hands and his muscles. Good tools educate the 

 man. Their use cultivates ingenuity. They teach him 

 to think. 



On the other hand, the man who is rich in agri- 

 cultural implements has less intimate contact with his 

 plants than the hand -worker has. The machine is 



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