Classification of Tools 



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There should be a tool for each diverse type of labor. 

 An advantage of the variety in tools offered by Ameri- 

 can dealers is the fact that a tool may be selected for 

 each particular purpose. Some farms are overstocked 

 with tools. Too much capital is locked up in them. 

 This fault is usually the result of duplication, — the 

 various tools are too similar, they do not per- 

 form different kinds or types of labor. 



It requires nearly as many tools to equip 

 one acre of market -garden as to equip five 



Fig. 29. Wlieel-lioes for garden work. 



acres. Consequently, it is relatively cheaper to till a 

 fairly large area, so long as it can be tilled well. 



Market -gardening tools may be roughly classified 

 as follows : 



I. Tools for Ullage, 



Tools to prepare the land for planting : 

 Plows (Fig. 26), 

 Harrows (Fig: 27), 

 Cultivators, 

 Rollers (Fig. 28), 



Hand- tools of various kinds, as spades, shovels, 

 wheel -hoes (Figs. 29, 32). 



