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Tools, for subsequent use, — to maintain the con- 

 dition of the land : 



Cultivators, 



Weeders (Fig. 30), 



Hand-tools, as wheel-hoes, hoes, rakes, scari- 

 fiers, finger -weeders. 



II. Tools to facilitate hand-work. 



In distributing manure and fertilizer, 



In marking the land, 



In sowing (Fig. 37, Chap. V), 



In planting, 



In spraying (Chap. VI), 



In harvesting. 



In preparing the product for market or sale. 



III. Tools for transportation. 



Carts and barrows (Fig. 31), 

 Stone-boats and sledges. 

 Wagons. 



For any market -garden which is large enough to 

 be worked by horses, the following general -purpose 

 tools, at the least, will be needed (see also the inven- 

 tories on pp. 24-30) : 



1 2 -horse plow, , 

 1 1- horse plow, 



1 furrowing or single shovel plow, 



1 spading- or cutaway-harrow, if the land is heavy. 



1 spring -tooth harrow, 



1 roller or slicker, 



1 smoothing harrow, . 



