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What the prong-hoe is to the spade, the harrow- 

 is to the plow. For general purposes the Acme is 

 an excellent harrow. It is adjustable, and for 

 ground at all mellow will be the only one necessary ; 

 set it, for the first time over, to cut in deep; and 

 then, set for leveling, it will leave the soil in such 

 excellent condition that a light hand-raking (or, for 

 large areas, the Meeker smoothing-harrow) will pre- 

 pare it for the finest of seeds, such as onions and 

 carrots. The teeth of the Acme are so designed that 

 they practically constitute a gang of miniature 

 plows. Of disc harrows there are a great many 

 makes. The salient feature of the disc type is that 

 they can tear up no manure, grass or trash, even 

 when these are but partly turned under by the plow. 

 For this reason it is especially useful on sod or other 

 rough ground. The most convenient harrow for 

 putting on the finishing touches, for leveling off and 

 fining the surface of the soil, is the lever spike-tooth. 

 It is adjustable and can be used as a spike-tooth or 

 as a smoothing harrow. 



Any of the harrows mentioned above (except the 

 Meeker) and likewise the prong-hoe, will have to be 

 followed by the iron rake when preparing the 

 ground for small-seeded garden vegetables. Get the 

 sort with what is termed the "bow" head (see illus- 

 tration) instead of one in which the head is fastened 

 directly to the end of the handle. It is less likely 



