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thus covering under all sods and grass and getting 

 them out of the way of harrows and other tools 

 to be used later. In plowing under tall-growing 

 green manures, like rye, a heavy chain is hung from 

 the evener to the handle, thus pulling the crop down 

 into the furrow so that it will all be covered under. 

 Where drainage is poor it will be well to break up 

 the subsoil with a subsoil plow, which follows in 

 the wake of the regular plow but does not lift the 

 subsoil to the surface. 



TOOLS FOR PREPARING THE SEED-BED 



The spade or spading-fork will be followed by 

 the hoe, or hook, and the iron rake; and the plow 

 by one or more of the various types of harrow. The 

 best type of hoe for use after the spade is the wide, 

 deep-bladed type. In most soils, however, this work 

 may be done more expeditiously with the hook or 

 prong-hoe (see illustration). With this the soil can 

 be thoroughly pulverized to a depth of several inches. 

 In using either, be careful not to pull up manure or 

 trash turned under by the spade, as all such mate- 

 rial if left covered will quickly rot away in the soil 

 and furnish the best sort of plant food. I should 

 think that our energetic manufactures would make 

 a prong-hoe with heavy wide blades, like those of 

 the spading-fork, but I have never seen such an 

 implement, either in use or advertised. 



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