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in price will be saved during one week of service. 

 With adjustable teeth it can be used to tear up 

 sod, crumble ordinary fresh plowed land, break new 

 crusts, kill weedlets, and as a drag for leveling, all 

 with greater economy of time than by the use of 

 any other implement. 



But the drag harrow is not alone enough. It 

 covers the orchard in a hurry, holding it in condi- 

 tion after rainy spells until treated with such im- 

 plements of deeper tillage as occasions require. If 

 weeds have started so drag harrows will not kill 

 them the acme is most efficient, working the ground 

 in a number of little furrows about two inches 

 deep with movements that thoroughly stir the top. 

 To these add a spring toothed harrow, this going 

 deeper than other kinds, and doing excellent work ; 

 it is really a cultivator. After using these a few 

 weeks experience will suggest requirements and 

 tools to obtain desired results. 



• OTHER TOOLS. 



Every orchard should have a disk — it is indis- 

 pensable. Though not going so deep as the plow 

 its action is the same, tearing and fining as it goes. 

 It compacts the top soil at the same time, and cre- 

 ates the right depth of earth mulch, which can then 

 be maintained with lighter tools. You will plant 

 cover crops with it, and use it to seed the ground 



