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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



LITTLE GEM SEED DRILL. 



This new drill was designed, and has been perfected for Farm- 

 ers and Small Gardeners, who have long .felt the need of a low 

 priced, reliable seed drill. The "Little Gem" will make the 

 drill, drop and cover all the seeds, such as Turnip, Carrot, 

 Sage, Spinach, Onion, Parsnips, Beet, etc., ami make the next 

 row as perfectly as the best twelve dollar drills, and vet it costs 

 only haif the price. It is well made by experienced mezi, and is 

 just the thing for those who plant vegetables for home use, and, 

 whose root-growing is not extensive enough to warrant them ir 

 buying a twelve dollar drill. It weighs only 20 pounds, is a little 

 beauty, and will last many years. Price $6. We offer the fol- 

 lowing bargains till our supply is sold; Gem Seed Drill with 

 Ruhlman's Hand Cultivator, the two machines for only $9; 

 Gem Seed Drill and Gem of the Garden Plow, the two 

 machines for only $10. 



THE "GEM" OF THE GARDEN. 



HAND WHEEL HOE, CULTIVATOR AND PLOW. 



As lately improved we can offer the above implement to gard- 

 eners with the aseurance that it is fully up to the times, and the 

 most effective and convenient tool of the bind introduced. Its 

 working parts are two Scuffle Hoes, one W2 and one 9 inches wide; 

 two plows, right and left handed ; five cultivator teeth, all of the 

 best steel. The wheel and handles of the "Gem'' are adjustible 

 In height, while the frame is so slotted that the hoes, teeth and 

 plows can be set in almost any position or angle. The scuffle hoe 

 raakes a clean cut, and is followed by teeth — five or less — which 

 thoroughly pulverize the soil, and drag out and expose to the sun 

 the roots of the weeds cut by the hoe. Being of such slender 

 shape, it will not throw dirt enough to cover small plants. The 

 hoes are of thin steel, and present nearly a straight line to the 

 work, and thus avoid the "dodging" so common to tools of this 

 bind. A very large number of these machines have been sold 

 during the past four years, to the greatest satisfaction of buyers. 

 Many have said that they would not do without it for double the 

 cost, and will agree that it is by far the cheapest and best article 

 of the kind made. It is always sold with the privilege of return- 



ing it if not entirely satisfactory. Price, boxed $5. 



The above illustration shows, in addition to the complete Single Wheel machine, sold at $5.00, the new Double 

 Wheel attachment and two extra Steel Blades fshow at point "A" in the cut), which we furnish with the complete 

 single wheel machine, for $7.00. The double wheel attachment with these extra Steel Blades, are of great service 

 in working both sides of the row among young plants. 



COLE'S PATENT" GARDEN PLOW. 



A day's work in the garden can be done in one or two hours. It 

 can be used for opening furrows, covering, hoeing, and pulverizing 

 the soil. One man writes he has alone plowed and kept under com- 

 plete cultivation five acres of garden with this little plow, while form- 

 erly he required three or four men to do the same work. The culti- 

 vating attachments are made of fine, hard cast steel, well polished, 

 end consists of a large shovel for turning furrows, a small shovel for 

 working between narrow rows and a scuffle for shallow cultivation 

 and cutting weeds. In addition to these, there is a rake attachment 

 which is useful in many ways. As the side pieces of frame have the 

 usual downward curved hand-hold, the person using the plow can take 

 hold of it in the natural way. He can have free use of his arms to 

 push the plow forward and draw it backward alternately, every step 

 or two, and thus make the work easily done, and after a little practice, 

 a pleasure. A slot in the upper end of the standard admits of ad- 

 justing the handles to such a heighth as may be desired. The plow, 

 with two shovels, weighs only fifteen pounds. 



^^The price of Plow, with large and small shovels, is $5. Scuffle, 60 cents 

 »nd rake will be sent only when ordered. 



rake, 40 cents. Tlje scuffl 



THE "FIRE FLY" WHEEL GARDEN 

 PLOW. 



Makes the care of vegetable garden a pleasure, and 10,000 families 

 who could not find time to keep a gardf n, if attempting its cultivation with 

 the odinary hand-hoe, can raise their own vegetables successfully with the 

 "Fire-Fly," and is invaluable during all the gardening season. 



Price, $2.50. 



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