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SOLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



LITTLE GEM SEED DRILL 



This new drill was designed, and has been perfected for 

 Farmers 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., 

 and make the next row as perfectly as the best twelve 

 dollar drills, and yet it costs only half the price. It is 

 well made by experienced men, and is just the thing for 

 those who plant vegetables for home use, and Avhose root 

 growing is not extensire enough to warrant them in buy- 

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

 little beauty, and will last many years. Price, $5. 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 assurance that it is fixlly up to the times, and the 

 most effective and convenient tool of the kind Introduced. Its 

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

 two plows, right and left handed; five cultivator teeth, alJ 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 scuflae hoo 

 makes 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 

 kind. 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 woald 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 retum- 



iag 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 

 WTieel attachment and two extra Steel Blades (show 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 PATEI^T 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- 

 jilete 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, 

 and 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 heigh th as may be desired. The plow, 

 with two shovels, weighs only fifteen pounds. 



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

 and rake will be sent only when ordered. 



60 cents, rake, 40 cents. Tlje scufll 



THE '^FIRE FLY" WHEEL GARDEN 

 PLOW. 



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

 ilies wh» could not find time to keep a garden, if attempting its 

 cultivation with the ordinary hand-hoe. can raise their own 

 ve-retubles successfully with the "Fire Fly," and is invaluable 

 during all the gardening season. 



I Price, $2 25. 



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