HAND SEEDERS 2 



It pays to use Planet Jr. Seeders in the family garden as well as in 



the market garden. 



Planet Jr. Hill and Drill Seeders and Single and Double-Wheel 

 Hoes, Combined and Separate. 



NEVER have hand seeders and wheel hoes been appreciated as they are to-day, 

 and never has the necessity for such tools been so urgent and their value bet- 

 ter determined. Our frequent excursions among practical men of large experi- 

 ence, especially among large onion growers, have enabled us at this time to construct 

 better seed drills and wheel hoes than we have ever had before. We do not wish, 

 however, to discard old favorites, but to offer side by side with them, improved tools 

 which will be found in many points more acceptable than their predecessors. 



We all appreciate that there is a great saving in having work well and accurately 

 done. Rows should be at equal distances apart, and when crops are grown in hills 

 they should be planted at regula'r intervals. The seed should be planted also at the 

 proper depth and the tool must be capable of easy change for these essentials and 

 be adaptable to different crops and conditions of soil in their cultivation. 



As the wheel hoe follows the seeder, narrow and straight planting causes a great 

 saving of labor when the time comes for weeding and cultivating ; and this is a very 

 important feature, because hoeing and cultivating are so often repeated during the 

 season. Where plants are grown singly or even where two or three are wanted in 

 each hill, a much better stand is obtained by using a hill-dropping seeder, while the 

 saving of seed is not to be forgotten. Where row planting only is called for, the 

 plain drill seeder is less costly as well as more simple. When cultivating small areas, 

 the single-wheel hoe is often sufficient, but where the work is extensive the double-wheel 

 hoe is more rapid and economical and more satisfactory generally. 



Every garden should have Planet Jr. Tools for labor saving and to enable one to 

 grow larger and better crops. > 



For the smallest gardens, from twenty-five to fifty feet square, we recommend 

 Nos. 17, 18, 19 and 39 Wheel Hoes or the Fire-Fly Plow. 



