Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 



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This represents a reel which 



Garden Reel. — (Fig 

 has been patented 

 by Peter Berntgen, 

 of Cologne, Ger- 

 many. The ad- 

 vantages claimed 

 for it are : It can 

 be driven easily 

 and firmly into the 

 soil ; the line can 

 be unwound easily 

 and firmly fastened 

 by means of the 

 hook underneath ; 

 the line is strong 

 and is knotted at 

 regular intervals.— 

 Der Praktische Rat- 

 geber im Obst-und- 

 Gartenbau, i6y. 



Riddling Soil.— 

 (Fig. 15.) On a hand-barrow or box a 

 sieve is so arranged that it slides easily 

 back and forth, sifting whatever soil is 

 placed in it. — Popular Gardening, 103. 



A Post-Driver. — (Fig. 16.) The 

 device here illustrated can be made en- 

 tirely at home, excepting the weight and 

 hook. A block of iron weighing 40 or 



50 pounds is 

 required. 

 This you can 



Fig. 14. 



have 



Fig. 15. 



cast. 



Its essential features are a 

 ring to hoist it by, and 

 grooves in the sides in 

 which to slide the tongues 

 I attached to the uprights. To 

 f have the dump self-acting, 

 the hook must be made of 

 the precise pattern shown. 



