thev could do it in their spare moments. The " Fire-Fly " is all cast-iron, except the han- 
dle'and mold board, which latter is tempered and polished steel. It is capable of throwinx 
a furrow four to six inches wide and one to three inches deep, and by going twice in the 
same furrow when breaking up ground in the Spring it can be made to do admirable work, 
and many times faster than with the spade. It has drawing eyes to attach a rope tor an 
assistant, where the work is difficult. In ordinary work it is easily handled by one person, 
and is used while plants are small by first plowing lightly away from them, allowing the 
ground to lie untouched for some davs afterwards, when light furrows are thrown back to 
the plants, the rows having in the mean time been weeded directly in the row by hand. 
The operation can be repeated during the season by aijain plowing away and afterwards 
back again. This kind of cultivation is exceedingly satisfactory, and the labor is light and 
rapid. The tool should be pushed a stroke to each step. Price $2.50. 
Tt^e " piai^et Jr." Seed Drills ai^d Wl^eel Hoes. 
These are the most complete garden tools made and have long been the most popular. They are known '''e ^^^''"'^ "V''^' ""fn'^^j^"^^^ 
quedtion are the most perfect in design, construction and finish, and most complete in equipment and practical in the held, % et invemeu. 
The "Planet Jr." Double Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Rake and Plow Combined. Price «S.OO. 
A wheel hoe should be double, or a/ /.-tist capable of hoeing both sides of a row; at one passage. We lav down 
this proposition because long experience has proved to us that no wheel hoe working A'/ri)rt'« the ""ows sow n D> a 
seed d'riU does as good, as close or as .satistact.,ry w..rk as a double wheeled maclmie, or one which hoes b^^^^^^^ 
sides at once, especially while plants arc small. Any inequalities can be accurately followed, when s>tracia_ 
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be hoed both Bidesat once, and A'/" *«*w«^r *( v/«f«A--> ^ r^, 1-"' ' ~ „ i tv,« 
not work the rows. The "Planet Jr." Double- Wheel Hoe is therefore arranged so that the 
wheels can be set close toijether if desired, jviicn it n'oris pcrfeclly as^a siiigU—tVluvl Hot: 
The improvements on this machine for i8oo bring it to jierfection. 
iit and tw-(rnarrow teeth supplied in their place, making the outfit consist of a pair of hoes, four 
• pairof plows, a pair of rakes, and a pair ot leaf lifters. 
narrow cultivator teeth, 
The «' Planet Jr.' 
This tool i 
Combined DrII 
The two small sweeps are taken 
THE " PLANET JR.' 
Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Rake and Plow. 
tool is unquestionably the most popular and most perfect of its kind mailc. As a seed 
drill, it is the same as the No. 2, except in size ; it holds one quart. It has all tonls shown 
in the cut. All blades are steel hardened in oil, tempered and polished. I he Kakes are 
invaluable in preparing ground tor planting, for 
covering seeds, etc., etc. The Hoes work clo.sely 
and safely all rowsupto sixteen inches wideat one 
passage, leaving the ground nearly level. The Plow 
opens furrows, covers them, hills, plows to and 
from, etc. The Cultivator teeth are admirably ad- 
apted to deepiiicllowingof the soil and marking out. 
Taken as a whole, this combined tool is the near- 
est approach to perfection for the uses of a Gard- 
ener that can well be devised. Its various accom- 
pli.shnients are the result of careful study and 
mechauicalingcnuitvupon the part of the inventor, 
who could never have succeeded so well but f < . 
practical faniiliaritv with garden tools in act"fi' 
work. Price $12.00. k , 
The "Planet Jr." Hollow Steel ^Standard 
Horse Hoe and Cultivator. Wlth Whsel, 
DOUBLE-WHEEL HOE, CULTIVATOR, KAKE AND HOE COMBINED. $ | 2. W IthOUt Wheel, $ I I. For 1890. 
The improvement on this machine is one ot the greatest which has ever been made o" K?"?^^- 
All the improved machines will be supplied with a. lever attachment f..r opening and i^^^i^ 
This is a valuable, simple, and complete sub-stitute for the old-fashioned expanders and tlamp, i he 
width can be changed instantly even while iu motion; and it can be arranged with one w,ri» a 
other narrow. In addition, the handles are ad- 
justable sidewise as well as perpendicularly, by 
a neat and simple devise. This is wry valuable in 
cultivating tall growing crops, as grapes, corn, 
lima beans, etc., and in making plant ridges, 
.■<ivcringcom, etc. These two attachments 
are so constructed that they can be ap- 
plied to any of otir old style machines or 
any other similar machine on the mar- 
ket. Price for "Open and Shut" at- 
tachment complete, $2.00. Handle 
shifting attachment 
$1 00. 
The 
ide wide and the 
It Has Been Proven Conclusively 
that Potatoes Cut to Single Eye give the 
Largest and Best Results. 
THE LIGHTKIHQ POTATO SYK 
CUTTKR, 
does the work many times 
faster and is more accurate 
than the knife. it Is 
guagcd to cutenough tlesh 
with each eye to strength- 
en and vitalize Hand does 
the work in a scientific 
manner. No matter now 
small a crop you intend to 
plant, you should use this 
cutter. 
T<Vtll Directic 
HO W TO PL ANT POTATOES CTJ T TO ( 
ami valuable points in Potato (Ti.tI 
practical Potato (Irnwer,'" given wll 
Price 30 CENTS By Mail ] 
THE ■' PLAKET ;8, 
'cOXniMBO SRILU WBBBL H0», CUI.TlV.\TdR, RAKE AND PLOW. 
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