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Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
King’s Patent Eraflicating weeder. 
This important little Tool, 
made of the best v Steel, is 
essentially a HAND 
WEEDER, nine inches 
long, handle included, of a 
most companionable de- 
scription, having five sharp 
edges, by which all weeds 
can with facility be scraped, 
cat, or dug out ; the earth 
loosened, pulverised, cr 
smoothed as desired, in an 
efficient manner with the 
greatest expedition, with- 
out SOILING THE HANDS. 
Weeds amongst Onions, 
Carrots, Beets, and other 
Crops can be extirpated 
at any stage of growth in a 
quarter the time usually 
occupied. Jt is a boon for 
pot culture or the flower 
garden, where its handi- 
ness is greatly appreciated. 
Every gardener that lias 
tried it pronounces it the 
MOST PRACTICAL AND USE- 
PUL tool of modem inven- 
tion, regarding it as neces- 
sary to his equipment as 
the spade, rake, trowel, or 
hoe. 
King’s Patent Digit Level watering Pot. 
Obviates the necessity of 
climbing or shifting steps 
to water pots on hanging 
shelves, baskets, &c., or 
removing pots on lower 
tiers of shelves to reach 
those on the upper. By 
detaching the string from 
the brass loop on the spout, 
aud the pot from iron 
frame, it can instantly be 
used as an ordinary water- 
ing pot. It is light, 
durable, and handy, fills a 
long-felt want, and pays its 
cost in less than a week by 
its cleanliness and saving 
of time and trouble. 
Is. 6d. each. 
Made in the 
1 2 
3/6 4/- 
following sizes: — 
3 Quarts. 
4/6 each. 
G HOW TO 
What a lot of jobs are done wrong, certainly 
not so correctly as they might and should be if 
we only give a few minutes’ consideration aud 
say, “ Let us look first if this is right, and the 
best way to attain the object in view, what is 
wanted and what to avoid.” .Tack will say, 
“I've always seen it done so and so.” Well, 
Jack’s way will probably answer, and may or 
may not be good, but in these days we must 
adopt the best and most reasonable mode, 
all things considered. The illustration and 
our remarks will show and explain how a 
piece of ground should be dug, bow tilings 
should be planted, and how treated after plant- 
ing. How strange so important a matter as 
digging and pulverising ground is that no 
one, so far as our experience goes, has ever 
dealt with the matter properly, or what we 
should say, carried out the work to the fullest 
extent for the best. There are plenty of plough- 
ing matches, bnt no digging matches — and why 
not? Here a little item about workmen : with- 
out hardly a single exception they will shun 
the work, when it should be to them a pleasure 
they never try to adopt or think bow would be 
the best and quickest, and most common-sense 
way to do it well, bnt plod on in an unthinking 
manner. It is of little consequence where and 
how the ground is situated, it will be best to dig 
half up, and the other half down, as shown. 
Supposing it is a bit of ground with ordinary paths which is required 
to be turned up to look well and grow a good crop. First see that the 
ground is level, if not, take a forkful of the soil out here and there from 
the highest points, and throw into the lower parts until sufficient is moved 
so that ail will be level when finished, for unlevel ground looks extremely 
unskilful; then wheel on the immure, spread it well and regularly, that is 
to say. evenly everywhere, just as much round the edges as elsewhere, 
generally a lot is left where first put, and the crop grows uneven and looks 
Pad people wonder the reason. This done, peel or skim off the paths all 
round sufficiently deep to get below the hearts of the weeds, throw this on 
the ground to be dug in ; after this, line out or square the hit of ground. 
This done, clear off all weeds (see Engraving, N os. 1 and 2), so that the 
soil to make a trench is clean, and also where it lays on No. 1. In digging 
observe the position of the man when the fork is being thrust into the soil 
with his heel on the shoulder of the tool, and his thumb through the cot of 
the handle, so that he has a firm hold and command over the fork or spade, 
which must he kept upright, and thrust down the full length (or at least a 
foot) of the blade or prongs ; no rolling over the soil, small thin slices is 
far the best and quickest, this lifted dean up rarely requires mneh breaking 
afterwards. It will be seen that the man at No. 3 has just finished up to 
where he wanted to go ; he then turns and commences to take out trench 
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on the other end of the next half, which he fills in at No. 3 ; this all laid 
level, he digs back to No. 1. Here he finds the soil he first took out at 
No. 2 ; this being free from weeds, it is filled in, and the work is finished 
off in a workmanlike and proper manner. Always keep a fair sized trench, 
so that all weeds can be put down and buried deeply, and for all special 
purposes have it extra deeply dug by going all along the trench from end 
to end aud leaving it there, so that the next ordinary trench folds in on the 
top of it. When all this is carried out the whole should lay roughly level. 
Always dig square up to where the ground is required to be dug, and the 
trench fill in along, not up to one corner as is usually done, if so it will bej 
out of level and unworkmanlike. 
Arrange the ground so as to fit the position, all grass rubbish and 
manure must be thoroughly buried and the job finished, that the digger 
could say, with all pride, “ Well, that is done as it should be. I have 
studied it to its fullest extent, and should be glad for any one to tell me 
one item that I do not know respecting the digging of ground properly ; 
and if he really knows without pretending, he is a valuable man, and one to 
make and grow plenty to eat. 
Every employer should encourage this art, and there ought to be a. | 
prize offered for the champion digger in every village. 
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