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TOOLS OR IMPLEMENTS 
TPO EXECUTE the planned garden, you should have 
certain tools. The number and variety of tools 
needed depends entirely on the size of the garden and the 
variety of crops grown. But a number of simple tools 
are required to make even the smallest garden, and these 
are shown above. 
A spade to dig the soil; a rake to level it and get out 
stones; a line to get the furrows and paths straight; a 
hoe with which to make the furrows and cultivate the 
plants; a trowel for transplanting purposes, and an Ex- 
celsior hand weeder for stirring the soil between the plants 
in the row — these are the principal tools needed to make a 
garden of modest dimensions. 
With a garden, size 20 x 50 or larger, it pays to have 
that greatest of all garden labor savers, the wheelhoe. 
There are several types of them, all equally practical and 
inexpensive. 
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