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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
March, 1917 
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Wheel Hoes 
* I 'HAT the gardener has a wheel hoe of some 
kind almost goes without saying. That 
he knows just how to use it doesn’t always go 
that way. I’ve found some helps from ex- 
perience and other wheel-hoers’ experiences 
that have saved me a lot of time and made a 
good many better jobs than I would have had 
without. 
I he two six or seven inch blades that are a 
part of every wheel hoe proper are used very 
likely a good many more times than all of the 
other attachments together. They, can be 
used in most kinds of work. But with us there 
was an objection to them because they left the 
soil unbroken and so many weeds lived even 
after they were cut off simply because the thin 
slice of soil left by the hoe was just enough to 
keep the weeds going till it rained. So we 
took a good piece of board about six inches by 
two by one and a half, made a bolt hole through 
the centre to fasten this to the wheel 
hoe frame, bored six § inch holes through the 
piece at right angles to the bolt hole, ran wires 
of about No. 8 size through them and sharp- 
ened the end of the wires so that they made a 
sort of rake which followed a few inches behind 
the blades. 1 he wires were of different lengths 
so that there was no trouble about clogging 
with weeds. 1 his leaves the surface as smooth 
as could be desired and breaks up the slice of 
soil so that the weeds are killed and the soil 
left with a dust mulch. 
I find that if a wheel hoe is run when the 
ground is slightly damp there will be a certain 
amount of soil sticking to the tires. This will 
make small bumps that will throw the hoe out 
of balance just enough to spoil the work as 
long as the lumps are on the tires. I keep a 
dull knife handy for scraping this dirt off. It 
pays to do this several times or until the dirt 
stops gathering on the wheels. 
I have found a deep cigar box or any sort of a 
box mighty handy when fastened to one handle 
of the hoe. There is apt to be some trash or 
straw on the surface of the most carefully 
prepared seed bed. It can be quickly dumped 
in this box and carried to the end of the field 
and by simply turning over the hoe the 
contents dumped where they will not harm 
anything. 
As a part of every blade of the wheel hoe 
there is an upright part that is intended to 
allow close cutting to the row and to prevent 
some dirt from tumbling onto the small vege- 
tables. If this is left with a sharp edge it will 
do a lot of harm in a good many kinds of work 
after the vegetables get closer to maturity. 
Blunt this edge with a file or grinding machine 
and save considerable of the crop you are 
tending. 
After using a wheel hoe for a few years it be- 
comes worn and loose in the spindles. I his 
with the blades is the only place that a wheel 
hoe wears out. I have found a considerable 
help in using a heavy piece of tin as a washer 
to take up this wear. A wobbly wheel makes 
sure, quick and accurate work almost im- 
possible. Steady, firm wheels will also help it 
a lot. 
When you have to have the blades renewed 
at times it is a pretty good plan to get them an 
inch or so longer than you expect to use. 
Usually a six inch blade will leave strips of 
uncultivated surface between the rows if the 
drilling wasn’t exactly straight. I he longer 
blade will get these places. Besides that it will 
wear longer because it is wider when first pur- 
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