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A KITCHEN GARDEN 
a furrow from one to four inches deep, for sowing 
peas, corn, beans, etc., and coming back alongside of 
the open furrow will cover them nicely, not taking 
one-quarter of the time necessary to make the drill 
with a hoe and cover with a rake, as it is ordinarily 
done. It is also very handy to strike out a furrow 
in this way when planting strawberries, cabbages, 
tomatoes, etc., especially where two are employed on 
the same work, as one can strike out the furrows, and 
drop a plant where each one is to stand, while the 
other, following, sets the plant with one hand and with 
the other pulls in and places the loose covering dirt, 
and finally tramps the soil firmly round the new-set 
plants with his feet. These two last-mentioned tools 
are very useful in the ordinary small garden; they 
enable the work to be done much more quickly and 
very much more thoroughly than is often the case, 
the spring spading being generally the only good 
stirring the soil gets in the season. 
A Seed Drill is a very handy tool, but it is quite 
expensive. In the kitchen garden there is seldom 
more than one or two rows across the garden to be 
sown with any one kind of seed, and this can be done 
almost in the time it would take to adjust the drill, 
although the drill works a great deal more evenly 
than the seed can be sown by hand. On a farm 
where root crops are raised for soiling, the drill will 
be a measure of economy, even for a single season, 
and can readily be used in the garden. The combined 
implements, with plowing and hoeing attachments, 
are “ a delusion and a snareif you want a tool 
that will do good work, and will not get out of order 
