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bring them into fine order, seed beds should be made 
in a sheltered spot of the garden, for the sowings of 
late cabbage and celery, which will be spoken of in 
detail under the special directions for growing these 
vegetables. 
TOOLS. 
Although not positively necessary, it is of great 
advantage to have a variety of tools for thoroughly 
working the soil and to facilitate the labor of plant¬ 
ing and harvesting the crops, and exterminating 
weeds. If, however, the garden is as well cultivated 
as it should be, there will be no chance for weeds to 
start, as they will all be destroyed in their earliest 
stages. 
While there is a general assortment of tools on 
every farm suitable for use in the garden, I will 
give a short list of some especially adapted for use 
in the kitchen garden and the modes and purposes 
of using them. 
First is the Plow. For the first plowing in the 
spring, and for the general plowing in the fall, I use 
a large two-horse plow, which takes a generous slice 
and will put the manure down as may be wished 
and return the enriched soil to the surface in the 
spring, again turning in another coat of manure, if it 
is to be had in sufficient quantities to do so. So long 
as the fresh manure does not come in direct contact 
with the young plants, I do not think it is possible 
to put in too much, at least in the first three years 
of the garden. In my soil, which is rather heavy, I 
plow six to eight inches deep; in light soil I would 
