GARDEN TOOLS 

CULTIVATORS 
Speedy Cultivator. Highly tempered steel 
tines, sharp and curved to penetrate the 
soil with an easy pulling motion. Excel- 
lent for cultivating under shrubs. 4 tines, 
41, ft. handle. 
Norcross Cultivator. Strong, rugged tool 
with forged steel teeth, adjustable fasten- 
ing. Fine for plots not large enough to 
need a wheeled cultivator. 5 tooth, 4 ft. 
handle. 
Hand Cultivator Weeders. Short handled 
weeders. Indispensable for close-in work. 
3 and 5 prong styles. 
Visit our store for further selection. 

FORKS 
Spading Fork. Light weight with D handle. 
Handy for spading around shrubbery and 
perennials. 4 angular black tines with 
polished face. 

GRO-QUICK” "sto wearer” 



Soil Heating Cable 
for hotbeds, cold frames, 
unheated greenhouses, plant 
benches. Will last for years. 
No failures. Money back 
guarantee. Operates from household 
current. Adjustable thermostat has 
pilot light. 
Be a month ahead of neighboring gardens 
JUNIOR GRO-QUICK with Ther- 
mostat and 40 foot 200 watt Papiegs 35 
for 3 foot x 6 foot bed............ s 
SENIOR GRO-QUICK with Ther- 
mostat and 80 foot 400 watt cable gg, 95 
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Supplied complete with instructions. 
Spading Fork. Heavy weight with D han- 
dle, 4 tines. An indispensable garden tool 
for general spading and digging. 
Hay Fork. Bent handle, 3 tines, oval, pol- 
ished. 
LADIES’ GARDEN SETS 
Rake, Hoe, Spading Fork and Spade. Well 
constructed, combining strength and light 
weight. All are sturdy, serviceable tools, 
suitable for ladies’ or youths’ garden 
work. 
HOOKS 
Grass Hooks (Sickles)—Various styles, all 
with good steel cutting blades and well- 
balanced designs. Wood handles. 
Potato Hooks. Best quality, with 4 broad 
oval tines tumbled. Handles are 412 feet 
long. 

HOES 
Field or Garden Hoe. The standard, gen- 
eral-purpose hoe for garden and farm 
use. Full polished blade, 614 inches wide, 
riveted to steel shank. 4 foot handle. 
Onion Hoe. Square top pattern with full 
polished 614 x 134 inch blade. This effi- 
cient, easy to use tool has a 413 foot 
spring pattern handle. 
Scuffle Hoe. Skims under the surface of 
the soil, cutting off weeds, and making a 
dust mulch. 8 inch black blade, straight 
5 foot handle. 
Warren Hoe. The finest and strongest tool 
of its kind. Pointed steel head for drill- 
ing seed, covering furrows, hilling and 
cultivating. 
KNIVES 
Asparagus Knife. 10 inch forged steel 
blade, hardened and tempered, with V- 
shaped cutting point. Can also be used 
as dandelion weeder. 
Budding, Propagating, and Pruning Knives. 
Ask for available items. 
Edging Knife. It is easy to keep the lawn 
well trimmed with this splendid long- 
handled half-moon shaped edging knife. 
A necessary note 
on the availability 
of garden tools 
At the time this catalog goes 
to press, there are still many 
uncertainties about the supply 
of garden tools. The scarcity 
of steel and other disappoint- 
ing factors have held back 
tool production more than we 
anticipated. 
We have, naturally, done our 
best to gather a good supply 
of the tools you will need— 
and we are confident we will 
be able to take care of your 
requirements. 
We suggest that you visit our 
store, from time to time, to 
take advantage of incoming 
shipments. 

PRUNERS 
Pruning Shears. Visit our store to see 
latest stocks. Supplies are still uncertain, 
but we will have all available types. 
Tree Pruners. The steel cutting blade 
easily cuts branches with smooth, clean 
results. Three lengths of handles avail- 
able; 8 feet, 10 feet, and 12 feet long. 
Ladies’ Pruning Shears. Light in weight; 
designed especially for ladies’ use and 
light work of all kinds. 8 inch and 9 inch 
blades. 
Flower Gathering Shears. These handy 
shears make flower gathering a one-hand 
operation. They cut the stem of the flower 
and hold it for you. 

RAKES 
Rakes, Steel, Curved Tooth. Strongly made, 
with steel teeth on head 14 inch thick. 
Handles are straight, 542 feet long. 
PEST EXTERMINATORS 
ANT JELLY BAIT—Effective bait for 
destroying all species of ants—SIMPLE 
TO USE—Not a repellent but a food bait 
that ants eat and carry back to the nest. 
Destroys entire colony. 
ANT TRAPS—A safe, sanitary method 
for controlling ants in house and garden. 
Attracts and destroys both sweet and 
grease-eating ants. Cannot be opened by 
children or spilled by pets. Traps may be 
placed inside ice-boxes or other food 
containers without contaminating foods. 
MOUSE BAIT—Treated seed bait which 
appeals to the finicky taste of mice. 
Simply spread in places where mice fre- 
quent. 
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RAT BAIT—A non-poisonous prepared 
bait containing genuine RED SQUILL. A 
safe, sanitary way to exterminate rats. 
MOLE KILLERS—Life-savers for lawns, 
flower and seed beds. Sure death to 
bulb-eating, root-destroying moles. Safe- 
guard your bulbs when placed in ground 
at time of planting. 
RAT PASTE — Recommended for big, 
well-fed, hard-to-catch rats which dodge 
cats and traps, and are finicky in their 
eating habits due to easy access to tasty- 
garbage, and feed and food warehouses. 
Ideal, too, for control of chipmunks, 
squirrels, prairie dogs, etc. Packaged in 
handy, convenient tubes. 
RABBIT REPELLENT—Keeps rabbits out 
of your garden. Scatter over the surface 
of the soil and it will prevent their eat- 
ing Carrots, Peas, etc. 
SKEET-CHECK—An ointment repellent, 
packaged in convenient handy tubes, 
easy to apply and pleasant to use. Un- 
excelled for repelling mosquitoes, gnats, 
black flies, deer flies and other annoy- 
ing insect pests. SKEET-CHECK js also 
an excellent soothing salve that will help 
to allay swelling when bitten. 
MOUSE SEED—Treated, tasty, impreg- 
nated seed bait which quickly destroys 
mice in house and garden. Easy to use; 
clean, sanitary, no mixing—no traps 
needed. 
