You can do the work of many machines 
with nato-noe and low cost attachments 
TILLAGE 
It started thousands of years ago, when Adam was 
sent forth “from the garden of Eden to till the 
ground.” The crooked stick plow and the brush drag 
of the ancients have finally culminated in the modern 
rotary hoe. The purpose is the same —to prepare a 
suitable seedbed, to eliminate competing weed growth 
and to improve the soil conditions. 
ROTO-HOE was not originally intended to operate 
through turf or heavy sod, or for tilling large lawns 
or gardens — and we have never recommended it for 
these jobs. It was originally designed for the smaller 
plot where cost of larger equipment would be exces- 
sive. However, we have now developed a new optional 
tooth design which will make it possible to prepare 
much larger areas than before. These special teeth 
are supplied when you order the ROTO-HOE Model 
148-H (Special), and are recommended for heavy 
soils only. 
Roto-Hoe, by going over the ground twice, will till 
an average soil to approximately five inches in depth. 
By going over this same soil a third time, a depth of 
five and a half to six inches may be reached. If it is 
desired to till a portion of the garden to seven or 
eight inches in depth, this may be done by holding 
up on the handles and walking backwards. Our 
experience is that about two-thirds of our Roto-Hoe 
owners use their machine for tilling. 
CULTIVATION 
Roto-Hoe aerates the soil, breaks up capillary action 
and thus: retains moisture. Its fifteen tines, revolving 
at 300 revolutions per minute, are so arranged as to 
disintegrate the heavier clay soils, without exposing 
them to hard packing and baking after rain and sun. 
Roto-Hoe users are repeatedly amazed at the fine 
friable soil condition during the growing season. 
HOME GARDENS 
Here Roto-Hoe is ideal. It tills in all the corners, close 
to fences, etc. It cultivates close up to your plants, 
and really saves hand hoeing. It’s easily loaded in 
your car trunk for use anywhere. With it, you can 
keep your garden at peak with a fraction of time. 
GREENHOUSES & NURSERYMEN 
Roto-Hoe will till your beds, mix fertilizer, or mill 
up a compost pile. By alternately placing manure and 
dirt together, the Roto-Hoe will mix these together 
or will incorporate, if on top of a bed. One man can 
easily lift the Roto-Hoe onto any bed or bench or 
into the trunk of a car. Sterilizing time is often 
reduced to one-half over hand methods in working 
of beds. Roto-Hoe, the very same machine, is just the 
tool for cultivation outdoors. 
Roto-Hoe can be used by all landscape men for plant- 
ing work to a real advantage. Also, by placing one 
or more chalk marks on tire, and pulling machine 
backwards, one can make several equal spaced holes 
per minute for replanting in the nursery. 
FLORISTS and ESTATES 
Roto-Hoe is easily moved across lawns, from one 
flower bed to another, or for tilling along borders. 
The new 12-inch and 16-inch trimmer attachments can 
be installed in a few minutes, adding greatly to its 
usefulness, for cutting grass in narrow places, close 
up to trees or bushes, under edges of evergreens, etc. 
“Thrift” is almost a lost word to some people. But in 
these days of high costs we believe that it is coming 
more and more into its own again. And it is with 
thriftiness, “more value for your money,” in mind 
that we have made so many attachments available for 
ROTO-HOE at such low cost. To us it just makes 
good sense to use the high quality Lauson power unit 
as the central unit to power a number of tools. 
Result: for a modest investment you can purchase not 
only ROTO-HOE but a number of other tools which 
are all interchangeable, and all use the same depend- 
able power unit. Once you own a ROTO-HOE, you 
can add a tool or two each year for very modest cost 
—and even when you have the complete set of attach- 
ments, you still have a much smaller investment than 
you can make anywhere else to get so much in the 
way of high quality garden tools. 
Look inside for specifications of the complete ROTO- 
HOE line. It represents real value for every dollar 
you spend. It will pay you to investigate. 
Useful All Vear Around 
3 Integral Design Gives 
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