. Carrots, mangold wurtzels and sugar beets. Carrots; Sugar beet; Mangel-wurzel. 24 CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR BEETS. There are a few implements that. SLIDE HOE. are specially needed in the culti- vation of root crops, and of these, attainable, the Hand every wise farmer will get the very best These implements are the Seed Sower, Weeder, the Slide Hoe, the common Wheel Hoe, and one for weeding both sides of a row at the same time. Of these there are a great many varieties, each of which are more or less popular among a class of growers. The engravings illustrate such as are in use in my own s
. Carrots, mangold wurtzels and sugar beets. Carrots; Sugar beet; Mangel-wurzel. 24 CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR BEETS. There are a few implements that. SLIDE HOE. are specially needed in the culti- vation of root crops, and of these, attainable, the Hand every wise farmer will get the very best These implements are the Seed Sower, Weeder, the Slide Hoe, the common Wheel Hoe, and one for weeding both sides of a row at the same time. Of these there are a great many varieties, each of which are more or less popular among a class of growers. The engravings illustrate such as are in use in my own section of country, where root culture forms a very important part of the agriculture of farm- ers. Both the slide and the wheel hoe, for rapid work, far surpass the common hand hoe, while they cut up the weeds e q u a .11 y clear. The double wheel hoe is used un- til the tops of the crops be- come so large as to be in the way, when the single wheel hoe or slide hoe takes its place. Fuller's Unique Hoe having a single wheel is preferred, to any double wheeled implement by many g-ardeners, es- pecially so by reason of its stiffness. Each should be two inches narrower than the space between the rows. A slide hoe is an amazing handy implement about a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gregory, James John Howard, 1827-1910. [from old catalog]. Boston, J. J. Arakelyan
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