. Annals of horticulture in North America for the year ... : a witness of passing events and a record of progress. he upperedge, and the device is complete. Grasp the handle firmly,press the sharp edge into the earth and you have a straight,even drill of uniform depth for sowing.—D. M. Farnsworth,in Popular Gardening, 192, ipj. Fig. 12. Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 367 This represents a reel which Garden Reel.—(Fighas been patentedby Peter Berntgen,of Cologne, Ger-many. The ad-vantages claimedfor it are : It canbe driven easilyand firmly into thesoil ; the line canbe unwound easilyand f
. Annals of horticulture in North America for the year ... : a witness of passing events and a record of progress. he upperedge, and the device is complete. Grasp the handle firmly,press the sharp edge into the earth and you have a straight,even drill of uniform depth for sowing.—D. M. Farnsworth,in Popular Gardening, 192, ipj. Fig. 12. Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 367 This represents a reel which Garden Reel.—(Fighas been patentedby Peter Berntgen,of Cologne, Ger-many. The ad-vantages claimedfor it are : It canbe driven easilyand firmly into thesoil ; the line canbe unwound easilyand firmly fastenedby means of thehook underneath ;the line is strongand is knotted atregular intervals.—Der Praktische Rat-geber im Obst-und-Gartenbau, i6y. Riddling Soil.—(Fig. 15.) On a hand-barrow or box asieve is so arranged that it slides easilyback and forth, sifting whatever soil isplaced in it.—Popular Gardening, 103. A Post-Driver.—(Fig. 16.) Thedevice here illustrated can be made en-tirely at home, excepting the weight andhook. A block of iron weighing 40 or 50 pounds you can.
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