. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. hoe. A good horse-hoe can now be purchased at almost any hard- ware store. The " Planet Jr.," always unsur- " passed, is always the leader in improvements, and has some novel attractions for the com- ing season. One for instant adjustment of width, and another for quickly securing the handles to one side or the other, is a boon to grape, hop, and blackberry growers, and when- ^___,^^^^_^^^ ever covering or making up plant ridges is to onion Set Harvester be done. The illustration on next page shows it in a useful form, with a
. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. hoe. A good horse-hoe can now be purchased at almost any hard- ware store. The " Planet Jr.," always unsur- " passed, is always the leader in improvements, and has some novel attractions for the com- ing season. One for instant adjustment of width, and another for quickly securing the handles to one side or the other, is a boon to grape, hop, and blackberry growers, and when- ^___,^^^^_^^^ ever covering or making up plant ridges is to onion Set Harvester be done. The illustration on next page shows it in a useful form, with a set of teeth which are onlyi% mches in width, and such do the best work in stirring the soil. For many reasons an even surface of the soil is most desirable, and we want no ridges and furrows. Hilling is required only in rare cases, such as the last cultivation of potatoes, or in the celery field; and the hilling blades can then be sub- stituted for the two narrow outside blades. If I further emphasize the necessity of having the hand hoes bright clean, and ^harp, and hung in the proper angle to a light, smooth handle; of keeping the steel and cutting parts of all implements bright, and well oiled when not in use, and all tools. Combined Drill and Wheel-Hoe. • Garden Implements—47 in their places under cover, little else remains to be added on the subject of tools of tillage. Implements for special use, such as asparagus bunchers, spinach cutters, hand weedcrs, etc., will be mentioned elsewhere. It is hardly necessary to speak of wagons, etc., as their selection depends on local fashions, and special purposes. A good manure- spreader may be a con- venient implement; but I question whether it can be considered indispensable in even a large market garden. With the use of many implements of tillage, such as the various styles of /- u- j t^ n j wru ^ u , 1 1 1 r 1 Combined Drill and Wheel-Hoe. hoes, spades, shovels, forks, etc., the question of "best" is often depende
Size: 1780px × 1404px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectgardening, bookyear18
