Gardening for profit; a guide to the successful cultivation of the market and family garden . Fig. 6.—SUBSOIL, PLOY/. draining the soil beneath the furrow of the common plow,lifting and breaking (but not turning) the subsoil to thedepth of 15 to 20 inches, as may be desired. On very stiffsoils we use the subsoiler once in two years; on lightersoils not so often, although if time would always permitthere is no doubt but that it would be beneficial to use itwhenever plowing is done. The harrow in use is rather peculiar in style, but is best suited for garden work;it contains some fortyteeth abou
Gardening for profit; a guide to the successful cultivation of the market and family garden . Fig. 6.—SUBSOIL, PLOY/. draining the soil beneath the furrow of the common plow,lifting and breaking (but not turning) the subsoil to thedepth of 15 to 20 inches, as may be desired. On very stiffsoils we use the subsoiler once in two years; on lightersoils not so often, although if time would always permitthere is no doubt but that it would be beneficial to use itwhenever plowing is done. The harrow in use is rather peculiar in style, but is best suited for garden work;it contains some fortyteeth about 10 incheslong; these are driventhrough the wood-work,leaving 5 or 6 inches Fig1. 7.—GARDEN HARROW. r> ±t i it of the sharpened endon the one side and from 14- to 2 inches of the blunt endon the other, as shown in fig. 7. After the ground has. IMPLEMENTS. 41
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