. Special price list of Dickmann-Dusard Seed Co. (formerly Jos. F. Dickmann Seed Co.) garden, field and flower seeds true to name and fresh : implements, fertilizers and poultry supplies of all kinds at reasonable prices. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. The "Iron Age" Double Wheel Hoe, with Cultivator Teeth, Plows and Rakes. Packed Weight, 40 lbs. Price, $ Among the principal labor-saving tools in the hands of the market gardener must be conside
. Special price list of Dickmann-Dusard Seed Co. (formerly Jos. F. Dickmann Seed Co.) garden, field and flower seeds true to name and fresh : implements, fertilizers and poultry supplies of all kinds at reasonable prices. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. The "Iron Age" Double Wheel Hoe, with Cultivator Teeth, Plows and Rakes. Packed Weight, 40 lbs. Price, $ Among the principal labor-saving tools in the hands of the market gardener must be considered Wheel Hoes. Nay, we may insist that it leads all others, for they are really indispensable, and without their aid it would be an almost impossible task to keep the market supplied with such immense quantities of row-grown vegetables. They have done away with the back-breaking and time-killing methods of the olden time, one man performing in a more thorough manner, and with greater ease to himself, the labor of several men. As with all other improved methods of labor, it requires a little practice to enable one to realize the best results with a wheel hoe. A novice will usually push steadily ahead; not so—give the tool a thrust Sihesid, watching the wheel rather than the hoe, and taking a step at each thrust; this brings a result which the term wheel hoe implies; an ordinary hand hoe would accomplish little if simply dragged through the ground. Having shown what'is expected of a wheel hoe, we desire to bring to the notice of the reader the "Iron Age" Wheel Hoe. Without disparaging the many excellent tools of this character already in use, we recently became convinced from our own practical tests—we have been making wheel hoes for years—and the expressions coming from the workers in the field, that further improvement was possible and necessary. Higher Wheels were call- ed for; the old pattern frames were made of gray iron, and were consequently too heavy, to
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