. Book of the Farm; being a revised edition of The handy-book of husbandry, a guide to farmers. Agriculture. PULVERIZING. 151 break the crust of the ground, and kill such weeds as may still be growing. /// the early stages of gmvth^ cultivate as deeply as possible—late in the season^ only an inch or tiuo. THE HORSE-HOE. A modification of the cultivator, and, for most uses, an im- provement on it, is the horse-hoe^ l^ ig* 63,) which has a sharp. Fig. 63.—Horse-Hoe, tooth in front for a steering pivot; a small plow-snaped tooth at each side, which may be made to run very close to the row, as it
. Book of the Farm; being a revised edition of The handy-book of husbandry, a guide to farmers. Agriculture. PULVERIZING. 151 break the crust of the ground, and kill such weeds as may still be growing. /// the early stages of gmvth^ cultivate as deeply as possible—late in the season^ only an inch or tiuo. THE HORSE-HOE. A modification of the cultivator, and, for most uses, an im- provement on it, is the horse-hoe^ l^ ig* 63,) which has a sharp. Fig. 63.—Horse-Hoe, tooth in front for a steering pivot; a small plow-snaped tooth at each side, which may be made to run very close to the row, as it throws the earth from it ; and a broad V-shaped, knifelike blade at the rear, ending in a rising comb. The knife edge cuts off all weeds about an inch below the surface, and has sufficient bend to throw back, toward the row, the earth that the wing plow draws from it—leavins; it very loose and fine. The intention of the rising comb at the back is to leave the weeds on the surface, allowing the earth to fall through the spaces. I never could see that this part of the programme was carried out ; but, notwithstanding this, it is a capital tool, and, with the small subsoiler for the earlier work, is all that could be desired for small- sized 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 Waring, George E. (George Edwin), 1833-1898. Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
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