Show TOOLS USED IN CULTIVATION Implements Employed Vary Somewhat According to the Crop and Its Stage of Growth The Implements employed In cultivation culti-vation will vary somewhat with the crop and with Its stage of growth Tillage of ground before the crop is up and when the plants are very small especially listed crops should be with the spike tooth harrow with tho teeth set at considerable slant Weeds are most easily destroyed when they are coming np Tho harrow har-row Is very useful for this purpose and at the same time It produces the soil mulch A distinct advantage in the use of the harrow is the rapidity with which the ground may bo gone bver The spiketooth harrow or the disk harrow followed by tho spike tooth harrow should also bo used In summer culture intended to conserve moisture for a future crop Vhen tho plants are too large to be cultivated with tho harrow any of tho modern double cultivators will do good work in cultivating corn and similar crops but when equipped with gangs of three or five narrow shovels that throw tho soil but little they are still more efficient l effi-cient for surface cultivation unless tho ground has become weedy from Inability Inabil-ity to cultivate It because of the wet weather tiladcllkc shovels that run nearly horizontal and cut off this layer lay-er ot soil are effective unless there be too much trash These blades can bo so adjusted that the soil will passover pass-over them forming a loose layer which on drying will protect the moist soil below |