| Show garden tools cipun says that a soldier Is no better than his feet and it la Is equally true that a gardener Is no better than his bis tools much inch muscle time and perspiration la Is being wasted at this MIA very moment because of the use of improper tools or the misuse of the proper ones for the purpose most ot of this waste of time Is duo to lack of information about tools on the part of tho the user and the misinformed pur chaser can secure intelligent information from tho the average hardware clerk as roost most of them seem to have hare been recently promoted from the ribbon department or the soda I 1 fountain it Is much easier caster to do garden work with sharp tools every stroke la Is clean and true and it goes v where tiers r it to Is sent bent with vita half balf the becort a dull tool requires the american factory mechanic Is in reputed to spend three times as aa much of his bis time sharpening his tools toola as do the european workmen but bet he be pro dutes nearly twice as aa much finished product thereby tho the same principle applies to the use of garden tools keep them sharp and in good corking order A flat fiat jane fine file la is mighty handy to have about with it you can sharpen your hoe spade pad trowel cultivator teeth grass shears and lawn lava cower oer the me file will make aa ideal cutting idea on these tools toola and this edge have a perfectly tat bevel at all I 1 an angle acela of at about 45 de degrees grets hold I 1 inq ln MI firmly and uto use a little ma ina chwe oil ell to help the file cut cat the tha steel of course edged tools like the tickle sickle scythe and pruning shears have bare to be ground on a grindstone or emery stone and then from time to time with a whetstone the tha bevel at 0 the edge ede must mast be as acute as possible on this of tools tho the best beat tool for spading up P sail ou Is not cot the spade but tho the fork it penetrates the oll oil much bach easier and pulverizes it more tn in turning over if the spade la is preferred pre ferrei it should bare as afi flat a blade as aa possible to prevent clogging tho the hoe boa Is the most cost useful tool in the small garden and it should hare bare a larse large and heavy blade tho the additional width will vm do more work with tho the same number ot of strokes and tho the heavy heary head bead does doea more effective work vork because ot at its added momentum ra A rake mke Is of at rather email importance after the seed need la in once planted but it Is an excellent and practically indispensable implement tor for leveling and pulverizing tho the seed bed use usa a cast iron rake of the narrow type the wide vide ones are am too bard to handle for the larger garden a hand cultivator or wheel hoe boa Is fine and a great time and muscle saver with it ft the entire sarden garden can be hoed elly la in the same length of time one takes to boo a tenth ot of it by band we pm lire ter the tha single ringle bagh wheeled typo type which runs rona between the tha rows as aa it will work close enough and puhoa easier work it with the tha cultivator teeth early in the season to loosen the soil and force the toots roots to grow deeply changing to the weed cutting horizontal blades later on OIL it la Is a real pleasure to cu lUrate the garden with one of these machines and they cost only a couple of dollars |
