| Show PROPER HANDLING OF oan 1 ui I 1 light in weight easy eat to ua U i more effective than any other 0 i implement on farm dy by 4 AL M DENNIN GrOV so many people have a horror using a 0 hoo hoe it Is tho the most at ablo able con rt implement to use I 1 in 11 the tha ment of beobi a gardener or farmer Is handy to use UBO for BO 80 and it that ono one cannot many burpoe puri Pur poe get along wl it pro probably bably one reason that n not 0 t like e the hoe is that people leopld d aliat liat most hoes hoea pl plain a in at once how dull as 33 a hoe ex into proverbial bini uso use mm cara A dull hoe boo Is certainly not a pleas plea ant implement with which ilitch to tho the good gardener will work vork keep his hl ta favor ite hoo boo filed to a sharp edge all time it la Is impossible to the tha grind A a hoa boo on a grindstone because the tha bevel must bo be on oil the upper side of the blade blada when it Is in use in order to make the hoo hoe bite into tile the soil boll file your hoe making the bevel about twice as wide as tile tho thickness of the blade then keep it bright and when you go 90 out after weeds the hoe bog slips through the soil coll so easily that hoeing Is not much like hard work in hoeing a long slow blow rw should bo be made it if the soil boil Is in gool good condition simply sc halt an aa inch of the top soil Is enough to kill weeds and one can go 90 over a lot ol 01 ground in one day if the hoe Is sharp and bright and tile the strokes I 1 long illg and smooth with a sharp hoe boe one can cut this tie ties dock dandelions and other noxious weeds with quickness dispatch and ease it Is IB light to handle easy to use and more effective than any other implement for many purposes in choosing a hoe select one the blado blade of which lies not quite flat oa tile the floor when you are standing erect with the hoe handle extending from your hands when in ill working position to the floor tho the heel of the hoe ho should not quite touch tile the floor fron from this position such a hoo hoe will bite into the soll soli easily when it la is bright and sharp and will work smoothly and effectively sharpen tile the hoo hoe as soon as it gets noticeably dull tills this will be hard on the hoe but it saves muscle and hoes hoea are cheap carry a small lat flat file in your pocket and do not allow a nick to stay in tho the hoe a minute after it itla ii made |
