Show Variety j of tools are needed Did you ever stop to think how much you depend on tools to do practically all of your lawn and garden work The best lawn planning and planting techniques do much to reduce yard-maintenance yard time But in the final analysis keeping any ny lawn neat and orderly requires some labor by bythe bythe bythe the homeowner with a tool in his hand WITHOUT THE TilE right tool for fora a particular job yard chores become tedious require more time tithe in short are not as much fun Hand lIand tools continue to be the backbone of most home gardening gardening gardening gar gar- dening tasks However modern power tools and the horsepower they provide are are re redoing doing much to minimize the time and nd energy today's 40 million home gardeners must spend on lawn care Modern power tools such as hedge trimmers grass shears and trimmers edge-trimmers all are double insulated and housed in thermo plastic to guard against the major potential hazard of trimming wet grass a and nd shrubs BECAUSE THEY TilEY require no grounding for safe operation the tools offer the convenience of standard two-prong two household plugs The availability and relative low cost of power mowers and electric shears and trimmers bring a new dimension to home gardening It enables the average homeowner to care for Cor an extensively landscaped property by himself work which once required the service of a time full gardener THE TilE EFFICIENCY of power tools also frees the home gardener gardener gardener gar gar- dener from many limitations Imposed by low m maintenance low gardening Today's suburbanite can enjoy the old-fashioned old beauty of a clipped hedge trimmed fast and easily by an electric hedge trimmer or decorative evergreens shaped with a versatile grass shear and an trimmer edge-trimmer provides the neat appearance of trenched trenched trenched tren tren- ched flower beds The homeowner can get the most for tor his tool dollar by investing in equipment specifically designed for those jobs which must be performed most often orten FOR NEARLY everybody this means a lawnmower And most garages or tool sheds contain contain at least a a spade or shovel rake hoe and hand trowel Many also havea have a lawn broom spading fork pruning sh shears ars lawn sprinkler and pronged weeder The addition of a few power tools to this collection can make it easier and more enjoyable to maintain even a small lawn ONE OF the most tiresome and time-consuming time maintenance chores is trimming high grass and weeds along walks fences curbs and other areas inaccessible to mowers However with an electric trimmer edge-trimmer a person can trim the same area in three minutes that would take an hours hour's labor on hands and knees using hand shears When the tool is positioned at ata a degree 45 angle it digs neat 0 0 0 The Miracle I Workers Before 1930 it took more than half an hour of labor to produce a bushel of corn In Inthe Inthe Inthe the last few years ears US U.S. farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers have produced a bushel of corn with less than three minutes' minutes labor Rt s a borders around flower beds saving the expense and trouble of installing metal edgings to keep out invading grass An trimmer edger-trimmer also takes care of weeds too tall for Cor mowers to handle HEDGES OFTEN seem to grow like weeds but the job of keeping them trimmed is eased considerably by an electric hedge trimmer The type with cutting teeth on both upper and lower blades provides faster cleaner cutting action 0 0 No String Shoe-String Operation It now takes a capital investment investment in investment in- in vestment of about to start a a. a typical time full-time owner-operated owner farm re reports reports reports re- re ports the Farm Credit Administration Ad Ad- ministration |