Show I DEN WORK IS 1ST OST IMPORTANT Eke ake to Think That Cultivation Done for Sole Purpose of Killing Hilling Killing Noxious Plants IS NEED SUPPLY OF AIR MR Particles Are Broken Up and nt- nt Food Made Available for Dust Dust Mulch Will Retain Moisture I r ii d by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- ment merit of Agriculture s people people have hn an nn Idea that gar- gar are cultivated solely for fot the pur- pur of killing weeds As a matter maW r of tir i killing of weeds Is just on ont one onet t if t f garden cultivation say the then thea n a ts its of the United States deit de- de it of agriculture The roots of S air just the same seine as ns do doI and If the ground is packed I r or Is sunbaked over o the tile stirL sur- sur L ter a beating rain the roots of plants wilt will turn yellow enow and If not d r will die The same thing Js Is Ir V ere iere the tile land Is poorly drained drained The water keeps th tl air and the roots cm cannot ot feed tl aton has another object In Int in P t breaks up the soil soh particles akes plant food available for tor foring f lag ing rootlets of the plants persons sons however make the mis- mis of- of cultivating too deeply and by byo o 0 ng cut off or Injure the feeding g pf ar 2 and deprive the plant of its f i I r w we e Gardens a Wheel Hoe Can Used to Good Advantage I of nourishment and support nt shallow cultivation during ther results In tl the c formation lather L Tyer yer er of fine dust which serves as asi asor 1 ii i or blanket to retain moisture Cultivating After Rains boll oil should always be cultivated 4 soon as It Is sufficiently dry to toy toy y worked after heavy beavy rains If Ift ot t cultivated a crust forms the 45 hakes bakes and the crops are InI InThe In- In I I The fhe same will apply where Iron iron Ir- Ir oh on on is u used ed and it has been found Jo i give the soil a thorough soak- soak ten en cultivate as soon as It Is dry h and apply no more water un- un necessary e hoe and the steel rake are the thoe Important tools for cultivating mall aU gard garden n. n On a larger scale leel el hoe and a horse cultivator lb be e C used to advantage Even horse drawn tools are occasion occasion- bed cd the greater part of the during dry weather performed by means of a a ac c corn com m. m ted teel rake It is not necessary very err deeply into he the soil soli but butto v to stir the surface fe A Tool That Helps randy little tool for tor lo loosening the I soil can be made from a piece of thin I board two Inches wide and fourteen Inches long with one end whittled I down to form a n handle and the opposite opposite oPPosite site end provided with pith three No 0 6 I or or orNo No 3 a box nails or wire brads This little made home-made Implement can be used very ery soon after a n rain to loosen the surface so that any small seeds seed can cnn break through The wheel-hoe wheel outfits are provided with a number of different shovels and adapted for the different types of work to be performed These Implements have ve the advantage that one can g go over O the garden very ery rapidly and break up the surface of the soil In a comparative short time It Is generally generally generally gen gen- necessary however to follow with the hoe to remove any weeds that have ha been heen destroyed by bythe the wheel cul cul- cul- cul Kill Weeds Young It should hould be borne in In mind that the time to kill weeds is when they are just coming through the ground If It allowed to established it Is much more difficult to get rid of them than if they are taken in time If the top two Inc Inches les of soil soli Is kept continuously continuously continuously con con- and thoroughly loosened no serious difficulty In keeping out weeds Is probable |