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Show HOES FOR WORKING GAHJLNS Strong and Heavy Tool Is Intended for Stiff Soils Light One Is for More Friable Ground. Here nre two types of hoes that are seldom met with bul which are verj useful In certain kinds of soil. Tie one at the left Ir the Canterbury hoc ami Is strong and heavy to use in stiff soils. The euttiiiL' blade Is 4 to I Inches wide ami the prongs arc 'n proportion. pro-portion. The prongs nre useful f i loosening the surface when it becomes hard. The other hoe la very light, and Is used on friable soils. This tool is gen ernllv made by the blttCkamlth, Bays n writer In nn egnhange, The prunes nre H to 7-10 Inches In diameter. The ends of the prongs ale spill CfOSSWaya ! ! Useful Garden Hoes, to the depth of nn Inch, ns shown at the right. The two hulves of the rod practii ully touch eiu h other nl the end. while lit the bnse (lie SWCC widens to the sixteenth of an inch. The blade Is cul our of an old scythe, mid may be of an) width required! it Is forced Into the splits which hold it quite securely. These hoes cut re i mi kably w II, Bj hnv ing blades of different widths the sums tool is available avail-able for mnn.v crops. |