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Show OUR MODERN GARDEN TOOLS Up-to-Date Implements Perform Won-dors Won-dors in the Saving of LaborN Wo sympathize with our grandparents grandpar-ents who have gardens In little two by four tucked up beds, with walks between them, nnd tho whole arrangements ar-rangements ho planned that all tho work wns done with spado, hoe and rake, says the Northwestren Agriculturist. Agricul-turist. No ono thought of using a plow or harrow In those gardens. The beds were spaded Into heaps and then worked Into shape with n rake. Tho seeds were sown from a board which served the double purposo of gnldo In making tho rows and llrmlng tho soil. The gardener worked In n humped-up, strained position while he sowed, hoed nnd pulled weeds, doing everything every-thing by hand, "Harden sass" In those days was a luxury which ropro-Bented ropro-Bented real labor. Tho twentieth century gardener, like other modern tillers of the soil, works his hend as well as his hands. Heds aro made In tho open, .whore the horses can be used to prepare tho soil for planting with plow, harrow, rolls, etc. Tho sowing of tho seods Is done with garden drills which do tho planting ns rapidly as tho operator can walk. The rows aro long and straight with room between to use a ono-horso cultivator In lieu of the hoo. Tho finishing touches are given with tho attachments of knives, rakes and levelcrs thnt mako up tho combined garden drill nnd cultivator. This Implement Im-plement Is simple nnd Inexpensive, but a wonderful labor savor. Ono man with It will do tho work of ten without with-out it. |