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Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide.

TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS.

We handle a good assortment of the best gardening implements and tools, and as we are not bound to any firm or manufacturer to push their goods exclusively, our customers can depend on our opinion as here given, being unbiased and founded on our own experience and that of the best gardeners near this city. A good wheel hoe is as much superior to the common hoe for cultivating a garden as is the mowing machine to the sickle in the hay-field. All of the following tools have been thoroughly tested, and for their own particular class of work have given splendid satisfaction. The soil on which they are intended to be used, as well as the use to which you intend to put them, must be well considered.

WE ARE

GENRAL AGENTS IN IOWA

For the Celebrated.

PLANET JR., TOOLS.

And as we handle more of them than any other firm and pay Spot cash, we can make low er [lower] prices. If two or more are wanted[,] write for special discounts.

THE PLANET JR. COMBINED DRILL, WHEEL HOE, CULTIVATOR AND PLOW—This is the most popular tool we have ever sold. As a Plow it opens furrows, covers them, hills, plows to and from, etc. As a Hoe it works safely to and from both sides of the row at once, or between rows, working all rows from eight to sixteen inches wide at one passage. As a Cultivator it is admirably adapted to deep mellowing of the soil. It sows all garden seed accurately at the desired depth, opening, dropping, covering, rolling down and marking the next row all at one passage, in the most reliable and perfect manner. Each machine is sent out with the tools shown in the cut.

We take pleasure in selling this machine, as it is sure to please every one who tries it. You will be surprised at the great amount of work it will save you. Even if you have only one acre of ground in garden crops it will more than pay for itself the first season. Manufacturers list price,$12.00. Usual wholesale price to dealers, $9.00, but we purchased a large number for spot cash so that we could offer them to our customers for $8.75 net cash. Don’t fail to include one in your order, as you may never have an opportunity to buy for this price again. Order early.

PLANET JR. HILL DROPPING GARDEN DRILL—This is an entirely new machine, offered last year for the first time, the latest and best of the “Planet Jr.” family. It holds two quarts, and sows all kind of garden, seed with the greatest regularity. The plow runs any depth from one-eighth to two inches. It sows in drills and will also drop in neat hills either four, six, eight or twelve inches apart. It can be changed from a hill to a drill dropping machine, or can be thrown in or out of gear in a moment, and will not sow when run backwards. It has a force-feed, so that the sowing is regular, no matter whether the drill is full or nearly empty. The discharge of the seed can be stopped instantly at the end of the row, so that none need be wasted. The Opening Plow and Coverer are specially adapted for the work they have to do. while the marker can be set at any distance desired up to twenty inches. The ability to drop in hills is a great advantage as it saves considerable seed, insures [ensures] vigorous plants a[?] even distances, and saves an immense amount of hand labor in thinning out. The machine is thoroughly well made and the best tool on the market. List price, $12.00. Our price only $9.60 Extra attachment for sowing onion seed for sets in a band four inches wide, 50 cents.

THE “PLANET JR.” DOUBLE WHEEL HOE, Cultivator, Rake and Plow Combined—This popular hoe merits the thorough admiration of every practical gardener. Each tool is sent out with attachments shown in cut. The arch is high enough to enable the operator to work both sides of the row at once until plants are over eighteen inches high; then the wheels can be set to run close together and work between the rows. Leaf guards (detachable) go with each machine, to be used when plants extend into a wide row. This tool is light, very simple. very strong, made of the best material and highly finished, and nothing exceeds the variety and perfection of work it performs. It will do the work of six men with ordinary hand hoes. List price, $8.00. Our price only $6.40 each, boxed.

McGEE GARDEN CULTIVATOR OR SPRING HOE—The invention of a practical onion raiser, who knew just what was wanted and how to make it. It has two wheels, connected by an arch attached to frames by a lateral spring, enabling the user to almost “finger-weed” the crop, as the machine is under such complete control. Onion growers claim this is the best cultivator for onions.

With each tool there is a pair of knives, that operate as hoes, and a pair [of] cultivators. These attach to the beam by means of an eye bolt, and are adjusted forward and ackward [backward] on the beam to any angle with the plants or to any angle with the surface of the ground.

The adjustment to and from the row is accomplished instantly by means of the springs, which at the same time keep the knives or cultivators under control and protect the plants.

For years there has been no tool placed on the market so admi ably adapted for the purpose intended. Price. $6.00,[.]

THE PLANET JR. No. 2 SEED DRILL—This is a simple and most accurate drill, and has been the standard machine for years, It holds two and one half quarts, It sows all garden seed accurately at any desired depth or thickness; it opens, drops, covers, rolls down and marks the next row, all at one passage, in the most perfect manner. The continual revolution of the hopper keeps the seed loose, and make sowing of difficult seed, as carrot, parsnip, beet, and salsify, easy and perfect. The machine has no agitators, and hence delicate seed can be sown without danger of injury. It is one of the best machines on the market. This mach;ne [machine], with the “Planet Jr.” Double Wheel Hoe, (see description), makes an excellent combination for market gardeners, and especially onion growers. List price, $9.00. Our price, only $7.20.

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[image caption: PLANET JR. COMBINED DRILL.]

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[image caption: PLANET JR. HILL DROPPING SEED DRILL.]

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[image caption: PLANET, JR., NO. 2 DRILL.]

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[image caption: PLANET JR. DOUBLE WHEEL HOE.]

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[image caption: MCGEE GARDEN CULTIVATOR]

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