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86. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

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AS A CULTIVATOR
AS A HOE
MCGEE GARDEN CULTIVATOR.

PLANET JR. No. 6 COMBINED HORSE HOE AND CULTIVATOR.--This well known and popular tool, though acknowledged for years past to be the best in the market, has striking improvements now. Chief among these are the lever wheel, a necessity for particular work; the patent lever expander, changing the width instantly; and handle adjustment for height, and also sidewise for use in grapes, pole beans, blackberries, nursery stock, etc., and when covering. It also has the patent parallel frame, interchangeable and adjustable hollow steel standards, reversible blades, sleeved bolt holes, etc. As a horse hoe, with the side teeth reversed, it cuts close to the row without injury to the roots, leaving but little and in many cases nothing for the hand hoe. As a cultivator, the reversible teeth cut off and turn over the weeds in the most perfect style. As a hiller, the side teeth work in combination with the rear shovel to perfection. List price, $12.00. Our net price is only $8.00. Extra attachments: Furrowing steel, $1.75; marking attachment, $2.00; covering roller, $1.75; 8-inch sweeps, 35c. each; 10-inch, 40c; 12-inch, 45c; 15-inch, 50c.

[image] MATTHEWS' SEED DRILL.

THE PLANET JR. TWELVE-TOOTH HARROW, CULTIVATOR AND PULVERIZER.--For fine cultivation, either deep or shallow, this has no equal. The recurved throat and high frame prevents clogging, and the reverse position is given to the teeth in a short time by changing a single bolt in each. It is provided with a new lever wheel, used to regulate the depth with exactness; also with a pulverizer, which leaves the ground in the finest possible condition. The pulverizer is controlled by a lever that can be operated in an instant by the foot while in motion. The pulverizer may be reduced in width by taking off the outside teeth, and the tool may be used to stradle [straddle] a row, cultivating both sides at once. As a harrow, the work done is most perfect, and with the teeth turned backward it is admirable for trashy ground and leveling, and for crops just breaking through the surface. Weight, packed, 60 lbs. Price complete, $12.50. Our price only $8.50; without pulverizer $8.00.
PLANET JR. NO. 2 SEED DRILL.--Similar to but larger than Planet Jr. Combined Drill, holding 2 1/2 qts. List price, $9.00. Our price $7.20.

[image] PLANET JR. TWELVE-TOOTH HARROW AND PULVERIZER.

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 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 admirably adapted for the purpose intended. List price, $6.00. Our price only $4.40.

[image] FIREFLY GARDEN PLOW.

FIREFLY WHEEL GARDEN PLOW.--Makes the care of a vegetable garden a pleasure, and 10,000 families who could not find time to keep a garden, if attempting its cultivation with an ordinary hand hoe, can raise their own vegetables successfully with the Firefly. Will both plow the garden and attend to the cultivating and weeding throughout the gardening season. The moldboard is tempered and polished steel. Price, only $2.25.
MATTHEWS' DRILL.--This is the old original Matthews, and in our opinion, the most perfect of all. We have used these drills for about ten years on our seed farms, and although we have all the new makes, we prefer this. It is of especial value in sowing beet, parsnip and other difficult seeds, and our men claim they can do far more work in a day with it than with any other. The only objection to it is that it is not advertised and the gardeners do not know of it, thus making it difficult to sell. But when there is one in a locality others are sure to order. When in operation, it opens the furrow, drops the seed accurately at the desired depth, covers it and lightly rolls the earth down over it, and at the same time marks the next row, all of which is done with mechanical precision, by simply propelling the drill forward. The agitator stirs the seed in the hopper thoroughly by a positive motion, which insures continuous and uniform delivery, and the bottom of the hopper is made sufficiently dishing to sow the smallest quantity of seed. When desired, the movement of the agitator can be checked, and the drill may then be propelled forward or backward without dropping seed. There is also an ingenions device just added by which the seed can be cut off while turning at the ends of rows, thus saving quite a percentage of seed. A simple contrivance accurately gauges a uniform deposit of the seed to any required depth, thus avoiding the risk of planting at irregular depths, or so deep in places as to destroy the seed. List price, $12.00. Our price only $8.50.

[image] PLANET JR. NO. 6 HORSE HOE.

LANG'S HAND WEEDER.--It is, in our opinion, the best weeder made. It's special advantages over all other weeders of this class is that it has a band which passes over the fingers, which, when the tool is not in use, gives full use to the hand for pulling weeds and thinning out plants without laying down the tool. It is neatly and strongly made. Price 25c; $2.50 per doz. or postpaid for 30c each.
HAZELTINE'S WEEDER.--One hour's use will repay its cost, and in any vegetable or flower garden it is simply indispensable. Its price, 35c prepaid, is not one-tenth its value for one season's use. Blade is solid steel, oil tempered and has five sharp edges. Price 30c; $3.25 per doz. or postpaid for 35c each.

Money Saved!
A Plant Jr. Combined Drill, Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Plow only $8.50.

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LANG'S HAND WEEDER
HANDIEST TOOL ON EARTH.
30¢ BY MAIL PREPAID