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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 61.

[Image: Drawing of a harrow and attachment, Caption Planet Jr. Twelve-Tooth Harrow.]

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Tools And Implements.
To reduce the cost of gardening it is necessary to have the best tools. A good wheel hoe is as much superior to a common hoe for cultivating a garden as a 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, having given splendid satisfaction. If you desire it, we will send illustration and descriptive circular of any of these tools.
Planet Jr. Twelve-Tooth Harrow.--For fine cultivation, either deep or shallow, this has no equal. The recurved throat and high frame prevent 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. 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. Price $7.50, or without pulverizer $6.15.

Planet Jr. No. 8 Horse Hoe.--Probably no other cultivating machine is so widely known as the "Planet Jr." Combined Horse Hoe and Cultivator, for it is in use throughout the civilized world. It is so strongly built as to withstand incredible strain, yet it is light and easy to handle. The No. 8 combines all the latest improvements. Levers adjusting it in width and regulating the depth. Everything about the machine has been improved. Ask for circular, gives full description. Price $7.50.

Firefly 5-Tooth Cultivator.--A new tool for 1898 and one which we are sure will be popular. It is very much like the Planet Jr. Horse Hoe, has the same cultivating attachments but the adjustment to wide or narrow rows is made with two set screws instead of hand levers. Only about half the weight and an easy tool for horse and man. Price only $5.00.

Planet Jr. No. 1, Combined Drill And Cultivator.--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, 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. Price $9.00.

Planet Jr. No. 4 Combined Seeder And Cultivator.--The latest improvement for 1898. A new tool which is giving good satisfaction and it has so many good points that we offer it with confidence. It will drop the seed either in a continuous row or in hills, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36 inches apart. The drill is easily detached and the tool frame substituted. Has all the attachments shown in cut. Price complete $10.00. As a drill only $7.00. Attachments can afterwards be purchased for $3.50, to make a complete machine.

Planet Jr. No. 15 Single Wheel Hoe.--Another new tool being same as above only without the drill attachment. Price $6.00.

Planter Jr. No. 3 Seed Drill.--We regard this drill as the acme of perfection, and most decidedly the best seed sower made. It will sow perfectly either in a continuous row or drop the seed in hills, either, 6, 8, 12 or 24 inches apart. It opens the furrow, drops in hills or drills, covers, rolls down and marks the next row, all at one operation. The hopper holds three quarts. The wheel is thirteen inches high. It is changed in a moment from hill dropping to drill work. It has a force feed, sows equally well whether the hopper is full or contains only a paper of seed. It is nicely adapted to all conditions of land, working especially well in fresh ground or when planting on a ridge. Price $9.00.

[Image: Drawing of a hoe, Caption-Planet Jr. No. 8 Horse Hoe.]
[Image: Drawing of a hoe, Caption-Planet No. 4 Seeder And Cultivator.]
[Image: Drawing of a hoe, Caption-Planet Jr. Double Wheel Hoe.]
[Image: Drawing of a hoe, Caption-Planet Jr. No. 1, Combined Drill.]

Planet Jr. Hill Dropping Drill (Double wheel.) Much like No. 3, seed drill, but it has two wheels, and is for that reason preferred by some gardeners. It holds two qts. and sows all kinds of garden seed, either in drills or hills. Price $10.00. Our special price only $8.15.

Planet Jr. Double Wheel Hoe. The most practical tool made for gardeners. Each tool is sent out with the 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 eighteen inches high; then the wheels can be set to run close together and work betwen 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. Price $6.00. The same plain with no attachments, except one pair of hoes, $3.50.
"Fire-Fly" Single Wheel Hoe.--This popular tool is exactly the same as "Planet Jr." Single Wheel Hoe, excepting that it does not have the rakes or leaf lifter. The attachments are a pair of hoes that can be set to work to or from the row, a set of three reversible cultivator teeth, and a large garden plow. The whole tool is light and strong and capable of standing hard usage for years. Price $3.75.
Peerless Garden Cultivator.--This new tool has many features which will recommend it to the practical gardener. The handles are shaped so that they rest easily on the hands, and the wheel is so high, (23 inches) and broad-tired that it is no more work to cultivate with it than to trundle an empty wheel-barrow. Price $5.00.

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. Price $4.40.
Acme Seed Drill.--A nice little machine which was tested by over 500 gardeners in all parts of the United States last year and gave splendid satisfaction and we therefore offer it with confidence to our customers this year feeling sure that it will please them. It will sow beet, cabbage, carrot, celery, lettuce, radish, turnip, and all such seeds with perfect regularity. It is simple in construction, so easily understood that a child can be instantly taught to use it; so simple constructed it is impossible to get out of order. By its use you will save time, save seed, make the work easier and get a better stand. If a longer handle is desired it can easily be attached but we make them short for convenience in shipping. Price $1.25 or to persons who order seeds from us also, the price will be only $1.00; charge prepaid.

[Image: Drawing of a single wheel pushed by a handle, text on hub of wheel, ACME Seed Drill.]