New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
FOR Staying THE
OLD ENEY, WEEDS

Weeds are the pane Oh inc lawn ~ iN--
than OF the garden itself and for diggins
out dandelions, dock, plantain and al
such tough customers YOU should have
unless YOU want 10 struggle with an old
kitchen knife-a long handled spud. some
are made with sort OF finger worked py
spring and a lever. which picks up the
weed after YOU have severed its root a
stru more complicated affair has spout
valve and oil container. so arranged thai
BY pressing a button YOU can squirt DIT
OF kerosene or weak sulphuric acid SOU
ton on the cut surface OF the root 10
more effectually dispose Of it. The frst
two sell for 50 cents each and the last Tor
81 80
IL YOU grow asparagus, however, you
can kill two birds by using for this pur-
pose your asparagus knife, which costs
only IS cents. provided you don't object
10 STOPPING. Anyway, you will want one
Of these for gathering the asparagus crop
so as 10 save all the stalk without having
to dig down into the ground in cutting IL
OF course, a lawn mower will be in or
der, and here. Of all places, follow the
rule about getting only the best The
most modern ball bearing, close cutting
machine will cost in the neighborhood OF
$40 or 81, while a perfectly reliable one
with fewer J ladies', cutting narrower
swath. can be obtained for less than IS.
You will save time by having some sort
of an edge trimmer for the fussy work
around beds and trees, close 10 buildings
fences. etc. This can be anything from
IL. oh.
cents) or q sickle 60 cents to a pair of
long handled blades TO be used while
standing erect about 81, or one Of the
latest trimmers. working on the principle
/ OF a combined lawn mower and wheel hoe
and costing 50 IS. For pruning roses,
berry bushes, grapes, etc, you may hith-
/ erto have found an ordinary pocketknife
satisfactory, but a pair Of French prun-
ing shears, worth 81 go will last indefi-
nitely. do better work and save your
= hands.
You cannot hope to escape entirely the
/ attacks of insects and plant diseases, so
you had better be prepared with some
sort Of q spray pump In the days when
paris green was about the only material
used for spraying a whisk broom was all
many gardener used. But in these days
of bordeaux mixture, the various oil
emulsions and all such concoctions, Il is
imperative that the material be applied
/ in the form Of fine spray or mist, and
only a pressure pump can produce the de
sired result. For a limited amount of
work outdoors and for all greenhouse and
conservatory purposes the small atomiz-
ers, costing about 81, are satisfactory.
Next in price come various sorts OF
bucket pumps and compressed air, porta-
BILE sprayers ranging from 50 20 to 81 or
more And If you have a vineyard OF fair
size or half an acre Of small fruits, for
If you own fruit or shade trees that must
be sprayed, the best thing is a barrel
pump, costing perhaps 81 or sl4 complete,
which If desired can be mounted on a
low hung truck. Incidentally combina-
ton truck with a removable box body
and leaf rack, costing about as much as
the barrel pump, can not only carry the
spray but can also be made TO take the
place of wheeloarrow for all sorts OF
work. Without this you will, OF course,
need the barrow, and let me suggest that
you don't get too large one. That de-
scribed as medium will hold gener-
GUS amount of light litter and all the soil,
sand or manure you will care to push, es-
peclally II 1t be through soft ground or
over rough land. Such barrow, well
made, Will cost "a at most stores.
This may appear formidable list, but
as / suggested at the beginning, II com
prises considerably more than every gar
dener will need. Many OF the tools are