Homemade Implements

The originator of the device shown in tlieSrstcnt finds it qnite usefnl for neat, quick woik in sowing, pricking out and transplantinjc. Take a [liece of board an ineb thii-k and two inclies wijo, and of anydesired length; draw a line down the cputer of each side and one edge, and wiili a plañe or sharp knife pare it down to a sharp edge; fasten a handle of convenient size and length at center of strip on the upper edge and the device is complete. Grasp the handle firmly.press the sharp edge into the earth, and you hare a straight, even drill of uniform depth for sowing. By marking and cross marking, as, in corn planting, yon have even spacincc for pricking or transplanting. To mark off the distance to next row you might also put on a runner at one side, fastened to rod of iron passing through the marker, as shown in lower figure. This runner can be adjusted any distance and do perfect work. Of course handle and marking strips can be made any length from a few inches to several feet Af ter trying one you will probably make several of different sizes. AnothrT convenientcontrivance whicli, together with the foregoing one, was originally ilescribed in Popular Garden - frora wbicb our cuts are reprotluced - is a huineinude weeder, made as follows: Take n section of an old mowing majhine knife, drill a hole in center, grind all tlie edges sharp, rivet an iron rod about a foot long to it, passing through the center hole, and fit a wooden handle to the rod. You will then have a tisef ui implement to cut out weeds from among garden vegetables.