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Cultivating
For cultivating, a two to three inch depth is desirable. With the outer
tines installed, the working width of the machine is 22 or 24 inches.
For cultivation, the tine width can be reduced to 13 inches by removing
the outer tines, refer to the Adjustment Section. When laying out plant
rows, be sure to allow enough width to permit cultivation between the
rows. In growing corn or similar crops, check-row planting will permit
cross cultivation and practically eliminate hand hoeing, Figure
The tiller has many uses other than tilling and cultivating a garden.
One of these is the preparation of lawn area for seeding. The tiller
will prepare a deep seed bed which will be free of hard untilled spots,
allowing a better stand of grass to grow. The tiller is very useful for
loosening hard soil for excavation with a shovel; No tedious handwork
will be necessary. Your tiller may be used for mixing compost in the
pile or for mixing it with the soil in your garden. This should be done
after the soil has been broken to the full working depth. The compost
should be worked in to a depth of six to seven inches. This may be
done by working the length of the garden and then by making separate
OPERATION
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passes across its width. The addition of decayed organic matter will
substantially increase the fertility of your garden.
For proper decaying action, fertilizer should be applied and worked
in with the mulch materials. Breaking up leaves and straw and mixing
it with several inches of soil allows proper aeration of the plant root
system and retards the growth of weeds.
TRANSPORTING AND STORING THE TILLER
To transport the tiller, lower the wheel and move the depth stake to the
highest position. See Figure 13.
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To store the tiller, lower the wheel and orient the depth stake so both
are touching the ground. See Figure 14.
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Figure 13
Figure 14
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