MAN WITH THE HOE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3569, 5 September 1905, Page 4

MAN WITH THE HOE.

H« Has Disappearett from th® Averagre Asucrlcar ’ io nn “ a ~ The man with the hoc is largely a memory. Thera is nothing that the average farmer so much dislikes as the hoe. Hoeing ho regards as too hard work, and besides it is slow work. "We have become so accustomed to rapid working and riding implements that we have no patience with the hoe. We do not desire to be understood ns f ryiog to convey the idea il.at . iioch-.g the hoe is aiiogeuicr a :w r T**‘i in love With the- work, hut :hme s* tula o work on 1.1.■ c imr:e licit is not paitieiilarly irv :, i g. Writer.-. on- ••vpt-cinl-ly tin- editors of the city a/-neu.iural pa pc Is, may talk elonuentl.v of the beautv oi the liovvers on tnc faim, the f'-'iy of iK W-rnov : ' ' ! y and the m 'n ! shfdy vetn ko! if these i s veuicl -spem' t day in getth- ■; swi el, m w '• < ! Hay into tbi ■■ .--even wi 1h n . " tools and no y or .-honii i! (la y in earl > --nt manure, c; ndiug on a cn!J'.a,;or. to say rut, iu-; about walking n.rer one, they v-.mi.d conclude t)’''" ‘here were oth'” s-yells on the. fa.besides the f’ .-..tnice of new-mowr- hay and rose.-, a"d that the shad;, retreats were a m ckery to a man v.To must spend 12 hours in the score!;';; nt. Farming is not fun by a long ways. It is hard work and some of :he work is very disagreeable. The farconsolation.-however, is that ; h.-. ■ ‘■- I erd work in calling. No, the hoe is not a fasciiiatiugTool. It is about on the level in that respect with the obsolete flail, but while it has been discarded to an unjustifiable extent it is an exccdingly useful tool. We kerb the hoe. going somewhere on the fnr-r almost constantly, and are satisfy * K ''t it is the most profitable tool vrt It can be profitably used by cheap help, which cannot be said of most implements. A boy can hoe as well as: a man, if ue win, and some boys will. We have; a boy who, we are satisfied makes the hoe pay. The modern hoe sutlers because of the bad reputation of its old clinnsy predecessor, which was a backaehing, handblistering, dull and heavy tool. The moder" 'me is light and graceful and should . sharp, ft is easily handled and 'dent. Let us use it more.— Agricultural Epitomist.