Troy-Bilt Horse - Tilling Patterns; Raise Handlebars to Start Turn; Swing Handlebars Around; Let Wheels Drive Tiller in Turns

(Photo 5/6A) Raise handlebars to start turn.
(Photo 5/6S) SWing handlebars around.
TILLING PATTERNS
Please see Sketch 5/7 on page 60 of this sec-
tion which will give you a helpful pattern that
you can follow to till a new garden. Sy going
up and down rows and overlapping each time,
you will be sure
to bust up all the soil with the
minimum amount of effort. And, by making a
second pass in a
direction 90
0
across all of your
previous passes, you will really pulverize the
entire garden area with your Troy-Silt Tiller.
If
you don't have enough width in your gar-
den to till lengthwise and then crosswise, here
is a method
of overlapping that will make sure
that all of the soil is well busted up
for planting.
For
tilling long, narrow strips, overlap the sec-
ond, third and fourth passes half a tiller width
over the previously tilled path, then overlap
one-fourth a tiller width on successive passes
back over the
freshly tilled ground. This will
assure you of thoroughly breaking up the
ground.
(Photo 5/60) Use reverse in tight areas.
Later when you have growing crops, you can
see
how the diagram on cultivating (Sketch
5/7) shows a good method to most efficiently
cultivate with your Troy-Silt Tiller while getting
the maximum usage out of your garden space.
Keeping
crop rows 30 to 36 inches apart on
stem crops and up to 48 inches apart on bush-
ier crops, makes it easier to use the tiller for
cultivation in high speed without damaging
the crops themselves.
Remember, in
tilling it is extremely difficult
to get down four or five inches on the first pass
through and till previously unworked soil with
any
medium sized or smaller tiller-even with
a rear-end tiller with power wheels like your
Troy-Silt Horse Model. If you use an overlap-
ping pattern, take
it easy and let the tiller do
the work, tilling will become incredibly easy.
Later, when your garden soil is greatly enrich-
ed by adding organic matter, you will be able
to till surprisingly deep on the very first pass.
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