Cigarette Card

Cavanders “Ancient Egypt” Cigarette Card #3 “Egyptian Hoeing”. Produced in 1928.

Text on reverse of card reads:

“In very light and loose soils, the hoe took the place of the plough. Three or four peasants provided with hoes went over the ground about to be sown, and sufficiently prepared the surface by a slight scarification.
The hoe like the plough, was of wood. It consisted of three parts – a handle & pick or blade and a twisted thong connecting them.
The shape was curious being somewhat like our letter A. It required the labourer to stoop considerably, and cannot have been a very convenient implement.”