. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. Fi"-. 163.—WnEELBARROW sides and bottom of any light wood. The wheel is soft wood, shod with iron. The Spade (fig. 164).—The best kinds of these in use' are Ames' cast-steel; excellent, strong, light articles. They work clean and bright as silver. There are several sizes. For heavy work, trenching, draining, raising trees, etc., the largest should be used. The Shovel (fig. 165).—This is used in mixing, loading, and spreading com- posts and short manures. The blade !'| should be of cast-steel. ' The Forked Spade (fig. 166).—This resembles a fork. It h
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. Fi"-. 163.—WnEELBARROW sides and bottom of any light wood. The wheel is soft wood, shod with iron. The Spade (fig. 164).—The best kinds of these in use' are Ames' cast-steel; excellent, strong, light articles. They work clean and bright as silver. There are several sizes. For heavy work, trenching, draining, raising trees, etc., the largest should be used. The Shovel (fig. 165).—This is used in mixing, loading, and spreading com- posts and short manures. The blade !'| should be of cast-steel. ' The Forked Spade (fig. 166).—This resembles a fork. It has three to five stout cast-steel tines, at least an inch wide, and pointed. It is used instead of a spade to loosen the earth about the roots of trees, to turn in manures, etc., being much less liable to cut and injure them than the spade. The Dung-ForJc (fig. 167).—There are several kinds. Those of cast-steel, cut out of a solid. Fio;. 164.— Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Barry, Patrick, 1816-1890. [from old catalog]. New York, Orange Judd company
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