. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. [from old catalog]. Fig. 163.—WHEELBARROW 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 arc 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., it ill liii,; 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 r
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. [from old catalog]. Fig. 163.—WHEELBARROW 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 arc 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., it ill liii,; 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-Fork (fig. 167).—There are several kinds. Those of cast-steel, cut out of a solid. Fior. 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
Size: 921px × 2713px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1879
