. Catalogue of garden, flower, field and grass seeds, &c. ... Agriculture; Horticulture Catalogs. OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 51 PATENT SCREW NIB SCYTHE These are found to be the most approved, and best calculated to work free and easy. The regular turn at the heel, and the strong and substan- tial iron rings which secure the scythe and nibs, are considered great im- provements in these snaths. We keep constantly a great variety of snaths, of various qualities, and from different makers, with or without scythes, and some very extra strong, with two heel rings, designed for bus
. Catalogue of garden, flower, field and grass seeds, &c. ... Agriculture; Horticulture Catalogs. OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 51 PATENT SCREW NIB SCYTHE These are found to be the most approved, and best calculated to work free and easy. The regular turn at the heel, and the strong and substan- tial iron rings which secure the scythe and nibs, are considered great im- provements in these snaths. We keep constantly a great variety of snaths, of various qualities, and from different makers, with or without scythes, and some very extra strong, with two heel rings, designed for bush scythes. SCYTHES. In the selection of a scythe, regard should be had to the ground on which it is to be used, and to the work that is to be done with it. On smooth meadow lands and bottoms or surfaces, free from stones, a long narrow scythe, a little turned at the point, is best. The strokes being all with a regular curve, a wide swarth can be carried, and the cutting of the grass be close and even, securing all the thick undergrowth which such lands produce. The harder the temper of the scythe, provided it does not crumble, the longer it will hold an edge. On sandy soil or lands some- times overflowed on the margin of streams and rivers, the grit that works up among the grass, presently destroys the edge on a soft tempered scythe. The liabilities of a scythe to become battered on stony land, requires that its temper should be such as will afford it tenacity. A hard brittle edge would require too much time to grind out its batters, which it would likely receive by use on stony uplands. For rough surfaced uplands, a shorter scythe is to be preferred, that it may be adapted to inequalities, and be carried more readily through the grass, by the sideway stroke, often found necessary to pick out the grass among rocks and stumps. A wide scythe lifts the edge higher from the ground and land, and is preferred by some for rough upland mowing. Mowing is a laborious work, and without th
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