. The book of the garden. Gardening. 208 CULINARY OR KITCHEN GARDEN. ^^ TRIANGULAR DRAW-HOE. DRAH'-HOR AND RAKE COniBtNBD, angle of 68°, which is the best suited for enter- ing the ground. From the smallest to the largest there are intermediate ones, differing in size, in general, to the estent of half an inch in length of face, and denominated 24-iuch, 3-inch, SJ-inch, and so on upwards to 9-inch hoes. Hoes in form and proportion to that of our fig. 80 are the most common in use. There are, however, other Fig. 81. forms, such as fig. 81, which is trian- gular in shape, hav- ing each of its si
. The book of the garden. Gardening. 208 CULINARY OR KITCHEN GARDEN. ^^ TRIANGULAR DRAW-HOE. DRAH'-HOR AND RAKE COniBtNBD, angle of 68°, which is the best suited for enter- ing the ground. From the smallest to the largest there are intermediate ones, differing in size, in general, to the estent of half an inch in length of face, and denominated 24-iuch, 3-inch, SJ-inch, and so on upwards to 9-inch hoes. Hoes in form and proportion to that of our fig. 80 are the most common in use. There are, however, other Fig. 81. forms, such as fig. 81, which is trian- gular in shape, hav- ing each of its sides calculated for cut- ting up weeds and slightly loosening the surface. It is used also for drawing drills, the corner points being well adapted for the purpose. The Vernon hoe and the Spanish hoe have been already described, page 38. The compound Fig. 82. hoe, or draw-hoe and rake combined, is a useless affair. We notice and figure it (fig. 82) to giv^ us an opportunity of stating how much better it would be to have each as a. separate implement. Nearly twenty varieties of draw-hoes are figured in the " Encyclopaedia of Gardening," all, with three or four exceptions, examples of those used in the rudest state of cultivation, and in- F'g. 83. ferior to those of ^g^^^^^^the present day. in isavage s surfaoe- I I stirrer, fig 83, is a SAVAGE'S SDRFACE-9TIRRER. 'iseful implement belonging to the hoe class. It may be described as a common hay-fork, of rather more than double the length of prongs, which are bent over about the middle, thus forming a two-pronged scarifier of consider- able power and utility. The prongs are 3 inches apart, and 4 inches long from the bend to the points, but there is no reason why they should not be double that length. The opera- tor, as in all cases with similar tools, walks backwards, while he presses the points of the implement into the soil, and draws it after him, stirring the ground as deep as the prongs will reach between rows of pot
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