. The American home garden . Fig. Scoop-shovel, Spade. Stable-shovel. The shape of shovels differswith the purposes for which they are in-tended. Some, for special uses, are largeand scoop-like, as Fig. 34; others more mod-erate in size, and fashioned less with a view AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 49 to carrying their load than to facility in its discharge, as Fig, are our canal and rail-road shovels, which, being also ofsufficient capacity, serve well for the varied purposes of the gar-den. Perhaps the best size for common use is that known asNo. 2, of Amess manufacture, with a handle ab
. The American home garden . Fig. Scoop-shovel, Spade. Stable-shovel. The shape of shovels differswith the purposes for which they are in-tended. Some, for special uses, are largeand scoop-like, as Fig. 34; others more mod-erate in size, and fashioned less with a view AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 49 to carrying their load than to facility in its discharge, as Fig, are our canal and rail-road shovels, which, being also ofsufficient capacity, serve well for the varied purposes of the gar-den. Perhaps the best size for common use is that known asNo. 2, of Amess manufacture, with a handle about twenty-sixinches long, including the eye, and a flattish, bright steel blade,cropped at the corners to aid its balance and general efficiencyin excavating, its blade inclined slightly inward or upward bythe shortening of the front strap and the bend of the handle. Long-handled shovels and spades occasionally serve a pur-pose, as in removing matter which it is unpleasant to approach ;but, except as prys, there is a great loss of po
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