. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 494: NUESERY AND FKUIT GARDEN IMPI^EMENTS. ways needed for use, where a cart cannot go. The handles or levers should be of ash or some tough wood, and the. Fig 163 —WIIEEI BAKROW 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 cleiui and bright as silver. There are several sizes. For heavy work, trenching, draining, raising trees, etc., the lai'gest should be used. The Sliovel {^^. 165).—This is used in mixing
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 494: NUESERY AND FKUIT GARDEN IMPI^EMENTS. ways needed for use, where a cart cannot go. The handles or levers should be of ash or some tough wood, and the. Fig 163 —WIIEEI BAKROW 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 cleiui and bright as silver. There are several sizes. For heavy work, trenching, draining, raising trees, etc., the lai'gest should be used. The Sliovel {^^. 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 ^tout 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. Fig. 'rp^^ Bmxg-Forh (fig. 167).—There are several kinds. Those of cast-steel, cut out of a solid. 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. New York, Orange Judd Co.
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