An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles encyclopdiaofa01loud Year: 1831 abounds. It consists of a handle about four feet six inches l
An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles encyclopdiaofa01loud Year: 1831 abounds. It consists of a handle about four feet six inches long (a), claws between which the thistle is received (Z>), a fulcrum over which the purchase is obtained for extracting the root (c), and an iron rod or bar upon which the foot is placed to thrust the claws into the ground ((/). In case the root of the thistle breaks while the operator is endeavouring to extract it, there is a curved blade, which has a sharp end like a chisel (e), which is thrust into the ground, in order to cut off the underground stem, some inches below the surface, and thus prevent or retard the re- appearance of the weed. 2467. JVeeding-pincers, or thistle-drawers (Jig. 221. a, b) are sometimes used for pulling thistles out of hedges and from among standing corn: the handles are about two feet six inches long, and the blades faced witli plate iron made rough by cross channels or indentations. There is a variety of this implement called the Havre pincers ,b), which is used in France both for pulling thistles and other weeds, and for taking tench and eels from the ponds. (Thouin.) 2468. The besoms used in farming are commonly small faggots with handles, formed of birch spray, for the stables and cattle-houses, and of broom, heath, straw, &e. for the barns. 2469. The straw-rope-tuister, or twisting-crook (Jig. 222.) is used for twisting straw ropes, and consists of a stick or rod from two to three feet long, and from one inch to B b 2
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