The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . akstones on the roadsides. This might easily be effected either by a tentof simple construction covered with Edingtons waterproof cloth, or byfour frames of straw matting, three for sides, and one for a roof. (See alsoVol. V. p. G78. fig. 156.) He should likewise be furnished with sabots forhis feet. — Cond. The Normandy Wheelbarrow. — You should strongly recommend this tomarket-gardeners. I send you a sketch of one which I saw in daily use fortwo years during my stay at Honfleur and Lisieux. There is a subscription-garden
The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . akstones on the roadsides. This might easily be effected either by a tentof simple construction covered with Edingtons waterproof cloth, or byfour frames of straw matting, three for sides, and one for a roof. (See alsoVol. V. p. G78. fig. 156.) He should likewise be furnished with sabots forhis feet. — Cond. The Normandy Wheelbarrow. — You should strongly recommend this tomarket-gardeners. I send you a sketch of one which I saw in daily use fortwo years during my stay at Honfleur and Lisieux. There is a subscription-garden at the latter place, of which a friend of mine intends to send yousome account [given p. 66.]. In the mean time, as to this barrow, it has verylong handles or shafts, the advantage of which is, that, when the barrow isloaded, nearly all the weight is thrown on the axle; so that the barrow-manhas almost nothing to carry. From the view of the upper side of the barrow(^Jig. 43. a), the side-view (/>i), and the given length of the shafts, any wheel- 43 tr^ n. raf. TTSr lM Wright may be able to construct one. A shoulder-strap, of a very simpleconstruction (c). is useful in saving the operators array. — /. M. Lisieux, Getieral Notices. 259 Juli^, 1830. We have described a barrow of this sort in oiir Enct/chpcediaof Agriculture, 2d edit. p. 380.; but as the engraving there given is verysmall, we have deemed it advisable to introduce another here, of so veryuseful a machine. — Cond. To poison Rats and Mice. — Mix a pound of plaster of Paris powderthoroughly with an equal quantity of oatmeaL Place this in a dry place,within reach of the rats ; they will eat of it eagerly, and by the humiditycontained in their stomachs, the plaster of Paris will set, and form anindigestible hard mass, which will occasion death. (Co/. Macerone inMecli. Mag., vol. xvi. p. 14.) Furze Tops as a Manure, — Farmers are cutting large quantities ofsmall Irish furze for manure. It is found that furz
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