The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . Biddells Scarifier. greaterthe distance betweenthe teeth, the less liable willthe implement be to clog; andthe only limit to this distance,i. c., the only limit to the ob-liqueness with which the rowsof teeth shall cross the imple-ment, is one imposed by thenecessity of its having a con-venient length. Supposing the. s Grubber. Its characteristic feature is the form of its teeth, which, as maybe seen in the above figure, is calculated to hinder clogging. Earthfull of couch or other weeds coming against it will not stop there,but will rise ove
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . Biddells Scarifier. greaterthe distance betweenthe teeth, the less liable willthe implement be to clog; andthe only limit to this distance,i. c., the only limit to the ob-liqueness with which the rowsof teeth shall cross the imple-ment, is one imposed by thenecessity of its having a con-venient length. Supposing the. s Grubber. Its characteristic feature is the form of its teeth, which, as maybe seen in the above figure, is calculated to hinder clogging. Earthfull of couch or other weeds coming against it will not stop there,but will rise over the tooth, and fall down on either side—the earthbelow and the weeds above—on the surface of the land. The chief fault of this implement, as it is generally constructed,is its want of sufficient height to allow the passage of rubbish andlumps of earth when it is at work on rough and foul land. In its
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