THe JOURNAL 



OF 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



Tfie ©eparfmenf of Mgricufture. 



Vol. V. Papt 12. 



9th Deeembep, 1907. 



GRADING AND LEVELLING. 



{Continued from page 536.) 



A. S. Kenyan, C.E., Engineer for Agriciiltitre. 



Of varieties of the buckscraper there appears to be no end. Doubtless 

 each one of them has its special merits. The most primitive is the single 

 split log ; a section of a well shaped round log split to give an angle of 

 about 60 degrees, a pitch similar to that shown in the illustration, forms 

 an excellent means of levelling rough ground where the bumps and hollows 

 are small and numerous. For spoil banks and formations it will be found 

 very serviceable though not equal tO' the double split log already described. 



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Reference has been made to the use of the wooden buckscraper on the 

 Werribee Sewage Farm. Mr. Lester, the manager, who uses the imple- 

 ment very largely, has made some additions and improvements which give 

 it a greater capacity. It is, however, a good four-horse load and requires 

 one man for handling it alone, necessitating the employment of a driver. 

 The depth is increased to 15 inches or double that of the original. 



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