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4 RAKING, 
. a wooden one for collecting grass after mowmg. When 
it is wished that the teeth of the rake should enter the ground, the 
handle should be held low; but if the object be the collection of 
weeds, &c., the handle shoal be held high. Dry weather is essen- 
tial to raking the ground, as the principal use of the operation is to 
-break the clods left by the spade; but raking together grass or weeds 
may be performed i in wet weather. 
The degree of strength required for raking depends partly upon 
the breadth of the head of the rake, and the number of its teeth, but 
principally upon the manner of holding it. If the rake be held low, 
it is obvious that greater strength will be required to drag it through 
the ground than if it is held high, in which case very little labour 
will be required to overcome the resistance it will meet with. . 
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