IMPLEMENTS 



an age of improvements, and predictions are always 

 rash, I have thought and still consider it next to 

 impossible that this implement will be superseded 

 or very much improved upon. 



The HAND-HOE most used by market gardeners 

 is one rather wide and thin, say ten inches by four 

 inches for the blade; and on light, sandy land, such 

 as they generally have in cultivation, one of this 

 description will be found very much to be pre- 

 ferred. 



The SHOVELS used are of two kinds, one with 

 short handle and square blade, the other with 

 a long handle and round point. The former is 

 always employed for putting the heating material 

 into hot-beds, the square part being convenient 

 for making the bottom of the bed smooth and even. 

 The long one serves best for banking celery and 

 ordinary work around the fences and buildings. 

 The spade is a tool that is little used except to dig 

 horseradish and roots, and occasionally for dig- 

 ging celery when it is large and cannot be thrown 

 over with the plow. 



The six-tined FORKS are the ones most used for 

 pitching manure, digging in hot-beds, and all 

 the work done with a fork ; but the spading- fork is 



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