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AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



Fig. 33. 



Mattock. 



a rough root-axe, in- 

 tended for the same 

 general purposes as 

 the former; but, as 

 commonly made, with 

 its blades too long and 

 awkward, it is a clum- 

 sy tool, to which the 

 stub - hoe, aided, if 

 needful, by a common 

 axe, is greatly prefer- 

 able. 



SHOVELS AND SPADE. 

 Fig. 36. 



Fig. 37. 



Garden-shoveL 



Spade. 



Stable-shovel. 



The shape of shovels differs 

 with the purposes for which they are in- 

 tended. Some, for special uses, are large 

 and scoop-like, as Fig. 34 ; others more mod- 

 erate" in size, and fashioned less with a view 



