CHAPTEK XXXJY 



TOOLS AND APPLIANCES USED IN FOEESTRY. 



IN order to carry out forest work with dispatch and in 

 the most economical and approved way, it is essential to 

 have tools of the very best description. Unfortunately, 

 even in our enlightened age, many of these are of a primitive 

 make and clumsy to work, the village blacksmith more than 

 the manufacturer of edge tools being called into request to 

 meet the usually limited demand. 



Too often, also, tools intended for particular departments 

 are used generally and frequently to great disadvantage. 



The tools and appliances made use of in forestry work, 

 many of which are illustrated throughout this work, 

 iay for convenience be grouped under the following heads : 



NURSERY AND EOADS. 



1. Scotch, or garden, spade. 



2. Four-pronged digging fork. 



3. Three -pronged potato fork. 



4. Dutch hoe. 



5. Draw hoe. 



6. Reel line. 



7. Edging shears. 

 3. Edging iron. 



9. Short-bladed scythe. 



10. Dibble made of wood and shod with iron. 



11. Hoe for weeding. 



12 ttakes, of different patterns. 



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