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NURSERY AND FRriT GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



of a few inches on each side of the row. The double- 

 pointed steel-toothed, with a wheel in front, is the best. 



Tlie One-Horse Cart. — This is an indispensable machine 

 in the nursery, orchard, or large garden. Four-wheeled 

 wagons are difficult to unload, and require a great deal of 

 space to turn in. The cart can be turned in a circle of 

 twelve or fourteen feet, and the load discharged in a mo- 

 ment, simply by taking out the key that fastens the body 

 to the shafts, throwing it up and moving the horse forward. 

 Our carts are about six feet long and three wide in the 

 body, shafts six feet long, wheels four and a half feet 

 high, and tire two and a half wide to prevent them from 

 sinking into the ground. The box is about a foot deep, 

 and when large loads are to be carried a spreading board 

 is put on the top with brackets. Cost from $30 to $50. 



The Wheelbarrow (iig. 132). — Every man who has a 

 rod of ground to cul- 

 tivate should pos- 

 sess this machine. 

 In small gardens it 

 is sufficient for the 

 conveyance of all 

 manures, soils, pro- 

 ducts, etc., and in 

 larger places it is al- 

 ways needed for use, where a cart cannot go. The handles 

 or levers should be of ash or some tough wood, and the 

 sides and bottom of any light wood. The wheel is soft 

 wood, shod with iron. 



Fig. 132. 

 Wheelbarrow. 



Fig. 133. 

 Spade. 



The Sjpade (fig. 133). — ^The best kinds of these in use 



