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are finished in the most perfect manner, and ground to a fine 

 smooth cutting eWge. 



Hatchets, clea\ors, and many other tools, made by different 

 workmen, and finished in the same manner. 



Cast Steel Shovels and Spades. Ames'' improved Cast Steel hack 

 Strapped Shovels and Spades are very superior in every re- 

 spect to the common iron and steel shovels. They wear much 

 longer, continue brighter, more sharp, and are used with great 

 ease. This article, though one of the oldest and most common 

 implements in use, has been much improved. Also a great 

 variety of other kinds of spades and shovels, made by different 

 manufacturers. Irish shovels and spades with long handles. 



Hoes. Great improvement has been made in this article of 

 late. A great variety of hoes are now manufactured, of diffe- 

 rent forms. Those made by Morgan are considered the best 

 now in use ; they are made of the best of steel, crooked neck, 

 and socket handles. 



The Prong or Potato Hoe is one of the most useful, simple, 

 and improved implements that is employed. It was invent- 

 ed and used in the first instance for digging potatoes ; it was 

 afterwards found as useful for planting as for digging them, 

 and likewise is used for almost every purpose for which a hoe 

 has been used ; and they are employed to the greatest possible 

 advantage in stony or rocky lands, and in planting new land ; 

 they are likewise used as a garden hoe, being one of the best 

 implements a gardener can have in use, or in working between 

 rows of vegetables, digging round young trees, loosening the 

 ground, &c. 



