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Newly invented Hoe. 



Art. XII. Notice of a newly invented Hoe. 

 By John Booker, Esq. 



Sir, 



I beg leave to send you a sketch of a hoe {Jig. 115.) which I 

 invented for my own use, and which I do not recollect to have 



seen among the implements figured and described in your En- 

 cyclopaedia. This hoe cuts every way ; backwards, forwards, 

 and on both sides. It does not remove much earth ; it cuts best 

 as it moves diagonally, backwards or forwards ; but cuts well 

 moved in any direction. I find it particularly useful among 

 things planted in rows. My gardener, a Russian, who has a 

 great dread of novelty, after he had got over his first hor- 



