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HOPS. 



Digging forks and hooked forks are used where stony, 

 hard ground is in question, and they also do good service 

 in digging or turning over the ground. 



Among implements, in case of need any single plough 

 may be used for hop-garden work, and grubbers, extirpators 

 and harrows are occasionally of good service. With the 

 latter it is necessary to see that they are not too wide for 

 the rows, in order that the plants may not suffer injury. 



Fig. 35. ■ Pig. 36. Fig. 87. 



Hessian 2-tme hooked fork. English 8-tine hooked fork. Digging fork. 



Only in the case of certain systems of training on 

 framework is there any difficulty in the way of using horse 

 implements ; and of course their employment is restricted 

 when other crops are grown between the rows. Ploughs 

 and horse hoes, specially constructed for hop work, fulfil 

 their purpose better than the ordinary type of these imple- 

 ments. Originally swing ploughs were used for hop gardens, 



