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AMERICAX HOME GARDEN. 



Fig. 33. 



Mattock. 



a rough root-axe, in- 

 tended for the same 

 general purposes as 

 the former ; but, as 

 commonly made, with 

 its blades too long and 

 awk-srard, it is a clum- 

 sy tool, to T\"hieh the 

 stub - hoe, aided, if 

 needful, by a common 

 axe, is greatly prefer- 

 able. 



Fig. 34. 



SHOVELS AND SPADE. 

 Fig. 35. Fig. 36. 



Fig. 37. 



Stable-stiavel. 



Garden-ahoveL Scoop-shovel. 



The shape of shovels differs *p'"^'=- 



vith the pm-poses for lyhich they are in- 

 tended. Some, for special uses, are large 

 and scoo]i-like,as Fig. 3-i ; others more mod- 

 erate in size, and fashioned less with a view 



