330 Fifty Years of Hop Farming. 
1871, where prizes were first offered for hop implements and 
machines. 1 
The difference between the old nidge tt and that now in use 
will be seen by looking on this picture — 
Fig. 2. — The old Wooden Nidgett, or Shim. 
And on this. 
Fig 3 — The new Iron Nidyett, or Shim. 
There is a circle of ground round the plant-centres and 
their poles which cannot be touched by the nidgett. This is 
Fig. 4. — The Canterbury Hoc. 
dug with the spud directly after poling, and is hoed afterwards 
with the admirable tool known in Kent as the Canterbury hoe. 
1 " Report of the Judges on the Trials of Hop Machinery, and Miscellane- 
ous Articles, at Wolverhampton," Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, 
Vol. VII., Second Scries, page 577. 
