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of late years has made such rapid progress under the stimulus 
afforded by agricultural societies, the competition for whose prizes 
ha^ difluse'd a spirit of emulation unparalleled in our history. 
PARING SPADE AND TRAPPING. 
SCALE. 
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liincfacJ. 
a. Handle of the spade Hi feet loug, diameter 1^ in., made of wood. 
4. Shaft do. S feet long, 6 in. wide, 1^ in. thick, made of wood. 
e. Socket for the shaft, cut out of the spade plate and turned up. 
d. Lug, or wing, cutting upwards similar to the coulter of a plough, turned up 5 in. 
e. Spade, cutting hcrizontiJly, 15 in. by 13 in., well-tempered steel. 
y. Strap to buckle round the body, and hold up the knocker in front of the thighs. 
g. Knocker to posh with, and protect the person from injury (forked piece of wood). 
A. Rough whetstone for giving a rough edge. 
I. Smooth do. for giving a fine edge. 
The rapidity with which capital accumulates in this country 
necessarily suggests to its possessors a desire to invest it advan- 
tageously. In the improvement of the land there is ample scope. 
The produce and value mijht in thousands of instances be 
doubled and trebled if skill and capital were only applied even in 
land considered as already reclaimed, wliich, from want of tho- 
rough drainage and proper management, is almost worthless in its 
present state. 
The great number of farmers and agricultural labourers who 
