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notching spade
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It is perfectly straight
h e soil
trates into t
has the shape sho wn in
a fter inser
ion into the notch
as indicated in the case of planting with the peg (
This spade is n o doubt the bes
r ucted for vertical notching
st
sti
soil
a hollo
spade
the ball o f ea
spade for the purpose of making a s
r th
ea
taken f
a n be used to fill up the hole afterwa r ds
c
inserted as b
press
d down fi
r itain
In
r ally with the ordina r y spade
way
g
ne
shaped or a t
spade is inse
then it is a second time inserted at
r tion and at one end of it
inse
TI N
PLAN
but a much better sh
with a sharp point which easily pene
In using this spade
the holes for seedling plants may be m
like
r th from t h e spade by hand
r om the previous hole
r e
fo
and the hole is filled up and the soil
r mly by means of a peg and the feet
notching is done in a somew
r iangular notc h
r ted into th e ground
T
HI N
NO
a pe is t
side view
r ely fixed in the ground
is secu
tool which h
It i s not necessa
is
mo stly t
r ight angles to the fi r st
at exhibited in
section through
the notch gene
The plant
a s been con
r y to remov
by inserting t
cond hole
t
h e top
j ected at t
h e plant i s
T
ha t di
so as to prod uce a
h e former
and withd
n
xt
r ally
a de with
h e
h e ball
and
erent
h e
T
r awn
handl
i s
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