Meaning of spade-man | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“It is necessary to have⟳ another man to put⟳ in the grafts; he should put⟳ in two, each two inches outside of the mark⟳ left as a guide⟳, holding them till the first or spade-man repeats the operation with the spade, which will be about two and a half inches from the edge of the first hole.”

“One man with a gang plow with three 14-inch plows drawn by a 10-20-horse power tractor can plow 7z½ acres in 10 hours, or 120 times as much land⟳ as the spade-man.”

“They are divided up into small parties consisting of a pick-man, a spade-man, and three or four basket-men.”

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