1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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comb, as it were, laid on its side, to each 

 end of which is hitched a horse. The 

 driver sits in the center, and drives forward 

 over the cut hay; and the teeth, passing- 

 under the hay, catch it up until it forms a 

 g^reat roll. The driver then takes his load 

 to the stack, and runs it clear up on to the 



or three men each with a rake as shown in 

 Fig. 4. In Fig". 3 the stacker is shown ele- 

 vated empty in order that its g-eneral form 

 of construction may be shown clearly up 

 ag-ainst the sky-line. 



Mr. Watkins does not believe that it is 

 practical to use steam machinery, in that 



FIG. 3. — THE HAY-STACKl£R USRD ON WATSON'S RANCH. 



fork of the stacker, the fork now being on 

 the ground. The horses then back up, 

 pull awa}' from the hay, leaving the load on 

 the forK of the stacker, and then start for 

 another load. In the mean time the fork of 

 the stacker. Fig. 3, is pulled up by another 



country at least, for cutting hay. He uses 

 an ordinary two-horse mower with driver. 

 Sometimes he uses enough men so that the 

 whole gang will cut a swath 110 feet wide 

 once around the field; but on this occasion 

 there were only enoug^h men to cut 50 feet. 



FIG. 4. — HOW THE HAY IS RAKED ON WATSON'S RANCH. 



horse and man until it reaches the proper 

 elevation. It is then swung around by 

 means of a guy-rope to the desired point on 

 the stack. A trip releases it, and dumps 

 the entire load at just the point where it is 

 needed. One stacker will take care of two 



Driver No. 1 will start around the field. 

 Driver No. 2 with his mower follows 30 or 

 40 feet back, and a little to one side — just 

 enough to drive the horses on the ground 

 cut by the team just ahead. In this way 

 the teams were driven in a sort of zigzag 



