Alfalfa in Kansas. 



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FIG. 67. The combination sweep rake and stacker will place hay on the stack in any spot desired. 



[Courtesy F. Wyatt Mfg. Co.] 



One very popular and efficient portable stacker, which is used through- 

 out the state, receives a load of hay on its teeth from the sweep rake, and 

 through the power transmitted by traction wheels the load is elevated 

 to the desired height as the horses push the stacker toward the stack, a 

 lever being released when the desired height is attained. The weight 

 of the hay dumps the load when another lever is released. When the 

 stacker is backed away from the stack the derrick carrying the teeth is 

 automatically lowered; or it may be lowered by a lever and its descent 

 controlled by a brake. It may back away from the stack, or it may be 

 turned at right angles to the stack, to receive another load. It elevates 

 from 500 to 700 pounds of hay in one load, and is said to go through the 

 operation of receiving and placing a load in from three to five minutes, 

 depending upon the skfll of the operator. It will place hay on the stack 

 in any spot desired, from either side or either end, and will build a stack 

 from twenty to Jwenty-three feet in height. This implement also is said 

 to be usable for loading wagons and for filling hay sheds, and if desired, 

 may be used as a combination sweep rake and stacker. 



Then there is the overshot stacker, which is anchored in position and 

 receives the hay from one side only. The teeth are elevated and the load 

 is lifted clear over the head or central pivoting point, and dumped from 

 the opposite side of the stacker onto the stack. The power to elevate 

 is furnished by a team of horses attached to the end of a cable running 

 through pulleys. 



Another kind of stacker is the swinging stacker. It receives the hay 

 at one side, and then elevates and swings the load sidewise to the stack, 

 by power like that of the overshot stacker. 



