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Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 



FIG. 85. Those who favor the hay loader usually store their hay in shed or barn. It gathers hay 

 from the windrow or the swath. [Courtesy Emerson-Brantingham Implement Company.] 



THE HAY LOADER. 



Hay loaders are used only in case the hay is hauled from the field in 

 wagons (hay racks), and they may be used to gather hay only from the 

 windrow or the swath. 



TABLE No. 8. Popularity of the hay loader. 



Those who favor the hay loader store their hay in the shed or the 

 barn, while those who are against it store their hay in the stack, and 

 report that the loader does not work well with their system of storage. 

 It is also reported that the hay loader best adapted to handling alfalfa is 

 of the kind that has endless aprons or strap carriers to take up the hay, 

 as loaders pushing the hay up with spiked wooden strips are not efficient 

 and knock off many leaves. The chief complaint against the hay loader is 

 the complaint that it knocks off leaves. (See page 317.) 



