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horses, for collecting hay from the windrows and carrying 

 it short distances to the barn or stack. These sweep rakes 

 save the work of loading a wagon. Where the distance is 

 greater, so that hauling on wagons becomes necessary, 



FIG. 213. MACHINERY FOR HANDLING HAY 

 Sweep rake and stacker. 



there are hay loaders which save pitching the hay. 

 These are hitched behind the wagon, and as the wagon 

 and loader are drawn along, the hay is elevated from the 

 windrow to the wagon. 



At the barn or stack one or two horses, hitched to a 

 hay carrier, may lift the hay from the wagon to its place in 

 the barn. Where sweep rakes are used to bring the hay 

 to the stack, these deliver their burdens to a hay stacker 

 (Fig. 213). Then the stacker, by means of horse power, 

 raises the load to its position on the stack. Thus no 

 lifting by human force need be done until the hay is on 

 the stack. 



Machinery for corn, sugar cane, and rice. The corn 



