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353. Haying Machinery. Haying -tools form a con- 

 siderable part of the equipment of the farm. There is the 

 mower, with which to cut the grass; the tedder, for stirring 

 heavy hay in the swath to facihtate its curing; the rake, 

 either of the hand-dump or self-dump type to gather the 

 cured hay into windrows and then into cocks, or the side- 

 deHvery type which makes a continuous windrow, thus 



Figure 08. — Putting hay into the mow by means of slings. In this way, a load 

 of hay can be put into the barn in a few minutes. This barn has a large 

 mow capacity. 



facilitating the use of the hay loader; the hay loader for 

 taking the hay from the swath or windrow and depositing 

 it on the wagon; and various arrangements of hayforks, 

 slings, poles, tracks, pulleys, etc., for unloading the hay 

 from the wagon to the mow or stack. 



354. Storing. When the hay is properly cured, it should 

 be placed as quickly as possible in some permanent place 

 for storage. This may be in the mow of a barn, under a 

 shed-roof built specially for protecting hay from the weather, 

 or in a stack in the open. When the haj^ is to be fed on the 

 farm and storage room can be provided in the barn without 

 much expense, it should be placed there. It is then pro- 

 tected from loss by exposure to the weather and is con- 

 veniently located for feeding. If any quantity is to be stored 



