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waste which would follow a violent hurling into the air of 

 wilted and partially cured grass. 



This machine has been used very successfully and satisfac 

 torily in New England and in some other sections of the 

 country, and it supplies a want which has been felt since the 

 introduction of the mower, even more than ever before. Those 

 who have used it consider it quite indispensable. 



The Horse Rake. In raking hay the work to be per- 

 formed, though slow, is comparatively light, and does not 

 require the exertion of a great amount of physical strength. 

 Here, as also in spreading or tending hay, the application of 

 animal power is of the greatest advantage, since it multiplies 

 the efficiency of the hand many times. The same is true in 

 the case of the hand drills for sowing the smaller seeds, like 

 turnips, carrots, beets, etc., where the labor by hand is slow, and, 

 though light, is laborious and irksome. 



It has been found, therefore, that the labor to be performed 

 by a good horse rake, is equal to that of eight or ten men, in 

 the same time, and that from twenty to thirty acres a day can 

 be gathered by a single horse and driver, without over exertion. 



Of the innumerable patents issued for horse rakes, within the 

 last twenty years, it would be difficult to single out any one 

 and say that it was the best, all things considered, or that the 

 merits of all have been or could be united in one. Still, many 

 of them work so perfectly that it is impossible to avoid the 

 conclusion that they leave little, if any thing, to be desired in 

 this direction. 



The best judges have arrived at the conviction that wdre oi 

 Bteel teeth have the preference on account of their wider range 

 of usefulness. 



The Bay State is a steel tooth, each tooth being hinged to the 

 axle and held down by spiral springs. The ease with which 



