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notch in the right hand lug, releases the left and raises 

 the other sufficient to point the teeth into the ground. 

 The pull of the horse turns the rake over and the man 

 grasps the teeth again with the handle lugs as before. 

 Unless the driver is careful the teeth may stick in the 

 ground and turn over before he is ready for it. It re- 

 quires a little experience to use such a rake to advan- 



Figure 145. Buck Rake. When hay is stacked in the field a four- 

 horse buck rake is the quickest way to bring the hay to the stack. 

 The buck rake shown is 16 feet wide and the 2x4 teeth are 11 feet 

 long. Two horses are hitched to each end and two drivers stand on 

 the ends of the buck rake to operate it. The load is pushed under 

 the horse fork, the horses are swung outward and the buck rake is 

 dragged backward. 



tage. No better or cheaper way has ever been invented 

 for harvesting Canada peas. The only objections are 

 that it shells some of the riper pods and it gathers up a 

 certain amount of earth with the vines which makes 

 dusty threshing. 



HAY-TEDDER 



The hay-tedder is an English invention, which 

 has been adopted by farmers in rainy sections of 



