45 FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



complished either by hand or automatically as the ma- 

 chine is designed to operate. The side delivery rake 

 is one in which the rake very much resembles a cylinder 



SIDE DELIVERY RAKE. 



with teeth sticking out on it moving along at an angle 

 with the swath. This rake or cylinder in revolving 

 picks up the grass and keeps a continual stream of it 

 moving off to the side which forms the windrow. It 

 does not pack the hay as tight in the windrow as the 

 sulky rake, but if properly operated lifts all the grass 

 from the ground. As large a windrow as desired can 

 be gathered by pulling several swaths together. The 

 strong features of this rake are its ability to rake very 

 green grass, and its action in leaving the grass in a 

 loose windrow. It is exceedingly well adapted for the 

 clover crops, especially for alfalfa. 



Hayloaders. After the grass has been cured it is 

 then ready to be stacked or be put in the mow. If 

 taken from a field and put in a mow a hayloader is a 

 very convenient device. This machine is intended to 

 be coupled on the rear end of the hayrack. It gathers 

 the grass or hay by means of a cylinder, elevates it 

 into the air by means of rope-webs or rakes, and de- 

 posits it in the racks where it is placed about by the 

 men. The loaders which load the hay by means of 

 rakes crowd it upon the load in very good shape, but 

 in handling clover hays is apt to shake a great many 



