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THE FORAGE AND FIBER CROPS IN AMERICA 



ditches, and enables it to pass more readily through gates and 



over culverts. 



G. The windrower is a simple attachment to a mowing- 

 machine, particular- 

 ly designed for har- 

 vesting clover and 

 alfalfa for seed, but 

 may also be em- 

 ployed when these 



Push power sweep rake cr P s are used for 



hay. (165) 



40. Hay Tedders are made with six and eight forks and for 

 one or two horses. The fork arms may be made of wood or 

 of boiler tube. The fork may be two or three-tiiied, and may 

 have B a coil spring, E a coil relief spring, or C, D a flat relief 

 spring. Care should be taken to use the tedder before the hay 

 becomes too dry, in 



order to prevent loss 

 of the finer and more 

 valuable parts. 



41. Hay Loaders. 



In those sections of 



the country where the 



climatic conditions or 



the kind of hay raised 



make it possible to 



cure it satisfactorily 



without placing in 



cocks, where the fields 



are fairly level and 



the hay is not stacked 



in the field, the hay loader is extensively used. Under these 



conditions the mowing-machine, the side delivery hay rake, and 



the hay loader are the three machines which the hay maker 



uses in the field. 



B Hay loader; compare with A 



