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driving the posts. As two hands are usually required for this 

 work, this platform would be cheaper and just about as valuable 

 if made without wheels, 

 and handles instead on 

 both sides. 



Mr. John M. Jameson, 

 of Ross County, Ohio, 

 sends me a description of 

 a 20-foot hay gatherer 

 (Fig. 11), which he has 

 used for several years to 

 great advantage. With 

 it the hay is taken from 



the ground and delivered Fl ^.-PLATFORM FOR FENCE BUII.PINO. 



at the stack without any pitching or handling. Mr. Jameson 

 describes its construction as follows: The head should be 5x6 

 inches, and 20 feet long. The teeth split from tough, straight 

 timber, six feet long and two inches in diameter at the head, 

 and tapered somewhat to the point. They should be sharp 



and sloped on the under side. 

 The corners of head piece 

 should be rounded on the 

 lower side to enable it to slip 

 over the stubble with little 

 friction. A clevis should be 

 FIO. H.-HAY GATHERER. attached to each end, so ar- 



ranged that it will turn round the end when you wish to draw 

 the rake backward. When going out from the stack for a load, 

 the rake is drawn backward. The chains to which the horses 

 are attached should be seven feet long to enable them to keep 

 out of the way of the teeth. Mr. Jameson found that no up- 

 rights in the head were necessary to keep the hay from sliding 

 over the rake. He first put on uprights, but the rake was 

 soon turned over and the uprights broken off, and he then 

 found that it worked as well without them. Hay gathered 

 in this way will have less dust than when- raked with the 

 sulky-rake. 



