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In fair weather, for instance, a boy and a horse can cure all 

 the grass that can be mown by the machine in the morning, so 

 that it will ordinarily be fit to go into the barn in the afternoon 

 of the same day. Grass kept lightened up to the sun and air 

 dries quickly. The tedder may be put into the field as soon as 

 the mower has left it, and kept in operation till the whole crop 

 is properly cured, giving ample time to rake and load. Indeed, 

 when the advantages of this implement are better known, it will 

 probably come into very general use as an indispensable labor- 

 saving machine. 



The American tedder is mounted on two driving-wheels. It 

 is rigged with sixteen spring forks, attached in an ingenious 

 manner to a light reel. The forks revolve very rapidly even 

 while the horse is going at a slow walk, and it runs without 

 noise. It is so simple that a boy can operate it, nothing being 

 required but to sit and drive with both hands free. The 

 draught is easy. This machine is manufactured by the Ames 

 Plow Company, and is for sale at their warehouse at Quincy 

 Hall, Boston. 



The horse-rake was one of the first inventions designed to 

 relieve the severe labor of hay-making, and it must be regarded 

 as one of the most important, second only to the mowing- 

 machine. Many patents have appeared, each one possessing, 

 no doubt, some advantages peculiar to itself. Two or three new 

 claimants for popular favor appeared at the fairs last year, and 

 they are worthy of mention. One of these is the Whittemore 

 Self-Locking Rake. 



SELF-LOCKING RAKE. 



