294 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



This is a simple and effective macliine that may be worked 

 either by the foot or the hand. A lock-lever is arranged to hold 

 the , teeth to the ground in the raking of heavy grass, where 

 many machines are inclined, to rise and scatter the hay. It has 

 an easy spring seat secured to the axle, so that the weight of 

 the driver does not press upon the horse. By means of the 

 self-locking arrangement it can be set with the teeth a little 

 above the surface of the ground, when it becomes a very effi- 

 cient gleaner in grain stubbles. The teeth act independently, 

 and it is furnished with cleaners which secure the instant 

 unloading of the i-ake when lifted. It is manufactured by 

 Messrs. Whittemore, Belcher & Co., at Chicopee Falls, and is for 

 sale at their warehouse, 34 Merchants' Row, Boston. 



No farmer can afford to be without a good horse-rake. It 

 saves time and labor at the busiest season of the year, and often 

 when without its use it would be impossible to avoid injury from 

 exposure to bad weather. It is almost as essential on the farm 

 as the plough itself. 



The Bay State Rake also appeared at the exhibitions last year 

 in its perfected form. This rake had been known for a year or 

 two previously as the Barre rake, having been invented by S. R. 

 Nye of that town ; but from a slight defect in mechanical con- 

 struction it had not fully justified the expectations which were 

 at first entertained of it. This objection having been entirely 

 overcome, it entered the hay-fields last year and won the most 

 enthusiastic encomiums from those vvho are most capable of 

 judging of its practical value and working capacity. 



This rake is mounted on high wheels. It is a steel tooth, 

 each tooth being hinged to the axle and pressed down by spiral 

 springs. Each tooth operates independently of the others in 

 passing an obstruction, while the draught is light and the mate- 

 rial and workmanship are unsurpassed. The ease with which 

 it is worked is something wonderful. The driver has only to 

 touch a spiral spring with his foot, with a slight pressure, which 

 any boy can apply, when the rake is lifted by the horse, and by 

 means of cleaning rods frees itself at once of its load. It is 

 set so high that a large windrow can be gathered, and if desired 

 the windrow can be cocked ready for loading. This rake is 

 manufactured by the Buckeye Mowing Machine Company, at 

 West Fitchburg. 



