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Horse-rakes are used for collecting hay into rows, and 

 also for raking the stubble after the cereal crops have 

 been harvested. This instrument may be described as 

 having an axle measuring two and a half to three metres, 

 carried by two large road-wheels. The axle carries a 

 movable frame to which are fitted from twenty -four to 

 twenty -eight curved steel teeth. Shafts are provided to 

 which bullocks or horses are yoked and there is also a seat 

 for the driver. When a sufficient quantity of hay has 



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been collected the teeth are raised by the driver pulling a 

 lever, or as in the case of self-acting rakes, by a ratchet 

 and pawl arrangement attached to the road-wheels. A 

 horse-rake costs about twelve pounds. 



Hand-rakes for raking together the cut berseem are 

 made of wood. To a wooden handle one hundred and 

 eighty centimetres long, is fixed a head measuring about 

 seventy-five centimetres and having from twelve to fourteen 

 teeth seven centimetres in length. This implement is used 

 in collecting any cut hay or berseem which may be left 

 on the ground after the bulk has been loaded into carts. 



