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On the Utility of Horse Bakes, by Roberts Vaux, Esq. 



Read August, 1816. 



Brwood Lodge , 8mo. 8, 1816; 



To Richard Peters, Esq. President, and the Members of the Phi- 

 ladelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. 



In one of my late letters to the President, I promised 

 to furnish the society with some facts concerning the uti- 

 lity of the horse rake, now in general use by the farmers 

 of this neighbourhood. This valuable implement is of 

 such simple construction, that those who are the least 

 expert with tools, might supply themselves with it. It 

 is composed of a piece of scantling 3 by 3 inches, 10 

 feet long, into which 25 teeth 18 inches long, and 4 

 inches apart, are inserted horizontally ; 8 pins 4 inches 

 in length are driven perpendicularly into the scantling, 

 and there are also attached to it, two handles of similar 



