Bob used a hay rake which is connected to the three point hitch of a tractor. 

 The rake is offset 3 to 4 feet. He finds the pruning rake a welcome device as a 

 replacement for the tedious operation of picking up prunings. It is necessary, 

 however, to remove large limbs that have been pruned prior to the use of the rake. 



A Massachusetts grower recently infoirmed me that he has been raking prunings 

 with a hay dump rake, with wheels removed, for several years. He stated that he 

 rakes forty acres in five days. 



Dr. Edwin Gould, West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Kearneysville, 



