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The Beedle & Kelly Co., Troy, Ohio, exhibits one Troy Champion coil-tooth rake. 

 The construction of this rake is a combination of the self-dump and lock-lever 

 principles, raises and lowers teeth in a vertical plane leavin» trash on the ground; 

 back lever at will of operator ; dumps by shifting the draft ; combines the draft, 

 and weight of driver with pressure of peg to throw up the teeth. 



By the same ia exhibited one Drop-tooth Troy Champion hay rake. Teeth fast- 

 ened with a cast cap, giving 3f inches bearing on axles, holding teeth at uniform 

 distance at point. The teeth have depressions where they pass thx-ough slotted bar 

 affording additional spring where the greatest strain comes. 



The Albion Manufictariiig Co. Albhn, iliehigan, exhibit an Albion Sulky Rake. 

 Height of drop 36 inches. Adjustable draw iron enabling operator of any weight 

 to dump the hay. Clover and timothy seed attachment. 



The Sterling Manufactwing Co., Sterling, Illinois, exhibit one Sterling Revolving 

 hay rake, self-dump horse rake. Simple and easily handled. No special points 

 advanced. 



David Bradley Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis, Ind., exhibit one of their common 

 horse rakes. This is a strong hand, dump-rake made of wood. 



By the same, a one-horse dump rake. No points of merit advanced. 



The Long & Allstatter Manufacturing Co., Hamilton, Ohio, exhibit one of their 

 Hamilton hay rakes, steel tooth hand dump; strongest points of merit — superior 

 strength and durability. 



The Oreensburg Manufaeluring Co., Oreensburg, Ind., have on exhibition one of 

 their Greensburg hay rakes. This rake is a novelty in the line of agricultural 

 implements, being the first revolving rake ever made that can be operated by the 

 rider of the horse that draws it. A ten-year old boy can ride and do the work. It 

 is made of wood, and is simply an improvement on the old fashioned hand turn 

 over dump. It is devolved by means of a rope and rollers — one end of the rope 

 being carried by the rider. 



The Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass., exhibit one 

 of their S. R. Nye's National Rake. The teeth are independent in action and self- 

 adjustable on uneven surface. By the curving inward of the four end teeth, 

 bringing them forward of those in the center, is formed what may be termed a 

 "barrel-shaped head," and as the hay works away fi-om the wheels toward the 

 center, scattering and roping at the ends is prevented. Each tooth is supported at 

 the side by the guide, which operates with the tooth, and is held down by a coiled 

 spring within the tooth-holder, causing a yielding i)ressure upon the surface. . A 

 slotted treadle, operated by the toe of the driver, partly rotates a rod having an 

 €ccentric or cam at each end, which acts upon a weighted pawl (dispensing with all 

 springs) and locks the rake-head to the wheels. This forms a dumping arrange- 

 ment, positive in action, responding promptly to the light touch of the driver's toe. 

 The seat is placed on steel springs. The machine is built of white ash ; fourteen- 

 spoke wheels. 



