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use in stacking hay in the open field. These are used in the drier 

 regions of the middle west, or in the irrigated regions. Hay loaders 

 (Fig. 110) are of several types. The most common form of these 



Fro. 110. The hay loader saves the work of two men. (I. H. Co.) 



rakes the hay from the swath and delivers it at the back of the 

 wagon at the rear of which the machine is drawn. One man, with 



Fio. 111. Bailing straw with engine-driven press. Note the self-feeding arm above. 



(I. H. Co.) 



a team which requires little care in driving, may place the hay on 

 the wagon without assistance. 



Hay balers (Fig. Ill) are far more common since hay is sold 

 in the cities so abundantly. A large proportion of the timothy 



