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HAYNES'S HORSE KAKE. 



Jersey CiTr, Nov. 25th, 1845. 

 This machine is very simple in its construction. The teeth are of 

 wire, J in size, inserted into one head, and coiled around another, so 

 as to give all the elasticity desired ; and also increase their durability. 



It can be used on any ground, rough as well as smooth, with great 

 facility. It will rake as clean as a hand rake ; and with careful usage 

 will last until the teeth are worn off so short, as to be incapable of 

 holding the hay. This of course will depend very much upon the 

 nature of the ground upon which it is used. If broken, it can be 

 repaired by any one accustomed lo make agricultural implements. 

 As a labor saving machine, it may be ranked among the first. Du- 

 ring the last summer one of them raked 20 acres of hay in half a day. 

 Many farmers have said that they would much rather have one of 

 these rakes during the hay season, than the best hired man they 

 could get. 



Very respectfully, 



A. HAYNES. 



THORNE'S HAY, STRAW, AND CORN STALK CUTTER. 



This instrument is four feet four inches long. The box in the 

 mouth or cut is eight and a half inches wide, and the depth of cut 

 is three inches, tightly pressed by springs, attached to rollers, which 

 serve as feeders. These are driven by finger irons, of which there 

 are two, fastened to a beam, working on the centre. Attached to this 

 is a rod connected with a crank on the balance or fly wneel, wiiicn 

 crank is made to revolve by the balance wheel. 



The balance wheel is hung on the main shaft, likewise the arms to 

 which the cutters are attached ; the latter or knives are in four pieces, 

 so placed on the arms as to form two double curvatures, or spiral to 

 the centre, the same being a rotary of a cylindrical form, at each re- 

 volution of which two cuts are made. 



The cutters run in two cast iron stands, which are fastened to the 

 two front uprights of the frame. The cutters are connected with two 

 spur wheels, one of which is on the main shaft, the other on a stud, 



