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the other; the cock arrived at the (lack, 

 and the peg drawn, the rope is difengaged. 



If the hay be abroad it is rowed in the 

 ufual way, and is fometimes drawn together 

 with a long pole (fix or eight feet long), 

 with a rope patting from each end of it to the 

 names ; a man Handing or prefling upon the 

 pole, to keep it down to its work, and make 

 it clear the ground as it goes. This how- 

 ever, though fimple, is a difficult bufmefs. 

 More complex implements of various con- 

 ftructions have therefore been contrived for 

 this purpofe. 



Thcfe implements are alfo ufed in cocking; 

 and, when the quantity of dry hay is great, 

 and hands fcarce, it eafes and expedites the 

 bufmefs very confiderably. For, in this 

 cafe, the main burden of the hay is drawn 

 together by the team, the rakers having on- 

 ly the bared ground to rake over ; following 

 the implement, and drawing the rakings to 

 the part to be cleared by the next fweep of 

 the implement ; beginning on one fide of 

 the piece, and proceeding in this regular and 

 expeditious manner to the other ; leaving the 



hay 



