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nected with a set of cross-pipes, laid in the coarse gravel 

 in the bottom, and pierced with a number of small holes, 



Fig. 147. PIPES FOR HOUSE CISTERN. 



as seen in figure 147, by which the outflow is made quite 

 easy and abundant. 



CHAPTEE VI. 



APPLIANCES FOR HANDLING HAY AND CORN 

 FODDER. 



REVOLVING HORSE RAKE. 



Figure 148 shows a strong, cheap and efficient horse 

 rake. It is especially useful in raking corn-stalks that 

 have been cut by a mower or otherwise, and tall reeds 

 and other rubbish, which it is desirous to rake into wind- 

 rows preparatory to burning. It can also be adapted to 

 the raking of hay and straw, by making the teeth lighter 

 and placing them six inches or less apart. 



Figure 149 represents the rake and shafts, a being a 

 six by six-inch beam, ten feet long. This revolving rake 



