HANDLING HAY AND CORN FODDEE. 135 



and one-half feet in thickness, and eight of these bales 

 will make a ton. The hay is easily transported in wagons 

 when baled, and the press can be moved from one mea- 

 dow to another as the hay is cut and pressed, or it will 



Fig. 162. HAT BALE. 



be more convenient at times to drive the cattle to the hay 

 rather than move the hay to the cattle. Figure 160 

 shows the end view of the press, figure 161, the movable 

 bottom, and figure 162, the pressed bale. When the 

 iron can be procured without great expense, it might be 

 well to use the pulleys and slotted wheels as here shown, 

 but otherwise these parts may be made of .wood. 



TWISTING HAY AND STRAW. 



The machine figures 163 to 167, consists of two two-by 

 four bars, nine feet long, figure 163, straight and true, 

 and of even thickness and width. They are bolted to- 

 gether at each end, and separated by a block four inches 

 square and two inches thick, at one end a, and a piece 

 of two-by-four stuff, three feet long, at ~b. A pulley is 

 set at c, about thirty-nine inches from the end a. Fig- 



