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pin, /, in hole bored through ways and follower, fill in the 

 rack from top with hay, just mowed or slightly damp, 

 pressing it in snugly, then draw out pin /*, slide carriage 

 g up ta rack ; by turning crank the hook will catch up a 

 lock of the hay, then keep turning and drawing carriage 

 away at the same time, and it will twist out a rope of hay, 

 this is doubled, and ends fastened by crowding through 

 loops. If you can get some drawer rollers to set in the 

 follower and on the carriage, it will work much easier.' 



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Fig. 168. WESTPHALIAN STBAW-TWTSTEB. Fig. 169. 



Figures 168 and 169 show a form of straw-twister, 

 which has long been in use in Westphalia, Germany. A 

 board of hard wood, half an inch thick, four and a half 

 inches wide and five feet long, is shaped as in figure 168, 

 and has an inch hole in the center. A piece of the same 

 stuff, five inches square, also with an inch hole (a in the 



