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days, or at a convenient season, into 

 larger masses : in Enjjland the stack 

 often contains forty or more tons ; it 

 is carefully thatched, and portions 

 cut out by a knife for use. The cu- 

 bic yard of stacked hay weighs ICO 

 to 180 lbs., and, when old, 200 lbs. 



After-math is usually depastured, 

 the manure dropped answering to ad- 

 vance the next crop if properly scat- 

 tered. In some parts of France and 

 Germany the green grass is thrown 

 into pits with one bushel of salt to 

 the load, and allowed to ferment ; it 

 is afterward closed in with boards, 

 and earth placed upon them ; thus a 

 kind of sour kraut hay is formed, 

 which, it is said, cattle prefer. 



HAY-MAKING MACHINES. An 

 instrument to scatter, or ted, is much 

 used in Europe : it consists of a frame 

 of many spokes supported on an axle 

 with two wheels ; the frames carry 

 curved teeth like rakes, and revolve 

 with the wheels ; the rakes carry for- 

 ward the hay and scatter it thorough- 

 ly. It is drawn by a horse. 



The Horse Rake is a large rake 

 made of wood, and six to ten feet 

 long, before which a horse is hitched ; 

 it is furnished with a couple of han- 

 dles behind to enable a man to lift it 

 up when necessary. 



Revolving Hay Rakes are made on 

 various plans, of which the following 

 appears the simplest. 



This rake consists of two heads. A, 

 A, and two sets of teeth, 13, B ; the 

 heads being connected together by 

 connecting rods, C, C, and end bars, 

 D, D. The end bars also form a 

 groove in which the slide pin (K, in 

 the end view) moves from one head 

 to the other every time the rake re- 

 volves. The horse is attached to the 

 rake by hooking the trace chains, G, 

 H, into staples driven into the under 

 side of the cross bar, F, F. The 

 rake is held by the teeth, which serve 

 for handles when they are up, and 

 for teeth when on the ground. 



HAY PRESS. The following is 

 a convenient form ; it is sometimes 

 called Lampman's press. 



It consists of four upright posts 

 strongly framed together, within 

 which is a chamber of stout plank 

 of the size of the intended bundle of 

 hay. The press is firmly fixed be- 

 tween the lofts of a barn, the hay be- 



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