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place the hay in a light windrow. The first of these ma- 

 chines was manufactured by Chambers, Bering, Quinlan 

 Company, of Decatur, Illinois. 



249. One-way rakes. Practically all of these machines 

 consist of a cylinder mounted obliquely to the front. They 

 carry flexible steel-wire fingers, which revolve under and 

 to the front. These fingers roll the hay ahead, and also 



FIG. 126 ONE-^VAY SIDE-DELIVERY RAKE 



to one side. Some variance is to be found in the methods 

 employed to drive the cylinder. Both gears and chain- 

 and-sprocket drives are used. 



250. Endless apron, reversible rakes. There are other 

 machines upon the market with a carrier or endless 

 apron upon which the hay is elevated by a revolving cyl- 

 inder and carried to either side. This machine does very 

 satisfactory work and will place in one windrow as many 

 as six swaths of the mower. By manipulation of the 

 clutch driving the apron, this machine may be made to 

 deposit the hay in bunches to be placed in hay cocks or 

 loaded to a wagon by a fork. 



The side-delivery rake takes the place of the hay tedder 



