HAYING MACHINERY 



and hay tools at Ottawa, Illinois, in 1868. This firm is 

 still doing business. P. A. Meyers was another pioneer 

 in the hay tool business, and in 1866 paten-ted a double 

 track made of two T-bars. In 1887, J. E. Porter placed 

 upon the market a solid steel rail. 



259. Tracks. A large variety of tracks is to be found 

 upon the market to-day the square wooden track, the 

 two-piece wooden track, the single-piece inverted T steel 

 track, the double steel track made of two angle bars, and 

 various forms of single- and double-flange steel tracks. 

 Wire cables are used in outdoor work. 



Various forms of track switches and folding tracks are 

 to be found upon the market. By means of a switch it is 

 possible to unload hay at one point and send it out in 

 four different directions. In circular barns it is possible 

 to arrange pulleys in such a way that the carrier will be 

 carried around a circular track. 



260. Forks are built in a variety of shapes and are 



known as single-harpoon or 

 shear fork, double-harpoon 

 fork, derrick forks, and four-, 

 six-, and eight-tined grapple 

 forks. To replace the fork 

 for rapid unloading of hay, 



FIG. 137 , DOUBLE-HARPOON 

 HAY FORK. B, SINGLE-HAR- 

 POON HAY FORK 



FIG. 138 C, A FOUR-TINED 

 GRAPPLE FORK. D, A DER- 

 RICK FORK 



