166 MECHANICS. 



A neAv machine, remarkable for its simplicity and per- 

 fection of working, is the American Hay Tedder^ made 

 by the Ames Plow Company, of Boston. It is repre- 

 Fjv, 1S3. sented in the 



accompanying 

 cut. It is furnish- 

 ed with sixteen 

 forks, attached 

 to a light reel in 

 such a manner 

 that they re- 

 volve rapidly, 



Tlie American llay Tedder, . , 



With a rotary, 

 continuous, and uniform motion. It never clogs, may be 

 easily backed, and readily passes over ordinary obstruc- 

 tions, w^ithout any attention on the part of the driver. 



Hay tedders should be used on the meadow about 

 three times a day, which will enable the farmer to cut his 

 crop in the morning, and draw it in the same day ; giving 

 him, also, more uniformly dried, and better hay. 



The price of hay tedders varies from 875 to $100. 







nOESE IIAY-KAIIE3. 



The simplest and original form of the horse-rake is 

 represented in fig. 184. It was made of a piece of strong 

 scantling, three inches square, tapering slightly toward 

 the ends, for the purpose of combining strength with 

 lightness, and in which were set horizontally about fif- 

 teen teeth, twenty-two inches long, and an inch by an 

 inch and three-fourths at the place of insertion, tapering 

 on the under side, with a slight upward turn at the 

 points, to prevent running into the ground. The two 

 outer teeth Avere cut oif to about one-third their first 

 length, and draught-ropea attached. If these pieces were 



