THE HAT-SWEEP. 



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noUtngstCortIt/ s Spring-tooth Bake. 

 THE II AY-SWEEP. 



Where the hay is secured in stacks, or in hay-barns 

 situated contiguous to the meadow, the use of the hay- 

 sweep, in connection Avith the horse-fork, would probably 



enable two or three 



men, and two boys, 



with three horses, to 



draw and pack away 



thirty tons a day., or 



more. The hay -sweep, 



invented many years 



Hay-Sioeep. ago by W. 11. Smith, 



of Macedon, N. Y., is but little known. The accompanying 



figures (190 and 191) exhibit its construction and use. It 



is essentially a large, stout, coarse rake, with teeth pro- 



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