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MECHANICS. 



the Albany Cultivator, in 1848, from wliich a subscriber 

 in Bradford County, Pa., made the first used in that re- 

 gion. Some years later, he stated that there were at least 

 two hundred in use. The preceding figure represents 

 this simple and original fork. A is the head, twenty- 

 eight inches long, and two and a half inches square, made 

 of strong wood. A G is the Imndle, five and a half feet 



long, mortised 

 ^'"''^^^' H'lLLU^ into the head, 



1,1)1 1 'i^^f ill, "^'i^^ ^^ i^^^^ 

 clasp or band of 

 hoop iron fitting 

 over the head, 

 and extending 

 six inches up the 

 handle, secured 

 by rivets. The 

 prongs of the 

 fork are made of 

 good steel, one- 

 half an inch 

 wide at the 

 head, twenty 

 inches long, and 

 eight inches 

 apart, with nuts to screw them up tight. Rivets are placed 

 on each side of the middle ones, to prevent the head from 

 splitting. The rope is attached to staples at the ends of 

 the head. The single rope Z> extends over a tackle-block, at- 

 tached to a rafter at the peak of the barn, about two feet 

 within the edge of the bay. The rope then passes down 

 to the bottom of the door-post, under another tackle- 

 block, and to the outside of tlie barn, where the working 

 horse is attached to it. A small rope or cord G is attached 

 to the end of the handle, by which it is kept level, as it 

 ascends over the mow. The cord is then slackened, and 



PUching Hay through a Window with Horse-power. 



