DOUBLE POKKS. 



irr. 



Chicago, which is represented in the accompanying figures, 

 Fig. 197. Fig. 198. the right-hand one 



showing its posi- 

 tion when ascend- 

 ing, loaded with 

 hay ; the left-hand, 

 with the knee-joint 

 brace contracted, 

 by jerking the cord 

 for emptying the 

 load. Still another, 

 known as Myers* 

 Elevator,, is shown 

 in fig. 197, in its 



Myers' Hay Elevator. position Avhen lift- 



ing the hay, and fig. 198, when dropping it. The head is 

 iron, and it is a strong and simj^le fork. 



DOUBLE FORKS. 



The double forks clasp the load of hay like the claws of 

 a bird. This class Fig. 199. 



of forks may be 

 used for pitching 

 over a beam, with- 

 out a board facing. 

 They are better 

 adapted to pitch- 

 ing short straw, 

 especially those 

 which like Ray- 

 mond's,have sever- 

 al teeth; but more 

 time is required for 

 thrusting in the 

 two forks than one. 

 One of the simplest is Beardsley's Hay Elevator, (fig. 199) 

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