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its position, and the fork made fast to the car in one oper- 

 ation, then it moves off on the track very easily, and any 

 distance you may choose to have it carried ; the operator, 

 by pulling a cord, trips the fork, and the horse, turning 

 around, walks or trots back to the place of starting ; the 

 car is pulled back to its jDosition by the trip cord, when 

 the fork descends for another load. 



The fork comes back so easily and quickly that the 

 horse can be kept in motion continually, elevating from 

 300 to 400 pounds of hay, and carrying it forty to fifty 

 feet in a horizontal direction, and returning for another 

 load in less than a minute. 



Its advantages over the old mode are : 



1st. The hay can be carried into the second, third, and 

 fourth bays from the wagon, as easily as into the first, 

 thus saving a large amount of labor in the mows. 



2d. The hay is elevated perpendicularly from the load, 

 thus obviating the friction caused by dragging the forkful 

 of hay over and against the beam ; also the danger of 

 tripping or breaking the fork as it is drawn over the beam. 



Sd. The car and fork return so easily, the fork drop- 

 ping in the middle of the load, ready to be thrust into the 

 hay immediately ; whereas, in the old method, it is very 

 hard work to get the fork back, if the hay has been car- 

 ried any distance. 



4:th. The horse turns around, and walks or trots back 

 to the place of starting, instead of backing, thus saving 

 much labor to both horse and driver. 



5th. The hay need be elevated only higb enough to 

 clear the highest beam, when it can be carried horizon- 

 tally, until the mows are more than half full, when, by 

 shortening a rope, the fork can be made to pass along 

 only sixteen inches below the very peak of the barn. 



Qth. It requires but very little force to carry the hay 

 horizontally, whereas, by the old methods, it requires 

 more force to carry it horizontally than to elevate it. 



