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the roller or harrow separately, they may be readily disconnected by driving 

 out two of the bolts in the universal joints. This invention is public prop- 

 erty for the benefit of the world at large. 



Hay Elevating Apparatus. — "We present herewith a sketch and de- 

 scription of a new hay elevator, in the form of a suspended track and hay- 

 fork traveler, which we think will not only prove a timely suggestion, but a 

 positive boon to many farmers. This track can be suspended in any bam, 

 high or low, without any additional timbers. The hay can be run up, and over 

 beams, without any scatteiing or dragging. Another great advantage in this 

 plan is having the rope double from the fork to the traveler. This gives the 



HAT ELEVATING APPAEATTJa. 



horse great power on the fork just where it is needed, that is, when the 

 forkful of hay is separating from the load. 



It consists in part of a track made of hard wood, in the form 8ho^vn, The 

 center piece A is six inches wide and one and a half inclies thick, put tt)- 

 gether with dowel-pins, until as long as wanted. The slats B B tire two 

 inches wide and one inch thick. They arc nailed on the lower edge of A, 

 breaking joints as they are put on. They are put on each side of A as shown 

 in sketch. There is a pulley C, six inches in diameter by one and a half 

 inches thick, put in the back end of the track. The box for this pulley is 

 made by bolting a short piece, six inches wide and one inch thick, on each 

 side of A. A, clevis; D goes over the ti-ack and is fastened on with the bolt 

 that goes throiTgh the pulley. C, a rope is put through the clevis and this 

 end of the track is drawn up close to the rafters. The front end is suspended 

 by a clevis and two ropes; it is hung a foot or so lower than the back end. 

 Screw into A the hooks that come with the fork, about eight feet apart, ntid 

 into each put a strong link six inches long by one aud a half inches i« the 



