HORSE-RAKES. 



Fig. 130. 



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Simple Horse-rake. 



length, and draught-ropes attached. If they are too 

 short, the teeth will be hard to guide ; if too long, the 

 rake is unloaded with difficulty. Handles serve to 

 guide the teeth, to Uffc the rake from the ground in 

 avoiding ohstructions, and to empty the accumulated 

 hay. 



In using this rake, the teeth, instead of moving on 

 their points as in the common hand-rake, run flat upon 

 the ground, passing under and collecting the hay. 

 When full, the horse is stopped, the handles thrown for- 

 ward, the rake emptied and lifted over the winrow thus 

 formed. The winrows are made at right angles to the 

 path of the rake, as each load is deposited opposite the 

 last heap formed in previously crossing the meadow. 

 A few hours' practice enables any one to use this rake 

 without difficulty ; the only skiU required is to keep the 

 teeth under the hay and above the ground. When 

 small obstructions occur, the handles are depressed, and 

 the points of the teeth rise and pass freely. Over large 

 obstructions, the rake must be lifted. By shortening 

 the teeth, it may be used on the roughest ground. 



In addition to raking, this implement may be em- 

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