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ent. In short, it is my opinion that no modern inven- 

 tion of agricultural implements has made so great a 

 saving over the old method of performing farm work 

 as the independent horse-rake." 



Another farmer says : " I have used Delano's inde- 

 pendent rake for several years. I regard it as a valua- 

 ble implement, saving thirty per cent., at least, of labor 

 and time. This rake ought to be made of better mate- 

 rials and with more care, or it will be given up for some 

 other." The complaint that it is very badly made, and 

 constantly liable to get out of order in consequence, is 

 very general. 



Another practical farmer says : " I have used a re- 

 volver ever since I commenced working on a farm, and 

 would as soon think of haying without a pitchfork as 

 without a horse-rake." 



" I used an iron-toothed rake three seasons," says 

 another farmer, " and I thought with profit ; but I 

 bought one of Delano's independent rakes, and I think 

 it is worth three times as much as any iron-toothed one, 

 as it does not make the hay so dusty as the others. It 

 is also a great saving in time and labor, as a boy twelve 

 years old will rake as much with Delano's patent, as a 

 man and boy with anj' other kind I have ever seen, 

 and do it better. I have used one of this kind for four 

 seasons, and it has not cost me twenty-five cents a year 

 for repairs, although my farm is rough and rocky." — 

 " The horse-rake is a great labor-saving implement," an- 

 other says. " For several successive years I used the 

 revolving horse-rake to good advantage. There was 

 labor in it, but it is a good rake. Delano's patent — 

 the independent tooth horse-rake — has taken the place 

 of the revolver with me ; it is managed with much 

 more ease, the teeth each one acting independent of 

 all others, at all times laying on the surface, whether 



