Haymaking. 



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bottom of the rick, and the mass of hay pulled bodily on to 

 the platform by winding a windlass attachment on it. 

 When past the axle-centre the whole tips back to the 

 horizontal with the rick upon it. It is then hauled like 

 a loaded cart to the stackyard, where a horse-fork puts the 

 whole on to the stack in about three or four "grabs," 

 thus again doing away with the heavy work of hand-forking. 



It would occupy too much space to go more fully into the 

 minor details of the work, or to describe special systems which 

 are in vogue in some districts. Enough has been said, how- 

 ever, to show how the use of labour-saving implements has 

 made it possible to handle large acreages or large crops with 

 very little trouble. There need not now be any of the heavy, 

 straining work which was at one time the accompaniment of 

 haymaking: the haymaker rides or drives or tends his machine 

 without losing any sweat, and, at the same time, does three 

 times as much work as his father did, thus enabling a farmer 

 to rush his crop together in a very short time at a critical 

 period. 



Primrose McConnell, B.Sc, F.G.S. 



