. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. v. xxvii, 25. For the waters of Mmrim shall be desolate,for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no greenthing. Isaiah xv, 6, These quotations indicate that the subjectis very old. Hay making has, doubtless, given employment tomany people long before history began to be recorded. In a recentwork on American Agricultural Implements,* the author (R. L. Ardrey), says of the Pre-historicScythe, shown at Fig. 19 : Thescythe of the pre-historic Lacus-trine inhabitant of Switzerlandwas curved, and was attached toa
. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. v. xxvii, 25. For the waters of Mmrim shall be desolate,for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no greenthing. Isaiah xv, 6, These quotations indicate that the subjectis very old. Hay making has, doubtless, given employment tomany people long before history began to be recorded. In a recentwork on American Agricultural Implements,* the author (R. L. Ardrey), says of the Pre-historicScythe, shown at Fig. 19 : Thescythe of the pre-historic Lacus-trine inhabitant of Switzerlandwas curved, and was attached toa handle, forming an implementsubstantially the same as we nowFig. i9.—Pre-historic scythe. use, and that likewise, when swung into the grass or grain, described the segment of a circle incutting ; and so does the sickle. With all our improvements and advances we still use a scythewhich varies little from that of the early lake dwellers. Eventhe heel ring and wedge attachment may still be found, but inthe main this has been changed to a thread-nut-and-wrench method. *Note.—To the following, acknowledgment is tendered for their courtesy inloaning the cuts opposite their names: R. L. Ardrey, Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois, No. 19. The Ames Plow Co., Boston, Mass., Nos. 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 33. 34, 35, 36, 41, 42. The Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., Hoosick Falis, N. Y.,No. 22. , The Eureka,;;Mower Co., Utica, N. Y., No. 23. The Belcher and Taylor Agricultural Tool Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass., No. 24. The Geneva;Tool Co., Geneva, Ohio, No. 26^. The Chambers-Bering-Quinlan Co., Decatur, 111., No. 28. The Stoddard Manufacturing Co., Dayton, Ohio, Nos. 29 and 31. The Keystone Manufacturing Co., Sterling, 111., Nos. 30, 32.| W. G. Ricker, Rochester, N. Y., Nos. 37, 38, 39, 40., P. K. Dederick & Co., Albany, N. Y., No. 43. 64 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1896. in fastening, though it is not now more secure. There is some difference in the form of blades
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