. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Fig. 24.—Bullarcl Hay Tedder. Rakes have also received the attention of inventors. At figure 25 is shown a modern are still used with the hand-scythe, but are not in commonuse when hay is made on a largescale. The hand drag rake, Fig. 26,was an advance on the commonrake. Wherever a mowing ma-chine was in use, more efficientrakes, requiring less labor, wereneeded and began to come intoFig. 26.—Hand Drag Rake. use. The revolving horse-rake was one of the earliest of the rakes requiring horse power. It is achea
. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. Fig. 24.—Bullarcl Hay Tedder. Rakes have also received the attention of inventors. At figure 25 is shown a modern are still used with the hand-scythe, but are not in commonuse when hay is made on a largescale. The hand drag rake, Fig. 26,was an advance on the commonrake. Wherever a mowing ma-chine was in use, more efficientrakes, requiring less labor, wereneeded and began to come intoFig. 26.—Hand Drag Rake. use. The revolving horse-rake was one of the earliest of the rakes requiring horse power. It is acheap and efficient implement, and may be found in use at the Fig. 25.—Hand 66 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1896. present time. The operator walks behind and regulates the size ofwindrows by revolving the rake at his pleasure,shows a cut of one of these rakes modernized. Figure 26J
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