The Farmer's monthly visitor . try : these will soon give to one trade Ihe abilityto support other trades, and i>eo|;le of all ranks10 take that stand w hich shjill make every honestcalling equally respectable. Do you own a Horse Kake T The recent rains will insure you a looiI cropof grass, and if you have not a horse rake to as-sist your labors in haying, by all olitainone. It is one of the greatest labor saving ma-chines that you can introduce into your one of these, a man, a hoy, and an oldhorse, will rake up more hay than five can withthe common hand rake. Try one, and
The Farmer's monthly visitor . try : these will soon give to one trade Ihe abilityto support other trades, and i>eo|;le of all ranks10 take that stand w hich shjill make every honestcalling equally respectable. Do you own a Horse Kake T The recent rains will insure you a looiI cropof grass, and if you have not a horse rake to as-sist your labors in haying, by all olitainone. It is one of the greatest labor saving ma-chines that you can introduce into your one of these, a man, a hoy, and an oldhorse, will rake up more hay than five can withthe common hand rake. Try one, and our wordlor it you would not like to do without one after-wards.—jVaine Farmer. The Farmers Winilhly Visitor has used awooden revolving horse rake on his plain in-tervale ground for the last seven or eight yearsto good advantage; and the old one is not yetworn out. But of all the rakes he has yet seenor heard of, his preference is Dewn/s Patent Spring Tooth Horse Rake manu-factured by Duncan ,§,• Paddteford, Lyman, A. ixtet| torn of the teeth will stand back farther thanwhen you use it „„|, „ ,„|| |,„,..^ |„,„^,^ ,|,^ rake will operate dittcrently with these diirei-LUtliorses, if the thills are too low, the t.,ihwil| standhack too far at the ground, and will pass over the,hay somewhat; hence it will not rake clean Toohviale this deled, raise the thills hy the | until it rakes clean, l,y p,„,,cr holding,which will require more or less pressure dow°iupon the hatidlew, .according to the hurden of hayIhe unevenness of the .surtace of the ground, andIhe st(mes, hushes, or other oh:,lrnctions to heraked over. if it requires Ihe thills raised loo high fo,-convenience, place your with the teeth upona pol(! al the turn, and bend ihem forward lo theproper , hut not ihc When you approach a stone or other ohslrnc-tion that the rake hemi will u,, „vrr. press downupon Ihe handles su(lii-iently to kiep all the teethupon Ihe
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