. The story of agriculture in the United States. feed the many thousands of horsesand mules used in the cavalry and transportation servicesof the army. The revolving horse-rake had come intouse before the War; but a much greater improvementwas the spring-tooth sulky rake. With this, a boy anda horse could do the work of many men. But the hay had still to be cocked and stacked byhand. The side-dehvery rake and the hay loader andhay stacker have completed the apphcation of machineryto this branch of farm work. Meanwhile, the hay forkand carrier have come into use and another hard and disagreeabl
. The story of agriculture in the United States. feed the many thousands of horsesand mules used in the cavalry and transportation servicesof the army. The revolving horse-rake had come intouse before the War; but a much greater improvementwas the spring-tooth sulky rake. With this, a boy anda horse could do the work of many men. But the hay had still to be cocked and stacked byhand. The side-dehvery rake and the hay loader andhay stacker have completed the apphcation of machineryto this branch of farm work. Meanwhile, the hay forkand carrier have come into use and another hard and disagreeable task is beingaccompHshed quicklyand easily. The workthat formerly took manyhours of back-breakinglabor can now be donein as many minutes andwith no muscular effortexcept that of drivinghorses. The hay tedder not only saves the labor formerly undertaken with a pitchfork, but it results in great economy as well. Grass that has become wet on the ground, or that has been trampled by horses, can be cured the day it is cut. Thus the quality of the. Hay Loader THE AGE OF MACHINERY 253 hay is improved and it is more profitable than formerly inmoist regions. Improvements in hay balers, operatedby horse, steam, or gasoHne power have aided greatly inmaking the hay crop of the country one of the mostvaluable that is produced.
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