. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . ^ L. Weth- erell, Worcester, Mass. OTHER NEW addition to the new implements already described, the followinghave been carefully tested and found valuable. Gladdings Hay-Fork.—Every farmer who has ever pitched off froma wagon in one day ten or twelve tons of hay, is aware that no labor onthe farni can be more fatiguing. The common horse-fork, which, to aconsiderable extent, has been brought into use, has afforded great relief;this severe work not only being avoided, but much greater expedit
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . ^ L. Weth- erell, Worcester, Mass. OTHER NEW addition to the new implements already described, the followinghave been carefully tested and found valuable. Gladdings Hay-Fork.—Every farmer who has ever pitched off froma wagon in one day ten or twelve tons of hay, is aware that no labor onthe farni can be more fatiguing. The common horse-fork, which, to aconsiderable extent, has been brought into use, has afforded great relief;this severe work not only being avoided, but much greater expeditionattained. The effective force of a horse is at least five times as great asthat of a stout man; and if half an hour is usually re(inired to unloadJA from a wagon a ton of haj% then only six minutes would be required to j^(] accomplish the same result with horse power. Actual experiment very [). ©c:^— OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 299 (l nearly accords with this estimate, five to seven minutes only beingrequired b}^ the assistance of the best horse-fork. The accompanying figure (fig. 152) shows the* common implement, andthe mode of using it. Fig. 153 is an enlarged representation of the fork.
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