. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. HORSE-FORKS. 183 the mow. Either of these methods is very simple and very effectual. Horse-forks.—Another valuable, and time as well as lahour saving equipment of modern days. Ui^Mi^^l'l/—^^. Fig. 80.—Horse-FORK. is the horse-fork, or elevator. Of these implements there is an endless variety, but one principle is common to all of them, viz., the employment of horse-power by means of rojses and pulleys. In Fig. 80 is sho^vn one of the most effective of these tools, and also the method
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. HORSE-FORKS. 183 the mow. Either of these methods is very simple and very effectual. Horse-forks.—Another valuable, and time as well as lahour saving equipment of modern days. Ui^Mi^^l'l/—^^. Fig. 80.—Horse-FORK. is the horse-fork, or elevator. Of these implements there is an endless variety, but one principle is common to all of them, viz., the employment of horse-power by means of rojses and pulleys. In Fig. 80 is sho^vn one of the most effective of these tools, and also the method by which it is emploj'ed inside a building. Two parallel and stout spars of wood, some 6 or 8 inches apart, and leaving a clear space between them all along, are sus- pended from and well braeed to the ridge-tree of the barn. The fork is suspended from a carriage which nins on four wheels, a ; one end of the rojse is fast, and the other runs over pulleys, B, passing do\vn to the ground, where it runs under a third pulley and is attached to the horse. Tlie fork with its load is easily sent. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sheldon, John Prince. London ; New York : Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
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