The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-08
TIM BUNKER ON THE HAY
TEDDER.

"What sort of q COnsarn Is that,
Scuiref" asked Jake Friuk, one hot
dav last July, as drove my new tedder
to the teId.
~Yoa Just come down to the horse
pond lot and I'll show you," l replied.
So Jake followed ON, where we found at
least a dozen of my neighGors standing
round to see the last novelty III farm
ing. The field had just been moves
and though | say 1t that shouldn't, IL
was the stOutest grass IN Hookertowh,'
plump three ton To the acre OF Timothy,
lust in bloom, upon lot where water
used TO stand half the year, and moth
ing but rushrs, bareback, and sour
grasses ever made Il crop. II Is aston
is.ing TO see how Undertaking I'M
proves land, aud how much more good
maDur,. dLrs upon SOIL that has hau
the h. tom knocked out of it. Jake
Fink groans every time he goes by that
horse pond lot, TO think that he sold Is
for twenty dollars an acre. Ii pays the
interest on three hundred now easy. |
had never tried the tedder on So heavy
grass, and felt considerable worried
ahont The result. | started alongside
the wall, and the grass flew up III a
cloud behind the machine just as II
whirlwiud had got hold of it.
"a sort of patent compound grasshOp-
per. aiu't it :" said Jake iuquirln-ly, as
he noticed the kicking motion of the
forks. =.
"You can't say that's no great shakes"
said Seth Twiggs empharlcally, rs he
putfed away at his stump pipe.
It's a shaky consarn any how" said
Uncle Jotham Sparrowgrass, striking
the ground with his cane Il little harder
than common. at will never amount
TO ANYTHING, see if it does. job Miller
had a thing good deal like 1t thltty
wears ago, on the Island. 1t was too
hard on the horse and didn't pay"
at leaves the grass very light and
even" said Deacon Smith. Il shall have
tOget one"
"Itmust dry very rapidly" Mr. Spoon
er remarked.
That's So" responded George Wash
ington Tucker; BAT it means less work
for poor folks, ana harder times. Every
new machine drives auOthcrnail in their
cOffiuS."
LESS work. you lazybones" exclaim-
ed Seth Twigss. Its hard telling how
you could do any esS and live"
"You may as well put up yonr stirring
sticks anu old rakcs' tails. You won't
want 'em any more,' said BENZ
Franklin Jones.
1T will cure the hay too quick said
Uncle lothian. The sun gets at IT so Oh
all sides that the grass will break like
pipe STEM" ~,
1.-THE quicker hay is cnred. the better
said Deacon Smith. Two hours
are better than two days, ityou eau get
the water out of it,"
& Nothing has awakened so mach inter
est as the tedder since the subsoIl pillow
was introduced. The times have changed
since then, aud the presumption
now is that new tool is good for some
thing, especially it il makes its appear
ance in my fields. So nauy of my jobs
have turned out well, aud So many of
my neighhors have initiated my exam
pie, that public opinion i, very much
changed. | had heard great deal
about tedders, but never saw one work
until this s. asou. | nad a good many
doubts. The English tedaer Is heavy
affair, quite likely to get out of repair,
aud entirely uuSuit0d to our Yankee
ways. But the first time | saw one. Cf
our sort of tedGers | made up my mind
F, to nave one. Ysu see, Mr.. Editor, it
just supplies the last trOl We wanted in
bay making. The mower, rake, fork.
tedder, all going by horse power, make
haying as light and pleasant as any
work upon the farm.
The tedder saves n good deal more
work than | had thought for. To ba
gin with, it does the work of at least ten
men. You can stir two acres of heavy
grass in an hour easy, and 1t is more
thoroughly stirred than IT Is possible To
do 70 by hand power. Ii Is sent up IN
the air with sudden jerk, that ShIk 5
all the water out of it, and IL TALL ;
back. upon the ground SD loose that the
sunshine can reach every particle. This
work is dOuc IN tho hottest part of the
day, aud the drying goes on very rapid
ly. The tedder wnrkS SO last that you
can 90 over your field three or four
times, if it is necessary, and get heavy
grass cured enough 20 go in the same
dayit is cut. This lisa very great saving
ofianor By the old method it fsequent-
" takes three days of toleiably good
weather to cure heavy grass. The cocks
have to be made and opened twice OF
three times before the hay can 60 into
the barn. Now, with he tedder, We
can have the bag ali shaken out by ten
O'clock, if it is all moved by that time,
and by keeping mp it is pretty well
cured by three in the afternoon, espe
cialls If the grass is fully tit TO cut. 1t
makes The moving machine worth a
good deal more TO MS than formerly, for
now we can NOV ali we want TO in a
fair day. aud have no fears but we eau
get it up. Sometimes We used TO get |
30 much down that a part of it would |
get injured before we conld get it secur
ed. One grand thing about !
thetedder is, that it cures the grass very
uniformly. There are no wet, green
locks in it, and even if it is not quite
cured enough the first day, by leaving
the cocks IN the field covered with hay
caps over night, they will often be just
fipht to 90 in the next day without