The Portland daily press., 1895-07-11
FROM MEADOW TO NOW.
Haying Implements That Save the Back
Leaders and Unloaders.

| Haying Implements That Save the Back.
Leaders and Unloeders.
Many hay leaders have been built,
hay from the ground upon the load by
machinery. Some take the hay direct
ly from the swath; others take it from
| the windrow and deliver it upon the
hind end Of the load The devices for
uploading are more numerous than the
| leaders. There are forks almost with
out number, harpoon, double harpoon,
grapnell and double grapnell, ETC., be-
sides all tie different makes of slings
They all work well, but with every one
of them the operator has as much to do
with its success as the implement. The
slings are we'll liked. Perhaps this is
because the same implement may be
used in handling grain in bundles and
also in handling the corn when we wish
to get it from the field to the cutter in
filling our silos. The slings may be used
also with the loader by having the rack
made with upright pieces at the hind
end to which to fasten the slings. When
slings are used. it does not pay to try to
make each draft too large. It is better
to make the lead into four than only
three drafts. 1t may take moment
longer to put on the extra sling, but it
will take less time when unloading, as
the team can handle the smaller loads
so much more easily.
The following description is given by
l of
in barn which has given satisfaction
The farmer has placed in the roof of his
barn over the drive floor four strong
pulleys firmly attached to the rafters
In each corner of his hayrack he has
made fast strong ring. By one purlin
plate he has put up a heavy shaft, in
the middle Of which is drum the diam
eter Of which is six times that of the
shaft. To the shaft in four places are
| made fast four ropes, ore Of which runs
over each pulley and down to the proper
| height to attach to its corner of the rack,
for which purpose it has strong hook
| Over the drum is wound a rope which
comes down to the floor and runs under
a pulley and to which the team is at
tached for elevating the load He drives
the load upon the floor, and while the
| driver removes the team and bitches to
the drum rope he hooks rope to the
ring in each cerner of the rack. When
all is ready, the team, having purchase
of six to one, easily elevates rack, load
and all to the height of the NOW, and
with a proper system Of ratchet and
dogs it is held there and easily rolled
off into the NOW. When this is done, by
a slight pull on the drum rope the dogs
are released, and by brake applied to
the drum the rack is lowered to its place
on the wagon, the team replaced, and
all is ready for another load.
| Attention is also called to the cars,
which are so made that when the sling
or fork is raised to the proper height to
pass over the NOW the Car can be ereleas-
ed and the load held at that height,
while the car will run back over the
NOW wherever desired. As the dumping
is done by the persons on the NOW, the
load, by swinging, may be made to
reach any part Of the NOW. OF course
not every barn is SO made that this can
be done. There is ''big beam" in the
way, but no one now building barn
should fail to provide for this way OF
unloading