Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19

tPrepared by the United states Depart
ment of Agriculture)
There are four distinct systems of
making hay. each of which Is divided
in actual practice into several meth
DDS. Loading by hand is the oldest
system and the one most generally
used in the older hay-growing sections
of the East It's retention in these Sec
lions Is due largely to the fact that
II requires minimum amount Of
equipment, which makes it particular
ly suited to farms where only a lin
tied acreage of hay is grown.
The equipment required includes
only moving machine. rake. pitchfOrk,
wagon and rack. and. in most cases,
unloading apparatus such as hay forks
or sings.
Nearly everyone is familiar with
this system, which consists merely Of
pitching the hay on the wagon with
hand forks and hauling to stack or
barn, where II is either pitched or
by hand or unlOaded with horse forks
or sings.
While IL can be used under almost
any conditions. this system involves
a large amount of irksOme hand labor.
and for this reason. as well as the
greater expense of labor. it should be
replaced by some other system when
ever practicable.
Loading With Hay Loader.
The second system consists of load
ing the hay with lay loader. This
method is used most largely in the
timothy and clover hay area. 1t IL
used 10 a certain extent in New York
and PENNSYLVANIA, and Ia Il greater
extent in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa.
In some localities there exists a
prejudice against the loader. The
first leaders put on the market were
not mechanically perfect. and there
fore did not always give satisfaction.
and the delay caused by break-downS
influenced many to abandon their use.
Moreover, the loader often has been
used on uneven or stony ground. with
resultant frequent breaking of vital
parts The use of this loader. under
conditions not recommended by the
manufacturers. also has tended To lin
it it's popularity.
Another. and perhaps tho most i'm
portant. reason for the loader not he
ing used more generally is that To use
ii economically the men ON the wagon
must work very hard while the load
Is being put ON. \ study of the use
of the loader i'm several states has re-
vcalcd the fact that the hired men *
Il rule do not like to work on the load
or. ard for this reason push rakeS and
StackcrS have Supplantcd it on some
farms i'm the middle West.
On one farm il was noticed that
when the owner was absent five loads
were hauled in one afternoon. but
when the owner was present ana
working on the wagon. seven loads
were taken from the field in the same
/ length of time.
AZ present there are two types OF
| loadprS One picks IN the hay with
Il revolving drum studded with spurs
/ of spring wire about six inches long.
/ The other type takes M the hay nv
| means of fOrkiike arrangement fas-
/ tened to long wooden or steel arms
/ The bed Of the carrier is now made
| solid. 81 chat there is little likelihood
/ of losing leaves from alfalfa, clover
! and other lcgume hays.
| The hay loader. under ordinary con
! ditionS. will increase the capacity at
| Il crew about 80 per cent over that at
the same crew pitching the load on by
| hand forks.
The loader IS 4 valuable implement
and IFS saving in labor cost will he
considerable. especially on farms
where labor Is scarce and expensive.
Push Rakes and Stackers.
In system three push rakes and
/ stackerS are used. This system came
into general use Il number of years
ago In the region from about the nine
tieth meridian To the irrigated sections
of the West.
A large percentage of the hay in this
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