Horse Hay Forks and Stackers.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 233, 17 December 1887, Page 2

Horse Hay Forks and Stackers.

Us our last issue, in reply to a oarresn^na^^ asking f<^^for^i&ivswi#||- i-eferetoed} too the horse flaj^oi^ j^d^dof^ck irfenl^Sed' • •by Mr wJ^iW^infiistci&artss publfeii^d in the,*OclpbW dumber off ?he . FAKXBBfcj 4 respecting the hay -.s a eepi. of which wo recently gave an illustration and description, we promised this month 'to give enpvavings of tlie m mTp"lcraen'ts in question. 'A'e now redeem t>»St promise, feeling sure that a great labour an liaymak&ig • operations wontd be cflectecl by the u^s of these and ttiKhy obh'cr 'ufeahauical' contrivances ■which 'have found favour ay ith the bhiewd American farmrrr' The' illustrations are copied . Iroai -the cseful work we have previo-cs'y rt fen eel to, Faun Implemenfce ! and Tkvm by J, J. Thomas.

Titchin^r hay f » o t u a wairaon or cr.vt h, fis all foimci-fi know, \ei) l,iboiio;K•which, by th> u-o of iho iun-o hu\ foik, i-> avoided, \-. hilo r«nu-li v.tv.r e^-p'-di ion in in hay seen c from the injononv ellect^ ol wet \; oatl-.tr is attained . Thomas <*ayf the cfitc^ive foiro of ;' lo: c o i- # at lea^t Jive timo c a- n<- iliai o t <- «tioiv/ man;. and if half nn hour it> u^wally rfqulrcd for him to unload ;i ton of hay, then onjy f-ix iw nut Vvould be nOv'C-»u-y to accomplish the buiiio \ c^niL hoi-c power. Arti-.-u cm eu'nci.i \c?y neail\* accords v, ith tJ-.is.G^imnle These ijoisc v tch-fo 1 -> a»c c f<r I u*ed for unload 1)'; hri^ from^a^rn- an, l phu me It under cover m l-.tls. ]n u-.inp; ihcm for this .puipofe n iojio i^ 7) >*--p<l through a puHei block Rlfacliv? ! i .1 J.'ttc. r.boui two feet within tli^ onto; ed;jo 01 iho door or apeit-nre in +he loft thiou^h wliicn the !iay is intended to be taken 111. The io]v> then juastes do \n to ihe botto n oi: l'ic Lail'Hpfr

outride, \inil thio'iirh another pulley block fixed there, and a int'.c is attached to he end of if". To {be <>lhci ei»d r- attached the hay-furk, uhi'h when loaded with hay is drawn up to the requite i height by simply makino- the hoi^e wall: in a dneclion avray from- tire building. Pahiv r'c forl, reft rred to and lecommen'led in oi.r last l-sue, is a great impro\ement upon tho lii^fc contrivance.cf thi-3 kind bioucrl.*" intense in tho States. It is repr>enied in ii^uie 1, the right' hand cut "howinir it^ po-ition vJicn ascending loaded with lm\ tho left liand show in^ it it h_ the J\»ee ]^}J)k Ji rr 0 cc con " tract cd, by a jerk oTthe cord Tast^ned to it for that purpo-o-, thurf t>mp Lying the. load This-fork,'from thephortr.es.sof the handle, is specially adapted for pitchii.^ under roofs. Mr Ivey al«o recommends D((u ddvy s Hay Ebyator, shown in figure 2. This nn plement is bailed by Thomas a rtoubio foik whicfe_clas^s the load of hay like theelaws -of a bir.d. This , civs of fork is better adopte -he says, to pitching short straw, especially those which, like Raymond's, have several teeth ; but more time is required for /fchrus{iing in two forks than one. This writer points out that in using these forks- the work is much facilitated by pro viding a board, to be placod vertically against the face, of the building, on which the forkful of hay moves upward as the horse pulls -on to the hauling rope. "In pitching tnto a window the bottom of this board slide should be placed out a few feet

from«sb& ??uildir,g,' and the top should rest on thjO^Jb^se the window." Whenever possible, the tail end of thxr wago'n'br'.'oaft should be placed towards'tihe wind&wv^~May~mfty be thus easify pitched to an&i&sjg&t desiced^a 'point, which con-, etitutesji great ad vantage, in favour of the, horse^'fox^ q 4 ja^ujst band pitching. j Pmmßi^fiaiJ'Mackkr is represented ih f | figu r&W • *W^ W told" it is lar gely ufeed in 1 the Hfi^tQim . , States df /America, where large^i«iutj^|eB oj^hay-are; stacked 'oat of < doorsl^JCß^is & .previously 4.W, ferre"Cr^* w *7^e^it&vnilita^e's of this "con-^ trivat^^^%fc»tKy^™^^ It tvj^^ivq^^ h^p&i^ire»{swlH|s down to prevent tipping, and-lSff^JSify ' drawn on the sills as runners, to any part of the farm. The horizontal motion of the

crane Is effected •as follows : — Two ropes are attached to the whiffle tree, one, a stoxrtig one, to eitvate the hay, running on t&o pulleys ait B, C, aud D (see cut) ; and 1810 other, a smaller one, passing the swivel pulley at A., on the end. of the lever B, extending f pom the foot ot the upright shaft. This ccMfd tSien passes up -and over a pulley weight E. Theweightisaboutfour pounds), «!n.d ig a^ch^d ,ip £he A en(i>of js*e smtflle^-fcor&vvfN^fej th^ eaaie, ftitft'e /tiiat tiife j 'horse, in drslvins, festfUvigi | its loa^of hay, tjilc wedgfi^ Ejteffaiserl'unFil it strikes thespullejvwhen tiio j!>ower<of tli£ horse ijecontei' appiiefl 'to the end "off tKe lcvec^B, causing it 101 0 revolve, and saving the lmy 'over the stack. As tho horse backs, the "weight drops again to the ground, taking uptheslackrope from under the horse's feet, ', awdthe weight of thb foi'k causes the arm of tfce derrick to revolve back over" the load. The intended height for raising the hay, be{oroswinging, is regulated by lengtheningor--shorteniug the smaller cord, as thenrm will nofc l'ovolve until the ' weight Strikes the pulley under the head block." \Yo see no reason why these implements' and appliances should not bo made in this count) y, or if thoy were asked for byfarmers of tho hardware merchants th<£y would no doubt &oon be procujed from Amci-ica. Tho derrick., it seems to ' us, could c ifcily be constrv.cted by' any fairly ingenious man, on his own farm ; and there could not be a more instructive occupation tor farmers' sons than the making and perhaps de\iting impiovements U[>on the. B o labour-£>a\ing mechanical contrivances. Would that our State schools might devote moie attention to tho instruction of chikhen in practical mechanics ! As a means of making useful and self-reliant olonis^R such tcwihing wt'iild lcavo other subject 5*5 * of our echool curriculum (such as "anahsis of eimplo and complex sentences '') nowheie.