Provo Daily Enquirer | 1893-02-01 | Page 4 | Five Tons of Hay at a Load

fire tona ana of afy ai at a load lead aaron kratz of plumsteadville Plumstead ville bucka county hauls considerable hay to philadelphia and he has for years felt a just pride in the size eize and structure of the loads which as they passed down tile cie doylestown Doyles town and willow grove turnpike excited the admiration and envy of farmers the loads have been growing more leviathan in size and more leaden in weight until they passed the four tou too mark and sunday night one of mr kratis teams team started out from plum ote adville with tho the largest load of hal ha that ever crossed the city line when tw tl twy y aw tho the mountain of hay movin movina ra into the market mr Krates city customers acknowledged they knew khew nothing about hay hauling and their eyes bulged when the load was driven upon the scales the gross weight of the load was pounds tare 2825 pounds net weight of hay pounds almost five tons for every hundred over pounds mr kratz received and for the balanca balan ce five cents above the market price load was drawn by his famous team of four mules and one draft horse doyles town democrat