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Show HANDLE VERY FINE DRY HAY Difficulty of Unloading Obviated by Use of Rig Shown in Illustration Material Needed. Where the hay is very dry and fine It is difficult to unload it with a horse fork, as so much of it slips off the load, writes Henry S. Arnold of Minnesota, Min-nesota, in the Farm and Home. Here Is a rig we used with great satisfaction. satisfac-tion. To fix up this rig you will need a 'piece of chain about six feet long, three clevises, two double harpoon forks and a piece of wood about three Inches in diameter and four feet long. Sharpen down the ends of the stick Original Hay Fork Hitch. so they go through a link in the chain. Leave enough slack in the chain so that the middle is about one and a half feet from the middle of the stick. Fasten a fork to each end of the chain. The forks should be set crosswise to the spreader stick when set in the )oad. Set the forks opposite each oth-; oth-; f on the back end' of the load and then en the front end. The advantages advant-ages of this rig are that it will take a big forkful of hay and take it up clean. We use a sling on the bottom because it cleans the hay off so nice. |