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Hay—stack′er.


Husbandry.) A portable derrick for the suspension of tackle in the use of the horse hay-fork in stacking. In the illustration, the mast is braced by a stay rod with lateral supports; the rope is attached to a pivoted sweep and the speed is multiplied by a pulley arrangement which also swings the crane arm toward the stack in unloading and back again as the fork descends.

Hay-Stacker.

Hay-tedder.

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