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A tractor-drawn implement for breaking up caked litter on the floor of a poultry house includes a stationary blade which passes beneath the surface of the litter and a rotary rake whose tines are flattened and are inclined at an oblique angle to radial planes of the rake. The tines break up caked li

A tractor-drawn implement for breaking up caked litter on the floor of a poultry house includes a stationary blade which passes beneath the surface of the litter and a rotary rake whose tines are flattened and are inclined at an oblique angle to radial planes of the rake. The tines break up caked litter as they turn; their inclination causes sweeps the litter particles toward one end of the blade, away from the wall of the house.

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1. An implement for engaging and lifting litter from the floor of a poultry house, the implement comprisinga base plate, a stationary blade affixed to the base plate, and a rotary rake for breaking up caked litter lifted from the floor by the blade, the rotary rake having an axis of rotation and. a

1. An implement for engaging and lifting litter from the floor of a poultry house, the implement comprisinga base plate, a stationary blade affixed to the base plate, and a rotary rake for breaking up caked litter lifted from the floor by the blade, the rotary rake having an axis of rotation and. a plurality of tines extending in substantially radial directions, wherein at least a majority of said tines have a tip portion whose cross-section is substantially flattened and has a major axis which is aligned at an oblique angle to a radial plane of the rake.