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The reader will readily see the defect in this arrangement, as, with such a steam box, 

 no considerable pressure can be obtained; hence it does not reduce the feed to such a pulp as 

 is desirable. Yet it modifies and softens it very much. My boiler would safely bear a pres 

 sure of thirty pounds to the inch, and, with an iron steam box, the feed could as cheaply be 

 put under that pressure, and reduced to such a pulp as is desirable, as it now is steamed in a 

 wooden box. 



For the benefit of those who wish to feed a large stock one to two hundred head of 

 cattle or more we would suggest an arrangement which will save much labor, economize 

 the material, and produce more uniform results. 



A portable steam engine of five horse-power provided, we will arrange the animals, 

 steam box, food, etc., as follows: 



The stables are in the lower story, on each side of a feeding floor ten feet wide. It 

 would be more convenient to have room behind each tier of animals, to pass a cart, or wagon, 



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to carry off the manure, than to throw it out at the side. A wooden track should be laid in 

 the center of the feeding floor, on which to run the steam boxes. Two holding one hundred 

 bushels each should be provided for one hundred cattle. One would be run under the upper 

 floor to be filled and steamed, and then moved away for use ; while the other could be run 

 to the spot, filled and steamed On the upper floor, the straw cutter would be placed, pro 

 vided with a feeding apron to feed itself, with two bins overhead, one for cut hay or straw, 

 the other for meal and bran. Elevators, to carry up the cut feed from the straw cutter to 

 the feed bin, as fast as cut, would be necessary. 



There would also be necessary a water pipe connected with a pump or an elevated reser 

 voir, to furnish water to moisten the feed. A tank might be placed overhead and filled by a 

 force pump. Then, in a scuttle through the floor, directly over the steam box, there will be 



