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cannot be placed readily between the double teeth, the 

 animals are exceedingly liable to get choked. Besides 

 this, if an animal s teeth are poor, they are required 

 to make a great exertion to eat vegetables unless they 

 are cut into small bits. 



The accompanying illustration represents a vegetable 

 cutter, which has given excellent satisfaction, for cutting 

 pumpkins, turnips, and all kinds of roots into small 



FIG. 80. Excelsior Root Cutter. 



pieces for sheep or cows. I think it is the best cutter 

 in market, at the present writing, as J. S. Robertson, 

 Syracuse, !N&quot;. Y., the inventor, has received many pre 

 miums and medals from Agricultural Societies, on this 

 cutter. At the State Fair, Buffalo, it cat a bushel of 

 potatoes fine enough for sheep in twenty-six seconds. 



