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knife will be required with loose hay to cut down the stack, and if 

 the straw is very dry and dusty it may be sprinkled with water 

 before being fed into the machine. 



There are numerous makes of chaff-cutters, from the majestic 

 portable or stationary cutter and bagger, driven by steam, and 

 putting through a ton or more an hour, down to the humble Chanel 



power machine, which turns out less than this quantity in a day. 

 There are, in the chief hay-growing districts, travelling chaff-cutters, 

 and if the farmer can get one of these to cut up his crop by contract 



