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their own views of the machine in any better form than is ex- 

 pressed in the article headed, " Stiles' Patent Eagle Hay 

 Cutter," and published in the " Farmer and Mechanic," a 

 paper published in the city of New York, and from which ar- 

 ticle they make the following extract ; " In this machine the 

 inventor entertains the most entire confidence, and considers 

 its advantages over all other kinds now in use, as entitling it to 

 the consideration of the agricultural community generally, 

 from the fact, that it will cut any and all kinds of fodder, with 

 equal facility, combining a self-feeding apparatus, which obvi- 

 ates the danger and inconvenience of hand feeding, and a very 

 simple arrangement by which the cutter may be changed, with 

 the greatest facility, for the purpose of cutting the fodder any 

 desired length. By its construction also, the machine when in 

 operation, separates much of the grit and other deleterious sub- 

 stances from the fodder, thereby obviating injury to the knives, 

 which may be readily removed for grinding or other purposes 

 when desired, and which are never liable to be broken or in- 

 jured by sticks, &c., which are frequently found in hay drawn 

 by the horse rake. This machine is constructed in the most 

 substantial and perfect manner in all its parts, and consequently 

 will last a long time with little or no expense for repairs. In- 

 deed the simplicity, efficiency, and ease of its operations can- 

 not, we think, be surpassed by any that we have seen." 



The committee, therefore, would recommend that there be 

 paid to Mr. Stiles, for his " Eagle Hay Cutter," a premium of 

 seven dollars. 



DANIEL ADAMS, Chairman. 



On Horticulture. 



The Committee of the Essex Institute on Horticulture report, 

 that the animal exhibition of Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables, 

 took place at the Town Hall in Salem, on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, September 25th and 26th, in connection with that of 

 the Essex Agricultural Society, in conformity with previous ar- 

 rangements to that effect. 



