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smaller ones are worked by hand, and the largest may be 

 driven by horse or steam power. This machine runs easily 

 and cuts uniformly. This is a very important feature in a hay 

 or straw-cutter. It is not liable to clog, and it possesses other 

 advantages which give it a decided superiority over many other 

 machines that I have examined. 



NATIONAL FO D DER - C U TT K R. 



It is manufactured by J. D. Burdick & Co., of New Haven, 

 Conn. Joseph Breck & Co., at 51 North Market Street, are 

 the Boston agents. 



A good root-cutter is another essential labor-saving imple- 

 ment. No good farmer would think of keeping a flock of sheep 

 or a stock of cattle without a liberal supply of roots. The tur- 

 nip, swede and mangold crops are almost as important, in point 

 of economy of farm management, as the hay crop itself ; and it 

 will be found very difficult to keep up and improve the fertility 

 of a farm without them. More than seventy-three tons of man- 

 golds to the acre have been raised in this State, and crops of 

 fifty to sixty tons are not uncommon. If there is any other 

 crop which is of equal value that can be raised with as little 

 labor, I do not know what it is, especially when it is used as a 

 change in the spring of the year, and when it is considered that 



