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invention of Robert Salmon, of Woburn, who contri- 

 buted much to the agricultural improvements of his day. 

 From that time, chaff-cutting machines, upon the same 

 plan, but differently modified, were gradually adopted 

 throughout the country, until at the present time there is 

 scarcely a large farming establishment unprovided with 



CIIAIT-CUTTl^G. 



a chaff-cutter. This implement may either be con- 

 structed with a good deal of expensive machinery, or it 

 may be made at very small cost. One of the best forms 

 of the modern chaff-cutter, is that known as " Lester's 

 Improved," in which the hay or straw is cut by means 

 of a single knife, placed on the fly-wheel, in length varying 

 from a quarter to three quarters of an inch. The fly- 



