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446 IMPLEMENTS, &c. OF THE FARM. 



Green's Patent Straw, Hay and Stalk Cutter is very 

 simple in its construction, and being made and put together 

 very strong, is not liable to get out of order. By the applica- 

 tion of a mechanical principle not before applied to any imple- 

 ment for this purpose, the machine will cut easily two bushels 

 per minute, requiring only the strength of a boy to operate it. 

 The knives require less sharpening than those of any other 

 straw cutter, owing to the peculiar manner in which they cut. 



VEGETABLE CUTTER. 



Willis's Improved Vegetable. Cutter for cutting large or 

 small roots. The great objection to all other machines is, their 

 cutting the roots into slices, which makes it almost impossible 

 for the cattle to get hold of them; this machine, with a little 

 alteration, cuts them into large or small pieces, of such shape 

 as is most convenient for the cattle to eat. It will cut with 

 ease from one to two bushels of roots per minute. No farmer 

 should be without one of these machines. 



IMPLEMENTS FOR PREPARING FOOD FOR LIVE-STOCK. 



In many cases, indeed we might say in all cases, it is bene- 

 ficial to prepare the food to be used by the animals of the farm, 

 in various ways. The most important class of implements used 

 for this purpose in Europe, is that for cutting or slicing of 

 roots, as they are generally fed in a raw state to sheep and 

 oxen. 



The straw or chaff cutter, is a machine employed for cutting 

 hay and straw into pieces of a given length. By this process, 

 it is found that the dried stems of plants can be more easily 

 consumed by cattle, and, therefore, afford more nutriment 



In this class of machines, the hay, straw, or other substances 

 to be cut, are placed in a narrow oblong trough. They are 



