SMALL TOOLS AND APPLIANCES. 



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fitted in it, the cylinder having a square gudgeon at one 

 end, to which a handle is fitted. To save expense the 

 heavy wheel and handle attached, of a fodder cutter, may 

 be taken off and used on the root pulper, as the two 

 will rarely be used at the same time. The cylinder is 

 closely studded with sharp, chisel-pointed spikes. These 

 teeth are made of one-quarter inch square bar iron, 

 and are three inches long; the sharp edges are worked 

 out on an anvil, and are chilled by immersion in 



Fig. 86. HOME-MADE BOOT-CUTTER. Fig. 87. BOOT-CUTTER SLIDE. 



cold salt water when red hot, the other end being cut 

 with a screw thread. To secure strength, and to make 

 the machine work with more ease, the cutters are screwed 

 in so far as to leave only half an inch or a little more 

 projecting. A still cheaper form is illustrated in figure 

 86. At A is seen the hopper which is without a bot- 

 tom. The slide, figure 87, contains a two-edged knife, 

 and runs in the grooves, G G, in the top of the frame, 

 close to the bottom of the hopper. Near the bottom of 

 the frame is a roller, R, into which is fitted the handle, 

 / This is connected with the slide by the rod, R, The 



