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THE COMPLETE FARMER 



By this mode of boring, good water may be obtained in the 

 middle of the ocean. 



Straw Cutters. The straw cutter is a machine well worth 

 the attention of every farmer, and should be in common use 

 with every person feedir.g stock ; and from the great improve- 

 ment and simplicity of the machines now in use, the work is 

 done with great expedition and facility. It is a subject of great 

 regret to every friend of the agricultural interest, that these 

 machines are not in more general use. Every farmer who is 

 disposed to use fodder to the best possible advantage, and pre- 

 serve his animals in the best health, in all cases cuts his fod- 

 der. For farther explanation of the profits and advantages 

 arising from cutting fodder, the following statement is given : 



Mr. Benjamin HaWs account of the savings made hy the use of 

 Straw Cutters^ em-ployed to cut Hay and Straw as Fodder for 

 Horses. 

 Mr. Hale is proprietor of a line of stages running between 



Newburyport and Boston. He says, 



The whole amount of hay purchased 

 from April 1 to Oct. 1, 1816, (six 

 months) and used at the stage sta- Tons. cwt. 

 ble, was " 32 4 



At twenty-five dollars per ton, (the 

 lowest price at which hay was pur- 

 chased "in 1816,) $800 00 



From Oct. 1, 1816, to April 1, 1817, 

 whole amount of hay and straw 

 purchased for, and consumed by the 

 same number of horses, viz. : 



qrs. 

 



lbs, 

 10 



