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and Hay Cuttcr^''^ is the most durable and best operating ma- 

 chine thdt has come to our knowledge ; and what is worthy 

 of notice, they require but one person to operate them, which 

 is not the case with many other machines ; in this there is a 

 great saving in cutting feed, and likewise the fodder may be 

 cut of any length required ; the knives being placed in front of 

 the machine can be at all times examined and kept in good 

 order. The feeding rollers are so constructed that while the 

 machine is in the act of cutting, the rollers cease to feed, which 

 renders the cutting operation very easy. 



Eastman's Straw Cutter, with improved side gearing and 

 cylindrical knives. This machine is well calcula'ted for large 

 and extensive establishments. Price, fifty to sixty dollars. 



Willis' Vertical Straw and Hay Cutter. It is well constructed, 

 made of the best materials, and of the best workmanship. Fed 

 and worked by one man, works free and easy, and not liable 

 to get out of order. It will cut from thirty-five to forty bushels 

 per hour. Price thirty-five dollars. For the cost, this is the 

 best machine in use. 



This is to certify, that I have used Willis' improved straw 

 cutter the past season, and consider it the best machine for the 

 purpose now in use. NATHAN ADAMS. 



The Common Dutch Hand Cutting Machine, is one of those im- 

 plements in common use, and known to every practical far- 

 mer ; and is considered as good a machine for a small esta- 

 blishment as any in use. Will cut from ten to twenty bushels 

 per hour. 



Safford's Improved and Common Straw Cutter, with side gear- 

 ing ; well approved, and is in very general use. 



Root Steamer. The above cut represents a root steamer, de- 

 scribed in the Farmer's Mas^azine, (a work printed in Scot- 

 land,) vol. xviii. page 74, and'alluded to in page 54 of the pre- 

 sent work. It consists of a boiler, and wooden chest or box 

 placed over it or near it. The box maybe of any size, and so 

 placed as to be supplied and emptied by wheel and hand bar- 

 rows in the easiest manner, either by the end or top, or both, 

 being made to open. ' If the box is made eight feet by five and 

 three deep, it will hold as many potatoes as will feed fifty cows 

 for twenty-four hours, and these may be steamed in an hour.' 



