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turned, and cut thirteen pounds of hay in one minute. In this 

 cutter there are eight knives cutting against a rawhide cylinder. 



Gale's No. 5^ hand cutter was tested next, with one man to feed 

 and one to turn, and in one minute the machine cut seventeen and 

 a half pounds of hay. There are two knives in this machine, the 

 edges of which cut against a copper plate. The length of cut was 

 about one and a half inches. This is a machine of superior excel- 

 lence and efficiency. At a second trial, this machine cut twenty 

 pounds of hay in one minute. 



Gale's No. 5 cutter was the next machine tested at cutting hay. 

 This was an old three-knife machine, cutting on copper plate, hav- 

 ing been in use for seven years, and it cut thirteen and a half 

 pounds of hay in one minute, and eleven pounds of stalks in 

 another minute. 



The next machine tested was the Telegraph cutter, which cut six 

 pounds of hay in one minute, one man turning and one feeding; 

 and five and a half pounds of stalks in another minute, cutting the 

 stalks about three-fourths of an inch long. There are three spiral 

 knives on this cutter, and it will operate well with only one knife. 



Daniel's cutter was then tested. With one man to turn and one 

 to feed, this machine cut five and a half pounds of hay in one 

 minute, and seven pounds of stalks. There are three knives on 

 the cylinder, about one foot long, and the knives all cut with a 

 square or crushing stroke. 



Hovey's No. 7 cutter, having ten knives in the cylinder, was then 

 tested. One man turned and two fed. The knives cut the hay 

 three-fourths of an inch long. In one minute this machine cut 

 ten and a half pounds of hay. 



Gale's No. 8 horse power cutter was then tested. This machine 

 has three knives, ten inches long, cutting against copper plates. It 

 was driven by a horse power, and cut in one minute, two men feed- 

 ing, forty-five pounds of hay, and about fifty pounds of stalks in 

 another minute. The fodder was cut about one and a half inches 

 long. This machine operated in a very satisfactory manner. 



hunt's hoosier fodder cutter. 

 This machine was tested on the 1st day of June. The trial was 

 eminently satisfactory to all who witnessed its operation. The 

 chairman weighed twenty-five pounds of pressed hay, which is 

 much more difficult to feed into a machine than hay that has been 

 pitched from the mow. He also held the watch and noted the time. 



