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one by which a great saving can be effected. Read the estimate 

 made below, and consider the result. 



Mr. Benjamin Hale's account of the savings tyiade by the use of 

 " Hotchkiss' Straw Cutter," employed to cut Strazo and Haij as 

 Fodder for Horses. 



Mr. Hale is proprietor of a hne of stages running between New- 

 buryport and Boston. He says : 

 The whole amount of hay purchased from April 1, to 



October 1, (six months,) and used at the stage sta- Tons, cwt. q. lb, 

 ble, was ■ - - - - 32 4 10 



At twenty-five dollars per ton, (the lowest price at 



which hay was purchased, in 1316,) - - ^800 00 



From Oct. 1, 1816, to April 1, 1SI7, whole amount 

 of ha}^ and straw purchased for, and consumed by 

 the same number of horses, viz : 



T. civt. q. lb. Cost. 



Straw, 16 13 3 10 ^160 23' 



Hay, 13 14 1 00 350 00 



$510 23 



Deduct, on hand April 1, 1817, by estimation, four 

 tons more than there was Oct, 1, 1816, at ^25 per 

 ton, 100^ $410 23 



Saving by the use of Hotchkiss' Straw Cutter, four 

 months of the last six months, or the flifference in 

 expense in feeding with cut-fodder and that which 

 is uncut, - - _ _ _ $389 77 



Vrhole amount of hay used for the horses of the Sa- 

 lem stage, twenty-five in number, from April 1, to T. cwt. q. lb. 

 Oct. 1, 1816, viz : - 22 



At ^30 per ton, (the lowest price in Salem,) ;» - $660 00 



Whole amount consumed by the same number of 

 horses, from Oct. 1, 1816, to April 1, 1817, viz : 

 T. cwt. q. lb. Cost. 



Straw, 15 13 $187 80 



Hay, 2 15 81 00 $268 80 



Saving in using chopped fodder five months, - - 391 20 



Total saving in using the straw cutter 9 months, viz: 



At Newburyport four months, - _ . $389 77 



At Salem five months, - - - - 391 20 



Total, - - ... ^780 97 



The member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Society, to whom the above account was communi- 

 cated by Mr. Hale, was informed by that gentleman, that he used 

 no more grain from October, 1816, to April, 1817, than was used 

 from April, 1816, to October, 1816. 



[Mass. Agricultural Rep. and Jour., p. 400, vol. iv. 



