on Agricultural Implements. 



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I. The Turnip-cutter. 

 The test of labour saved cannot, of course, be applied where 

 the labour is applied to a new object. These machines, however, 

 have recommended themselves so widely, that to prove their 

 advantages is almost idle. Still it deserves mention that, in 

 the opinion of good farmers, lambs fed with the aid of a turnip- 

 cutter would be w^orth more at the end of a winter by 85. a-head 

 than lambs fed on whole turnips, the cost of using the machine 

 being but \s. per head, and of the machine itself bl. only. 

 If this be true — and it has not been disputed — this simple instru- 

 ment gives a saving of 70^. an acre upon the turnip crop. 

 Hitherto the Banbury turnip-cutter has stood almost alone, 

 thousands, I believe, being sold in a year ; but in the Exhibition 

 building it has at last found a rival. 



Turnip-cutters. — Three of these implements were tried : that of Messrs. 

 Burgess and Key is upon a different principle to those generally in use ; 

 their implement cuts a very large amount of roots for sheep and beasts at 

 the same time, exceedingly well, and requires a very small amount of 

 power. There is a great facility of changing any of the knives that may 

 become blunt or broken ; and there is a very simple and ingenious method 

 of letting stones or gravel escape before coming in contact with the knives. 

 Price 5/. Both for novelty and usefulness we awarded it a medal. 



Messrs. Samuelson (successors to the late James Gardener, of Banbury) 

 have very much improved that well-known implement. The framework 

 is made of cast-iron, light, portable, and durable, and well adapted for 

 field work. They have also made a great improvement in the facility of 

 getting at, repairing, or adjusting the knives. Price bl. We awarded a medal. 



Mr. Phillipps's turnip-cutter was tried, but could not compete either in 

 construction or work with the other two. 



C. B. Challonee,. 



2. Chaff-cutters. 

 These instruments, which cut straw into very short lengths for 

 feeding stock, are so called because, there not being enough 



Cornes' Chaffcatter. 



