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f -incli fingers for sheep, or double the size for cattle, or to slice 
the full size of the roots. A plate at the end of the machine lifts 
out to give access to the inside of the barrel. The barrel is 
easily removed, the lower brasses being held in their places by 
a clip, which only requires to be unscrewed to release the 
brasses, and the barrel falls down. 
The root cleaner was strong and well made. It appeared 
calculated to clean the roots properly, and thus facilitate one of 
the most tedious operations upon a farm. The cutter, or slicer, 
was simple in construction, and easily changed by any farm 
labourer, either to cut for sheep or cattle, or to slice, as required. 
The combined machine appeared in every way thoroughly prac- 
tical and useful. 
William A. Stone, Prague, Austria. Dolberg's Patent 
Farmer's Railway : Rising Switches. (Art. 7210.) — This is a 
contrivance for enabling a turn-out to be made from a main line 
Fig. 11. — Dolbei-ff's Patent Fanners Railway. 
without interfering with the rails. It consists of a pair of points 
the extreme ends of which are hinged to pieces of ordinary rail 
by rule joints. The hinged points are made to lie on the top 
of and to embrace the main rails on which they are laid, and are 
provided with substantial lateral handles turned the same way 
for lifting them on and off. The butt ends of the tongues are 
provided with pivot pins attached to their sides, and turned 
dowTiwards so as to enter holes in a plate sleeper about 10 inches 
wide, Y^-inch thick, stiffened by angle irons, and channelled trans- 
versely so as to hang over the main rail which is being crossed, 
and to hook on to the other rail which is being left to one side. 
This plate has riveted to it a short pair of rails whicli extend as 
