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cut roots, and is carried round to tlie hopper again, to be forced 
through the knives by other roots. The action is perfect, and 
the result is a great practical improvement in the economy of 
cutting up roots. Messrs. Hornsby state that in ordinary barrel 
machines a thin slice in every three out of five roots is wasted, 
and this waste, when properly passed through the knives, would 
Fig. 18. — Section of Messrs. Hornshi/ and Sons, Limited, New Patent 
Turnip-cutter, No. 5314. 
equal the feed of five sheep in every hundred ; and, taking the 
cost at 6(i. per head per week, effects a saving of 2s. 6c?. per 100 
sheep. I do not know by what series of experiments such a 
startling result was reached. Allowing for its being somewhat 
in excess of actual facts, there can be no doubt that the uncut 
portion as it comes from ordinary machines is not eaten ; and 
when cut up, as it must be in this machine, it will be eaten, 
and to this extent the invention is practical and important. 
In the Report of miscellaneous exhibits at the Kilburn Show 
