. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 650 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. The posu are farther connected by four light Btay rails below ; and th« frame, when thus joined, measures iS inches in width at the inches in thickness. ^ r - • l n frame, when thus joined, measures inches in width at the front, where the rollers are applied, 28 inches in width behind, and 40 inches in length at bottom, bat only 36 inches at the top-nU THE CANADIAN STRAW-CUTTER measured over all. The
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 650 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. The posu are farther connected by four light Btay rails below ; and th« frame, when thus joined, measures iS inches in width at the inches in thickness. ^ r - • l n frame, when thus joined, measures inches in width at the front, where the rollers are applied, 28 inches in width behind, and 40 inches in length at bottom, bat only 36 inches at the top-nU THE CANADIAN STRAW-CUTTER measured over all. The feeding-spout, d, is 40 inches in length, 9 inches in width wiiliin, at the feeding end. and 18 inches behind ; the depth is 4 to 6 inches. (1358.) The acting parts of this straw-cutter consist of the cutting-cylinder c. which is 9 inches in length and 6 J inches in diameter to the edge of the cutters. It is armed with '24 cutters or knives; its axle run.'; in plummer-blocks, bolted upon the posts, and carries the wheel/ of 9i inches in diameter. The pressure cylinder ^ is a plain cylinder of hardwood. burecylinder is funiishcd with a pair of adjusting screws at h li, which act upon the plummer blocks of the cylinder, and afford the means of regulating the pressure of the oiic cylinder upon the other. The sl;afl /, which has also its plummer-blocks, carries at one end a pinion of 3J inches in diameter, which acts upon the wheel /, while, at the other carries the tly-w heel / of 34 inches diameter and 00 lbs. weight. The winch handle m is also attached to the shaft »', and serves to put the machine in motion. (13.'>9.) Fig 282 is a transverse section of the cutting-cylinder, showing the position of the entters and their insertion in<o grooves which are planed out of the solid cast-iron forming the body of the cylinder ; a is the axle, and ii tlie body of the cylinder, which is 4 inches in diame- ter, and has 24 cutlers inserted in its periphery. Fig.
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