The Farmer's magazine . you will excuse the length to which I haveextended this article, and remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, Robert Baker. Writlle, 16th May, 1842. DESCRIPTION OF AN IMPROVE-MENT ON THE LEVER TURNIPSLICER. BY MR. JOHN WALLACE, KIRKCONNELL, KIRKCUD-BRIGHT. (From the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture.) The importance of the practice of slicing turnipsfor the feeding of cattle and sheep, cannot be morestrongly evinced than by the numerous methodswhich have been attempted for obtaining the ob-ject. It is perhaps not very complimentary to themechanical skill of the day to observe
The Farmer's magazine . you will excuse the length to which I haveextended this article, and remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, Robert Baker. Writlle, 16th May, 1842. DESCRIPTION OF AN IMPROVE-MENT ON THE LEVER TURNIPSLICER. BY MR. JOHN WALLACE, KIRKCONNELL, KIRKCUD-BRIGHT. (From the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture.) The importance of the practice of slicing turnipsfor the feeding of cattle and sheep, cannot be morestrongly evinced than by the numerous methodswhich have been attempted for obtaining the ob-ject. It is perhaps not very complimentary to themechanical skill of the day to observe, that theearly modes of slicing were by the hand lever, andthat after going the round of all sorts of revolvingand reciprocating machines, we return again tothe levers. The machine here described is of thatclass, and though it has existed for some years,Mr. Wallace has produced an improvement thatrenders it much more effective in operation thanformerly. The accompanying cut, fig. 1, is a view THE FARMERS MAGAZINE. 417. in perspective of the improved machine, and a transverse section shewing the position of thecutfers. It consists of a stock a />, fig. 1, two feetten inches long, and about (J inches hroad, formedof two pieces of hard wood connected hy an ironhar a c, which is repeated on the opposite edge,and the whole bolted together as in the two pieces forming the stock being withdrawnfrom each other so far as to leave a rectangularopening bounded on the two ends by the pieces ofthe stock, and on the two sides by the iron bars,which, to the extent of the opening, are thinnedoff to a sharp edge, and thus form the two exteriorcutters d e, as seen in the section, fig. 2. Thestock is supported at a height of two feet uponfour legs. Two cutter blocks,/and g, are appended
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