. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 512 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. Fig. 260 (1250.) Lever Tttrnip-tlicer. One of the cheapest and most efficient turnip-slicers Is represent- ed in fifj- ;i9. It was brou^fht before the Higliland and Agricultural Society of Scotland by Mr Wallace of Kirkcoiinell. as an iaiprovcment on a prei-xistinf^ machine of the same kind.' It haa since undergone some farther improvements in the hands of James Slight and Company, Edin- bargh ; and for th
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 512 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. Fig. 260 (1250.) Lever Tttrnip-tlicer. One of the cheapest and most efficient turnip-slicers Is represent- ed in fifj- ;i9. It was brou^fht before the Higliland and Agricultural Society of Scotland by Mr Wallace of Kirkcoiinell. as an iaiprovcment on a prei-xistinf^ machine of the same kind.' It haa since undergone some farther improvements in the hands of James Slight and Company, Edin- bargh ; and for the purpose of regular and perfect slicing of turnips, it niaj' be held as as the beat and cheapest now employed. The machine as produced by Mr. Wallace, is represented in fig. 259 ; where a h is the stock or sole of the machine, about 34 inches long. 6 inches broad, and 2 inches in thickness. The sole is in 2 pieces, connected by an iron bar or strap a c, whioh is repeated on the opposite side, and the whole bolted together, as in the fisiure. The 2 pieces forming the sole are separated longitudinally from each other, so as, with the two side-straps of iron, to form a rectangular opening of 9 inches by 6 inches, bounded on the two ends by the part* of the sole, and on the two sides by llie side straps, which, to the extent of the openinc, are thinned off to a sharp edge, and thus liurra the two exterior cutters d. c, as seen in tig. 260, whick is a transverse section through the cradle of the machine. The sole is supported at a hight of 2 feet upon 4 legs, tig. 2.')9, and the lever d e is jointed at d by means of a bolt passing through it and the ears of the side-straps, as seen at (/. The lever is 4 feet in length, its breadth and thickneaa equal to that of the sole, but is reduced at the end c to a convenient size for the hand. Two cut- ter blocks /'and y are appended to the sole by mortice and tenon, and farther secured by the bolts which pass through the side-strap at that p
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