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Show STALK CUTTER. j' One Which Will Chop Them Up on BSl, the Ground. HH The nccontpanylng Illustration Is n BB sketch of a stalk cutter which I have HB used for two seasons and have found It HH. entirely satisfactory, write a farmer Hflin In I'ralrle Farmer. Tho knives ami HHf lnl(e coat about two dollars. The tlm. HBL her I cut In tho woods, shaping It with HHf. an nx, and bo cost nollilng except tho HHL A Is a section from a log, and Is 32 Inrhen lonK and 12 Inches in diameter. BBjf 11 mu' " nr0 tlmbors G Inches square HH- and 'cot long, mortised to receive B' 1 Plan or a Field 8tack Cutter. HBj ,. tho cross pieces C, C, 0, which aro HH J four Inches squaro and iS Inches Ion?, HBT lx Inches of each end being workod Bflf, down (o a tenon, D In a short tonguo, BBi': tho cotnplcto length of which Is five or BBfff ' 'c)t. This frame Is fastened to- IV gcthcr with lralts. II, II arc two Iron hooks to drag fallen stalks Into line. A round 1-Inch I Iron pin Is drlvon Into tho center of each end of tho log and revolves In 1K-Incli holes In II, I), ; Tho knives E, K, E, of which thoro ! aro five, aro. 30 Inches long and aro cut from a bar of stalk cutter slool, I I', F. F, two for each knlfo, nro wooden fs pieces holding tho knives, Those must i D be mado of hickory or other strong I wood, and aro IV, Inches long. 3 I Inches wldo and 2 Inches thick. One I end, 2A Inches long. Is mado round to I fit a 2 Inch augor hole In tho log, Tho R other end has a narrow opening to re- r fcelvo tho knlfo, which Inclines forward at an angle and Is fastoned with a k small bolt pnsalng through tho knlfo I - and tho support F. The odgo of tho I knlfo should extend ono Inch from tho h end of P, I One-Inch Iron or wooden washers I aro put on the Iron pins between tho I ends of the log and Uio sjdos of tho I ; framo. Itemovo tho hind whools and 1 1 coupling pole from tho running gear I of a wagon and, putting D beneath tho I round hound, couplo to tho front wag- I on gear. The driver sits on a sack of I hay placed on tho wagon bolster, Tho I knives must bo made sharp to begin 1 with,' afterwards they aro self-sharp- t eolag. |