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Show FEED CUTTER PROVES GOOD Kafir and Corn Thoroughly Mixed li Suttlng and Calves Clean It Up Without Any Waste. I bought 24 calves last summer, which I put In my food lot on August 15. Somo of theso calves had been on pnsturo with tholr mothers, relates a Kansas farmor In Mall and Breezo. Othors had beon hand-fed, nnd It was qulto a problom to got thom used to a chango of food. Tho feed I had for theso calves was green corn, knflr and pralrio hay. I soon found thero was too much waste In hauling this food Into tho lot and allowing thom to do-tholr do-tholr own picking. I thon wont to my workshop nnd mado tho feed outter Illustrated In the drawing. Tho body is mado of a lxl.-inch board four foot long, with sldos of lxG- A Good Feed Cutter, '- Inch ploces. Ono logvns used at tho' fi back end and two In front, tho latter I extending olght Inches abovo tho J frame. ( Tho knlfo lovor Was bolted to tho j top of tho left-hand leg to allow using: ' tho right hand for cutting. Tho knlfo waB mado of a Bhort pleco of crosscut saw blado 14 Inches long. Tho knlfo 'L p' cuts squaro across tho end of tho box. lL ftE With this mnchlno ono man could cut 4tfK up enough feed for tho 24 calves In UHl from threo to flvo minutes. The feed t "5 wnB cut up In one-half to one-Inch longths and fed In troughs. Knflr and corn wero thoroughly mixed In cutting cut-ting nnd tho calveB cleaned up tho ifr-V? mixture without wasto. Thoy hud this jfc1 green foed until frost killed It, and did fp-woll fp-woll on It v |