This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
Chaff-Cutting Machine, as its name denotes, is a machine for cutting chaff for cattle, which being an object of some consequence on large farms, and in establishments employing many horses, a variety of machines have been invented for the purpose of performing the operation with facility and dispatch. For a highly-improved machine of this description, see the article Straw.
 
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