THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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Some of thesiiga;estions oftered by the implement makers 

 to the committee have been found to be either discordant 

 araonsj tliemselves, or to refer to conditions adopted by 

 the Society at the Carlisle and other meetings ; others 

 are connected either with details of practical management 

 in the stewards' and judges' departments, or with questions 

 on which the committee ai-e not at present prepared to offer 

 any recommendations to the Council ; — but wherever the 

 committee have found it advisable, they have introduced 

 into the conditions and regulations of the proposed prize- 

 sheei. for next year modifications in accordance with the sug- 

 gestions made to them. 



PRIZES FOR IMPLEMENTS— 1858. 



The committee beg to recommend the following prizes for 

 implements at the Chester Meeting : — 

 Portable steani-engiue, above 8 and not exceeding 12- £ 



horsepower .. .. .. ., .. ..25 



Portable steam-engine, not exceeding 8-horse power ... 25 



Second-best ditto 10 



Fixed engine, not exceeding 10-horse power ... ... 20 



S-cond-best ditto 10 



Boiler for a fixed engine, not exceeding 10-horse power 10 

 Portable thrashing-machine, not exceeding 6-horse 



power ., .. .. .. .. .. ..10 



Portable thrashing-machine, not exceeding 8-horse 



power, for large occupations .. .. .. ..15 



Portable thrashing-machine, not exceeding 8-horse 



power, that will best prepare the corn for the finishing 



dressing machine .. .. .. .. ..15 



Portable combined thrashing-machine, that will best 



prepare the corn for market, not exceeding 8-horse 



power .. .. .. ., .. .. ..15 



Fixed combined steam thrashing-machine, for preparing 



corn for market, not exceeding 10-horse power .. 20 



Fixed combined steam thrashing-machine, for preparing 



corn for market, not exceeding 8-horse power .. 10 



Corn-dressing machine .. .. .. .. ..5 



Corn dressing machine, for preparing corn for market after 



being riddled and screened . . . . . . . . 5 



Screen for corn . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 



Screen for seed . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 



Chatf-cntter, for horse or steam-power . . . . . . 5 



Second-best ditto .. .. ,. .. .. ..3 



Chafl-cntter, for hand-power .. .. .. ..3 



Second-best ditto .. .. .. .. .. ..2 



Grinding-mill, with steel or stone grinders, for grinding 



agricultural produce into meal, to be worked by horse 



or steam-power .. .. .. .. ..10 



Grinding-mill, with steel grinders, for grinding agricul- 

 tural produce .. .. .. .. .. ..5 



Linseed or corn-crusher .. .. .. .. ..5 



Oilcake-breaker . . . . . . . • . . . . 5 



Oilcake for common cake . . . . . . . . . . 3 



Bone-mill, to be worked by steam or other power .. 10 

 Bone-dust mill . . , . . . . . . . • . 5 



Turnip-cutter .. .. .. .. .. ..3 



Turnip-cutter, for hand-power . . . . . . . . 3 



Root-pulper . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 



Churn 3 



Cheese-making apparatus . . . . . . . . 3 



Cheese-press .. .. .. .. .. ..3 



Miscellaneous awards for essential improvements in any 



of the implements or machinery exhibited— 21 silver 



medals. 

 Any new implement, such sum as the Council, on the 



report of the judges, may think proper to award. 



Should the Council decide again to offer the prize for the 

 best s'eam -cultivator, the committee recommend that it be 

 offered in precisely the same terms as last year. 



(Signed) C. B. Ciulloner, Chairman. 



CONDITIONS OF THE PORTABLE STEAM 

 ENGINE. 



1. One Kit the portable steam engines must not be more 

 than eight horses nominal power, nor must the diameter of 

 the cylinder be more than 9^ inches. The one above eight 

 must not exceed twelve horses nominal power, must have two 



cylinders, and the diameter of each cylinder must not exceed 

 8 inches. 



2. The tubes in the boiler must not be less than 2} inches 

 diameter, not less thau No. 12 on the metal gauge in thick- 

 ness, nor placed a less distance apart than one inch from each 

 other. The tube plates must be made of either " Loivraoot' 

 or " Bowling" iron, and the " trade mark" of the iron com- 

 pany must be legible ou each plate. 



3. The exhibitor will be required to furnish to the Society, 

 along with the specification, a longitudinal and transverse 

 sectional plan of the boiler, showing the action of the fire 

 upon IL.. flues, and also to state in writing : — 



{(() The thickness and quality of the boiler plates. 



(b) The diameter of the cylinder. 



((•) The leaoth of the stroke of the piston. 



(d) The number of revolutions, and diameter of the cra'jk 



and shaft, which must be made of wrought iron. 



(e) The diameter and weight of the fly-wheel. 



(/) The diameter of the driving pulley (which must not 

 be less than 6 iuches wide, nor move at a less 

 velocity than 1,600 feet per minute\ A second 

 pulley must also be fitted, and which must not be 

 less than 5 inches wide, nor move at a less velccity 

 than 900 feet per minute, for driving chisff-cutting 

 or other machiues requiring a slower motion than 

 can be given by the large driving pulley. 



(g) The uum'jcr of horse-power the engine is calculated 

 to work at. 



4. The engine muat be provided with a good water-gauge, 

 aud with a short piece of pipe fitted with a cock, having a 

 thread to fit the ^-inch gas pipe, for the purpose of fixing a 

 pressure gauge. 



5. If the engine be worked on the expansive principle, it is 

 desirable that the means used for cutting off the steam be of a 

 simple character. No force-pump must be fitted with more 

 thau two valves, and these must be easy of access. If a heater 

 for water be used, it must be so constructed that the engine 

 will work either with or without it. 



6. The Society will be empowered to select any of the 

 engines exhibited, for the purpose of driving other machinery 

 under trial, aud will pay the exhibitor £1 per day for the use 

 of the engine and a competent attendant during the time the 

 services of such engine may be required. 



7. In adjudicating on the merits of the engine, reference 

 will be had to the simplicity of construction and the probable 

 durability of the engine, considered as a whole aud in detail, 

 also the portability of the engine, without losing sight of the 

 strength required for safety, the economy of working, and the 

 price. 



8. The Judges will be instructed to have the boilers filled 

 properly with water, the steam got up to the working pressure 

 of 45 lbs. on the square inch, the engine set to work for a 

 short time, and then cooled down. 



9. The exhibitor will then be required to take the engine to 

 pieces in the presence of the Judges, and withdraw the piston, 

 slide, expansion valve, and pump valves, for examination. 

 Two men will only be allowed to assist in the operation, and 

 the time of taking to pieces and replacing the parts wUl be 

 noted. When the whole is put together the engiue will 

 undergo the tri.^1 of working in the ordinary manner, and in 

 accordance with the practice of former meetings. If after trial 

 the Judges should require any one or more of the tubes with- 

 drawn for examination, the exhibitor shall withdraw such tube 

 or tubes. 



CONDITIONS OF FIXED STEAM ENGINES. 



1. The fixed steam eugine must not be more than ten horses 

 nominal power, and the diameter of the cylinder must not 

 exceed 11^ inches. 



2. The exhibitor will not be required to bring a boiler, as 

 steam will be furnished by boilers supplied by the Society, 

 but he will be required to fix the engine, also to find the mate- 

 rials for doing so, at his own expense, and in such a position 

 in the Trial Yard as may be pointed out to him. 



3. He must also furnish the Society with plans and specifi- 

 cations, fully describing the boiler and fittings that he would 

 supply to bis customer with the engine he exhibits, such 

 boiler to possess the capacity of 25 superficial feet of effective 

 heating surface and J of one foot of effective fire-grate for 

 each horse-power of the nominal power of the engine. No 



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