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composed of round iron rods three-eighths of an inch in 

 diameter, which are fixed into five or more circular grooved 

 ribs or bands, and sufficiently apart to admit of the dust 

 passing through, but retaining the wheat. The interior of 

 this concave consists of five convex plates, exactly fitting 

 the inclosed space, and placed at the distance of about 15 to 

 18 inches from each other. The upper plate which first re- 

 ceives the grain is corrugated. The others also are grooved, 

 and, in addition, are supplied with small conical projections, 

 or " nipples;" and six iron rods or beaters (three on each 

 side) which pass through them from the upper to the lower 

 convex plate. Through the centre of the whole, and fixed 

 to them, passes the shaft or spindle, on the top of which, 

 above the machine, is the drum, which connects it with the 

 motive power. In each of the compartments, between the 

 convex plates, and fixed into the shaft, are fliers, for the 

 purpose of driving the grain against the "concave," and for 

 expelling, by the blast, the dust betweea the rods. 



The motive power being applied to the drum, the machine 

 is set in motion at the rate of 550 revolutions per minute. 

 The wheat, being poured upon the upper corrugated plate, 

 is conveyed up a projecting flange into the first compartment 

 below, where it immediately comes in contact with thp fliers 



and beaters, by which it is projected against the sides, and 

 is from them again thrown back upon the rough surface of 

 the corrugated convex plates. The centrifugal force of 

 these flings it again to the circumference in an agitated 

 state, heightened by the action of the rough surface of the 

 convex, and ot the fliers and beaters. It finally makes 

 its way by the flanges into the second, third, and fourth 

 compartments, receiving in each of them the same rough 

 treatment, and subject all the time to the strong blast of the 

 fliers, which expels every particle of dust, through the rods 

 of the concave, that the scouring process has separated from 

 the grain ; so that when the latter passes into the receiver 

 below, the sample, as we saw it, it presents a perfectly clean 

 appearance. 



We understand that this machine, which is of very 

 recent origin, is now under trial in several of the largest 

 mills in the kingdom, and that thus far it has been highly 

 approved. The success with which Mr. Child has applied 

 his mind to the subject of cleaning and separating grain from 

 dirt and seeds, leads us to expect that in the present in- 

 stance he will be equally fortunate, and that the difficult 

 task of perfectl}' divesting it of that pest of the miller, smut, 

 by one operation, will be accomplished. 



MR. DUDDING'S SALE OF SHORTHORNS AT PANTON. 



The long-wished-for Michaelmas summer seemed to 

 set in Friday, Sept. 7, just in time to give eclat to this 

 great Shorthorn gathering. In fact, it was a little too 

 hot, and those who had brought umbrellas, owing to 

 the drizzle in the morning, were fain to put them on 

 parasol duty. The harvest kept many at home, but 

 still the ancient love of a sale was all potent among the 

 Lincolnshire men, and at least 400 did justice to a very 

 elegant lunch in the double marquee which was pitched 

 in the park. Mr. Torr of Aylesby, cousin to Mr. 

 Budding, presided, and got through the toasts with 

 speed and felicity combined. The Queen, " the best 

 woman in the world," was duly honoured, and so was 

 Prince Albert, Mr. Turner (the landlord of Panton), 

 Mr. Wetherell, and Mrs. and Mr. Dudding. In pro- 

 posing the health of the latter, the chairman confided to 

 the assembly, amid much merriment, that he had never 

 seen " such an attractive band of females as the heifers of 

 Panton," and they endorsed his opinion pretty decisively 

 before nightfall by an average of 50 gs. It is rather 

 remarkable, that the 80 females fetched exactly two 

 guineas short of 4,000 gs., and that the 14 bulls should 

 have also averaged 50 gs., with three guineas to spare. 

 Those who had time to dwell on coincidences also ob- 

 served that lots 32 and 47 each fetched a corresponding 

 amount of guineas. The supplemental catalogue con- 

 tained two heifer and seven bull-calves, which made 

 226 gs. in all, thus bringing up the grand total to 

 £"5,180 lis. 



Only on the Thursday previous, Mr. Budding's 

 average for rams had been £14 2s. 6d. for 77, and 

 never was such double success so patiently and de- 

 servedly won. Since 1834, pure Booth blood had been 

 his great aim, and Leonidas, Baron Warlaby, Vanguard, 



and Sir Samuel proved the most faithful of adjutants. 

 Baron Warlaby's blood made the sale ; and the two 

 gentlemen who came determined not to be beaten in 

 their honourable intentions towards Lady Mary Bounti- 

 ful and her beautiful daughter, had made their calcula- 

 tions for the two at just 10 gs. more than they fetched. 

 In great bidders, however, the sale was anything but 

 prolific. Few, in fact, of the leading herds were repre- 

 sented at all ; but still Lord Feversham, Capt. Oliver, 

 Mr. Challoner, and Mr. Torr stood in the breach, and 

 fought out some of the principal lots with the most 

 exciting tenacity. 



The ring was formed on the green, between the house 

 and the outbuildings, not far from the little village 

 church, which formed a quaint contrast to the busy 

 life scene of that September day. Five waggons — 

 which never lacked occupants and bidders — were 

 drawn up outside the hurdles. Four of them seemed 

 principally tenanted by Lincolnshire men and theii" 

 friends; but the fifth, just opposite the auctioneer, 

 was the great bidding battery, and Mr. Torr, on 

 behalf of himself and Mr. Challoner, "made some 

 good practice," along with Captain Oliver and 

 Mr. Richardson of Glcnmore, in the course of the 

 afternoon. Among the other visitors we noted the 

 Hons. N. Hill and E. Lascelles, and Messrs. Tur- 

 ner, jun., W. and H. Smith, Sanday, T. Booth, Barnes j 

 Wetherell, Barnett, Naylor, Noakes, Chaplin, Topham, 

 Kirkham, Greetham, Bartholomew, &c. The Wragby 

 inn had a few occupants the night before, but the rest 

 of the attendance was principally from the county, and 

 one shorthorn breeder drove 90 miles there and back 

 in his gig, to the scene of action, changing his horse 

 on the road between Newark and Lincoln. In a few 



