SMITH & ASHBY, 



[SNT MANUFACTURERS, 



STAMFOBD, LINCOLNSHIRE, 



HAVE RECEIVED THIRTY-SIX FIRST-CLASS PRIZES FOR THEIR 

 HAY-MAKING MACHINES, including— 



ALL THE FIRST PRIZES offered by the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England during the last ten years. 



ALL THE FIRST PRIZES offered by the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of Ireland. 



ALL TH E FIRST PRIZES offered by the Royal Highland Society. 



ALL THE FIRST PRIZES offered by tlie Bath and West of 

 England Agricultural Society. 



ALL THE FIRST PRIZES offered by the Great Yorkshire, 

 Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and other important Provincial Socie- 

 ties witliin the same jieriod. 



THE PRIZE MEDAL of the Great Exhibition of All Nations, 



in London. 

 THE PRIZE MEDAL of the Royal Society of England. 

 THE PRIZE MEDAL of the Royal Society of Ireland, 

 THE PRIZE MEDAL of the Universal Exhibition of Paris. 

 THE PRIZE of 200 FRANCS of the Agricultural Exhibition of 



Paris. 

 THE PRIZE MEDAL of the Jubilee Exhibition of the Imperial 



Agricultural Society of Vienna. 



Smith & Ashby's Patent Exhibition Prize Horse Rake, 



FOR HAY, CORN, COUCH, OR TWITCH, STUBBLE, &c. 

 Mounted on S. and A.'s PATENT WROUGHT IRON WHEELS. 



This Rake has taken the First Pkize of the Royal Society of 

 Ireland the last two years in succession— at Athlone, 1856, and 

 at Carlow, 1855— against all the best Rakes in the Kingdom. 



In addition to the above First Prizes, Smith and Ashby's Horse 

 Rake also received a Certificate of Commebdation ironi the 

 Council of tlie Paris Agricultural Exliibition, 1856 ; the Prize 



Medal of the Great Exhibition of All Nations, in London, 1851 ; 

 tlie Commendations of the Judges of the Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety of England ; the Honorary Certificate of the Royal 

 Dublin Society, in April, 1855; a First Class Prize at the Great 

 Agricultural Meeting in Adelaide, Australia, 1855 ; Prize of 

 the Royal Agricultural Society of England, at Salisbury, 1857 ; 

 and the Prize of the North Lincoln^hire Society, at Louth, 

 1857 ; and above Twenty Prizes from the various Provincial 

 Agricultural Societies where it has been exhibited. 



Smith & Ashby's No. 3 Three-Knife Patent Safety Exhibition Prize 



Chaff-Cutter. 



THE PRIZE MEDAL of tlie Great Exhibition of 1851 was 

 awarded to this Machine; it was highly commended also by the 

 Judges of the Royal Agricultural Society at Exeter, 1850 ; and 

 it cut a greater quantity of Chaff, in proportion to the power 

 required to drive it, than either of the other six tried at that 

 Meeting; taking 593 units of power less than any of the rest.— 

 (See Journal, part 2, jiage 4G3.) The above Machine also carried 



off the FIRST PRIZE at the Bath and West of England Agri- 

 cultural Society's Show, at Plymouth, in 1852; and was HIGHLY 

 COMMENDED at the Show held at Bath, in June, 1854. It is 

 fitted with S. & A.'s Patent Apparatus for preventing accidents, 

 which was so highly commended by the Judges of the Royal 

 Society in their Report of the Lewes Meeting, 1853. — See Journal, 

 part 2, page 328. 



Smith & Ashby's No. 4, Hand, Horse, or Steam Power Chaff Cutter, 



Fitted with two Handles, and S. and A.'s PATENT SAFETY 

 LEVER, and mounted on their REGISTERED IKON FRAME. 

 This is. an entirely new Machine, for Steam, Horse, or Hand 

 Power, fitted with two Handles, and is calculated to cut a larger 

 quantity of Chaff in a given time, and with greater ease, than 



any other Machine yet introduced. In principle it is the same 

 as No. 8, is very easy to work by a man and boy, and suitable 

 for one horse. It is fitted with S. and A.'s Patent Safety Appa- 

 ratus for instantaneously stopping the rollers to prevent acci- 

 dents. 



Smith & Ashby's No. 5 Two-Knife Patent Safety Chaff Cutter, 



Mounted on their Registered Iron Frame, which was HIGHLY I in principle as No. 3. Mouth-piece ten inches, fitted up with 

 COMMENDEDby the Judges at the Royal Show at Carlisle, 1855. change wheels, and S. & A.'s Patent Safely Apparatus, and it is 

 The No. 5 Machine for hand povver is remarkably easy to work considered one of the cheapest Hand Power Chaff' Machines in 

 by one man, and cuts a great quantity of chaff'. It is the same | the market. 



Smith & Ashby's No. 6 Eight and a half inch Patent Two-Knife Chaff 



Cutter. 



Mounted on their Registered Frame. This is one of the cheap- 

 est and most effective Hand-power Chaff' Machines ever in- 

 troduced. In principle it is similar to the above, with all its 

 advantages, but rather less in size, and it comprises all the newest 

 improvements. Can be worked by a lad. 



N.B. — This Machine is remarkably easy to work, was Highly 

 Commended by tlie Royal Society of England, at Carlisle, 1855, 

 and attracted special notice at the Bath and West of England 

 Agricultural Society, at Yeovil, 1856. 



Smith & Ashby's Improved and Registered Double-action Oil-cake 



Mill, for Sheep and Oxen, 



This Machine was Highly Commended by the Judges of the 

 Dublin Spring Show, 1656, and received a Special Prize from tlie 

 Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, at Yeovil, in 

 June, 185C : and again at Newton this year. 



Tlie advantages of this Cake Breaker over all others are— 1st, 

 the sectional construction of the frame, whereby it can be taken 



to pieces and put together again with ilie greatest ease; and^. 

 2n(l, the crackers being composed of only two parts instead o 

 lilCfHT, as in the ordinary ftlill, require no wedging, and ar 

 not liable to get out of repair. It will break for Sheep or Beas 

 by merely roversing the action of the handle. 



Smith & Ashby's Improved Horse Works, 



For driving Cliaff Cutters and Corn Crushers, &c., adapted for 

 One-liorse. A very compact portable piece of Machinery, the 

 ^rame of solid oak, the iron work well fitted, and constructed on 



ilie most approved principle, of great strength and easy working 

 and can be fitted with a long pole to suit two light horses. 



Smith & Ashby's Two-horse Portable Steam Engine, 



(Which has attracted very considerable attention at Salisbury and I Engine is mounted on wheels, answers every purpose of a larger 



York) lor the purpose ot driving Chaff Cutters, Corn Cruslicrs, | one in \\ii.\\t work, while the cost is very conOderably less : It i^ 



Cake Mills, Two-liorse Thrashing Machines, &.C., where a larger simple in principle, and easy to manage. Vessels for cooking hy 



mount of power is not required. This very convenient Steam | Steam can be fitted to the boiler, which is very strong. 



