THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



II. Mr. Joahua East's Report : — 



" 7, Curzon Street, May Fair, May 21, 1857. 



" Having had oue of Mr. Hartas' two-horse powers in use 

 for more tban a twelvemonth, I hare uo hesitation in saying 

 that I consider it the best power of the sort I have seen, being 

 easy to control, and as true in its working as steam, and I feel 

 confident more work can be done with two hoi sea with his 

 power than with three with the old-fashioned horse-power ; 

 with his DO draught being required, the horses working without 

 collars. 



" Up to the present time I have not been at the least ex- 

 pense with the exception of the wooden platform, which was 

 of too soft a material ; but now having replaced with a harder 

 wood, I do not anticipate anything further will be required, at 

 least for a considerable time. 



"30 th May, 



" Having tried my two-horse power, I find that, with three 

 men to feed and fairly worked, it will cut 24 trusses of hay 

 and 8 trusses of straw iu the hour. 



(Signed) " Joshua East." 



III. Mr. Yeoman's Report ; — 



"Guildford Street, Russell Square, May 21, 1857. 

 " Mr. Hartas' horse-power with the present chaff cutter 

 answers very well ; we arc cutting nine trusses per hour with 

 one man feeding and attending, and have uo doubt that as soon 

 as it is publicly known there will be a great demand for them. 

 The horse seems to perform the work without any apparent 

 fatigue, and at any time I should be happy to show it to any 

 person desiring one. (Signed) "Gko. Yeomans." 



IV. Mr. Lysaght's Report: — 



" Mowbray Lodge, Ripon, May 23, 1857. 

 "Mr. Hartas' horse-power has been applied to the following 

 purposes : Threshing, chaff-cutting. Oat crushing, and sawing. 

 I have not often timed the quantity of corn threshed, as it 

 usually is only sufficient to supply fresh straw for fodder ; 

 however, on one occasion, a stack of black Oats, yielding 12 

 qrs. 5 bush., was threshed out in 4^ hours, the straw of which 

 was very long, having beeu grown on fresh land. I have siucehad 

 a straw shaker and a blast attached to the threshing machine, 

 which, though it saves much manual labour, is estimated to 

 absorb about half the horse power. Five-and-forty minutes 

 has been the average time consumed every other day in cut- 

 ting straw into half-inch lengths for foddering 30 head of 

 moderate-sized cattle and four horses (during the winter months) 

 for two days ; estimated weight thus cut, 8 to 10 cwt. Five- 

 and-twenty minutes are very uniformly occupied in crushing 

 1 quarter of Oats. A circular saw 18 inches in diameter has 

 been found very useful for cutting fence wood not exceeding 

 6^ inches in thickness. The advantages I conceive to be the 

 much greater ease to the horse than the ordinary method of 

 applying motive power, the horse's weight in walking on the 

 incline doing the work, without the necessity of any traction ; 

 and no driver being required, a saving of manual labour is 

 effected. The general results have given me great satisfaction 

 during two and a-half years' constant use; and I think the 

 machine is well suited to all the purposes of a moderate-sized 

 farm, whether for fixed or moveable barn works. 



(Signed) "James Lysaght." 



The Ihauks of the meeting were given to Mr. Hartas 

 for the kind trouble he had taken in being present on 

 that occasion, and for his acquiescence in the arrange- 

 ments then made, that he should again attend the Coun- 

 cil at 12 o'clock on Wednesday, the 17th June. 



A Monthly Council was held on Wednesday, the 

 3rd of June. Present : Mr. Raymond Barker, Vice- 

 President, in the Chair ; Lord Bridport, Lord Fevers- 

 ham, Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., Sir Watkin 

 Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., Sir Edward Hulse, Bart., 

 Sir John V. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P., Mr. Barnett, 

 Mr. Barthropp, Mr. Bramston, M.P., Colonel Chal- 

 loner, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. 

 Wren Hoskyns, Mr. Kinder, Mr. Lawes, Mr. Milward, 



Mr. Paget, M. P., Mr. Chandos Pole, Mr. Shuttleworth, 

 Professor Simonds, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 

 Vyner, Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Burch Western, and Mr. 

 Wilson, of Stowlangtoft. 



Fuller Maitland Wilson, Esq., of Langham Hall, 

 Suffolk, was elected a Governor of the Society. 



The following new Members were elected: — 

 Adaey, George, Harley, Much-Wenlock, Salop. 

 Baker, William, Purewell House, Christchurch, Hants. 

 Baily, Rev. Henry G., The Vicarage, Swindon. 

 Beimett, William, Regent Street, Cambridge. 

 Bone, Henry, Avon, Ringwood, Hampahire. 

 Burleigh, Robert W., Halesworth, Suffolk. 

 Bury, Charles, Nazing, Essex. 

 Cockeram, Henry J, J., Ablington, Amesbury. 

 Crisp, William, Chilleaford, Woodbridge, Suffolk. 

 Crosse, Thomas Bright, Straw Hill, Chorley, Lancashire. 

 Doggett, Thomas William, Sandon, Royston. 

 Downes, Samuel, Lancaster-buildings, Liverpool. 

 Buncombe, Phihp P., Brickhill Manse, Bletchley. 

 Edmunds, Ezekiel, Berryfield House, Bradford, Wilts. 

 Edwards, Thomas, Wintercott, Leominster, Herefordshire. 

 Flower, G. F. A., Lewell Farm, Dorchester, Dorset. 

 Gilbert, Thomas Webb, The Close, Salisbury. 

 Greene, Edward, Westgate, Bury St. Edmund's. 

 Hope, Samuel Pierce, Betley Hall, Newcastle, Staffs. 

 Hopkinson, John, Mantou, Worksop, Notts. 

 Lander, Joseph, Burton, Christchurch, Hampshire. 

 Lane, John, Barton Farm, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. 

 Lea, Joseph, Kinderton Hall, Middle wick. 

 Levison, Ludvig, Great Charles street, Birmingham. 

 Macgill, Peter, Crabtree Green, Northwick, Cheshire. 

 Middleton, Henry, Cutteslowe, Oxford. 

 Newton, R. T., Campsfieli, Woodstock, Oxon. 

 Olrick, L., Danish Legation, London. 

 Percival, Ralph, Tetton, Middlewick, Cheshire. 

 Pickert, Ferdinand, 79, Mark-lane, London. 

 Powell, Evan, Trewythen, Newtown, Montgomeryshire. 

 Radcliffe, John, Brandsby, York. 

 Rayer, John, Eastingtou, Northleach, Glouc. 

 RisdoD, John, Manor Farm, Fitzhead, Taunton. 

 Robinson, James, Kirkgate, Loweswater, Cumb. 

 Robinson, Joseph, Lee Green Hall, Middlewich. 

 Rodwell, J. Kirby, Alton Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk. 

 Russell, Robert, Kilwhiss, Ladybank, Fifeshire. 

 Shepherd, Edward, Bovington Farm, Wool, Wareham. 

 Slater, Cyrus, Dunkirk, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. 

 S!ye, William Walter, West-Haddon Lodge, Rugby. 

 Smith, Edmund James, Whitehall-place, London, 

 Steadman, James, Lucton, Leominster, Hereford. 

 Stirling, William, M.P., Keir House, Perthshire. 

 Squire, Edward Frederick, Eaton-Socon, Bedfordshire. 

 Sutton, John, Morton Manse, Saudbach, Cheshire. 

 Swinburne, Thomas Ward, Corndean Hall, Winchcombe. 

 Taylor, William, Thingehill, Hereford. 

 Tomlinson, John, Weaver Hall, Winsford, Cheshire. 

 Walker, Joseph Need, Calderstone, Liverpool. 

 Warren, Reginald Augustus, Preston-place, Arundel. 

 Wilson, Professor, The University, Edinburgh. 



Finances. — Mr. Raymond Barker, as Chairman of 

 the Finance Committee, reported that the current cash- 

 balance in the hands of the bankers was ^"J ,054. 



President. — On the motion of Mr. Thompson, 

 seconded by Colonel Challoner, the following resolution 

 was carried unanimously : — 



That the President be requested to withdraw the offer of 

 resignation made at the last monthly meeting in consequence 

 of his election to be Speaker of the House of Commons, and 

 that the Secretary do convey to him the cordial thanks of the 

 Council for his exertions to promote the objects and welfare of 

 the Society since the period of his appointment, together with 

 the assurance that his attendance at the Council for the few 

 remaining weeks of his Presidential year, though always wel- 

 come, will not be considered indispensable. 



Prizes for Essays.— Mr. Thompson, Chairman of 



