720 Rqjort on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. 



Table XXIX. — Lorries or other Vehicles for the Conveyance of 

 Implements. (Class XXIX.) 



Name of Exhibitor 



Catalogue number 



Order of trial 



Price 



Mean diameter of wheels . . 



Width and thickness of tyres . 



Size of body . 



Area of body 



Height of floor 



Opening of springs 



Size of springs 



Number of plates (spring) . . 



Gauge width of wheel centres on"i 

 ground / 



"Wheel base 



Class XXX. Carts loith Crank Axle and Low Body. — There 

 were seven entries on the list, and four carts were presented for 

 trial : of these two were tested with the dynamometer. 



Only two of the carts were considered suitable for farm pur- 

 poses, the others having neither close sides nor ends. The 

 prize was awarded to W. Ball and Son ; for Milford's cart was 

 far too complicated, and most of its parts were removable, and 

 would be apt to get lost. They were loaded with 21 cwts. of 

 Indian corn in bags. 



No. 1322. W. Ball and Son, of Eothwell, Kettering. — The construction of the 

 body is similar to that of cart No. 1309 in Class XXIII., already described, 

 excepting that the sides are of 1 i-inch elm. The side-boards are movable. 

 The tipping apparatus consists in an upright sword, checked by a lever-spring 

 handle and pin, the same as in cart No. 1309. 



The axle is 2i inches square, and solid through and through. The crank 

 is 1 ft. 2 in. deep, and the length of the axle between the cranks is 4 ft. i^ in. 

 In tipping, the axle turns, being connected to the body. The diameter of the 

 wheels is 4 ft. 8 in., with 2i° inclination to vertical, and the tyre is 4 inches 

 wide and f inch thick. 



On the road its mean draught per ton of gross load was 35"6 lbs., and per ton 

 of useful load 54"6 lbs., with a load on the horse's back of 45 lbs. ; these in 

 the field were respectively 132-3 lbs., 203 lbs., and 35 lbs. 



It is a well-constructed cart, useful for carrying sheep or pigs, and may be 

 turned to many uses on a farm. Its price is 201. 



Prize of 10?. to W. Ball and Son (1322), of Eothwell, Kettering. 



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