730 Report on the Trials of Imj)lements at Bedford. 



Fig. dl. — Section of Messrs. Woods, Cocksedge, and Co.'s Drum-feeder. 



No. 1522. 



A tied bunch of straw, of the thickness of a man's arm, v.as introduced, tut 

 the rollers did not stop it ; but one, of the thickness of a man's leg, was 

 stopped, and could be pulled out again. When an entire tied sheaf was thrown 

 in, the rollers stopped, and the driving-strap was thrown off. A good deal of 

 straw lodged above the drum, because the opening above it was too large. 



This feeder may be fitted to any threshing-machine, at a cost of 51., and is 

 so constructed that the drum may be fed either with or without it, from oppo- 

 site sides. 



No. 5079. Fitiston, Proctor, and Co., Lincoln. — The woodcut, Fig. 42, repre- 

 sents a plan, and Fig. 43 an elevation, in section, of the drum-feeder. 



A is a hopper or box, containing the spindles h, V, P, which carry a number 

 of curved tines, c. These spindles, with the tines, are made to revolve, in the 

 direction shown by arrows, by means of the toothed pinions d ; motion being 

 given from the shaker crank-shaft s, to a i^ulley, p, upon the end of the spindle 

 B. E is a board carrying a number of tines, which are so placed that the 

 tines upon the spindle b^ pass between them, thus preventing any corn being 

 returned over the spindle. F is the drum, and G the concave ; H h^ are the 

 shakers. The feed-board rests upon a spring, so that it yields to the sheaves and 

 may be set lower or higher as required. The spindles are put in and out of 

 gear by a clutch-gearing at the side of the feed-board. A tied sheaf was thrown 

 in ; this at once stopped the spindles bj' throwing off the strap, and in this 



