41 u Rojiort on Steam Cultivation. [Coleman. 



work together a whole clay without being altered. A steam-tap 

 inserted into the man-hole of the engine conveys the steam by a 

 pipe into a joining place under the tank for the purpose of cooking 

 roots, 6cc., for pigs. After the engine is done with at night or 

 at dinner hour, a good supply of water being left in her and 

 about 10 lbs. of steam ; pulped roots are cooked in one of Ames 

 and Barford's xevolving root-pans for pigs. This pipe is also 

 connected with one of their boiling-pans ; these pans and wooden 

 cisterns for mixing pigs' food are supplied with water from the 

 tank above without any labour. 



When the engine is at light work the mill-stones ai'e put on, 

 and these are used almost daily for grinding for hire when the 

 farm has no requirements. 



It has been the practice here for several years to use about a 

 wine-glassful daily of Lefranc and Co.'s anti-incrustation fluid 

 in the water for the engine, which is naturally extremely hard and 

 strongly impregnated with gypsum ; it is thought to be of great 

 service, the tubes having stood six years without requiring 

 drawing. 



The coal-store has an opening close to the engine. A small 

 trough at the corner of this place is kept full of water, which is 

 used to damp the coals when broken small ; they are found in this 

 state to be more serviceable, especially when they have been 

 under cover a long: time. 



Mr. Hemsley uses Howard's apparatus, consisting of windlass, 

 cultivator, 1400 yards of rope, &c,, and Tuxford and Co.'s 

 lO-horse double-cylinder engine. The engine was bought in 

 1858 in anticipation of steam-cultivation, which was not com- 

 menced till the autumn of 1862. The wearing properties of the 

 engine are highly spoken of, the repairs have been moderate, not 

 a new bearing has been required, and the wearing parts are as 

 perfect now as when turned out. One great reason for this satis- 

 factory condition of things is, that the pressure of steam is never 

 allowed to exceed ()0°, it being considered better to reduce the 

 work done by taking less ground, rather than overtax the engine. 



Owing to the small area the cultivating-apparatus is little the 

 worse for wear. The original rope is still in use and likely to 

 last for some years, and no serious breakage of any kind has 

 occurred, nothing more than the occasional overturning of a porter 

 and the necessary wear of the rope. The cost was 



£. 



Engine 300 



Apparatus 200 



500 



