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Implement Show at Bury St. EdmuncVs. 



Trial tuifh Doiihle Action, for Beasts and Sheep (1 cwt. of Mangold). 



Hornsby's disc turnip cutter we thought clearly in advance of any other in 

 scientific construction. It possesses one great advantage in having the angle- 

 knives (similar to Gardiner's) fixed on a bar Avhich is so curved that the knives 

 in cutting the roots tend to draw them to the centre of the disc ; tlae peculiar 

 form of the hopper also much helps to conduct the roots to the cutting sur- 

 faces. The roots do not " roll " in the hopper as in barrel turnip cutters, but 

 fall uninterruptedly to the knives. In every other machine they required 

 more or less hand-pressure to keep them in contact. 



KOOT PULPEKS. 



Amongst the rougli notes made during the trials opposite Homsby's pulper 

 (1592) this remark is written, " Hopper does the work of other peoples' 

 hands ; " inasmuch as the roots fell continuously to the knives, and none 

 of that hand-pressing was necessary without which no' other machine 

 kept the roots in contact with them. In this pulper at the base of each knife 

 is a clearance hole through which the pulped roots fall, and as the knives are 

 so arranged that no two pass over the same track, the ciitting action is very 

 steady and regular. The simple provision of a patent horizontal oscillating 

 bar, which receives its motion from an eccentric on the spindle, having teeth, 

 through which the cutters pass, both prevents the escape of the last piece and 

 clears the cutters. The pulper in appearance much resembles the same 

 maker's turnip cutter, and possesses the same advantageous arrangement in 

 hopper, frame, and disc. It is very strongly made, and produced an excellent 

 sample of pulp. Two of the pulpers were diiven with somewhat less power 

 than Hornsby's, but the quality of the work and the construction of the 

 implement were not so good. (See Table next page.) 



Such are the facts in connection Avith these trials that wc have to lay before 

 the Society after giving to their relative merits our most patient and 

 impartial consideration. We Avere anxious to conclude the trials earlier, 

 "but found that, after giving about tAvelve hours' attendance daily, it AA'as 

 impossible to do so, and at the same time insure an investigation that should 

 be ample and convincing. More time seemed wanting in nearly every depart- 

 ment, not that important Avork Avas hurried, or that decisions of high con- 

 sequence Avere precipitated. On this ground, Ave strongly feel that the Society 

 should either allow more time or provide a larger staff of implement judges ; 



