258 Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Norwich, 1911. 



after working the machine. The reduction of the number of 

 parts in contact Avith the milk is certainly a step in the right 

 direction. 



Article No. 4119. — Machine for^ Dressing Mangold Seed. 

 Price 221. 10s.— Exhibited by F. M. Dossor, St. Catherine's 

 Works, Doncaster. This is a machine for the cleaning of 

 mangold seed by the extraction therefrom of stalks, sticks, 

 and other impurities. The seed is fed from a single hopper to 

 the cleaning sections, which are arranged on both sides of the 

 central frame. The separation is effected by running belts, 

 which, acting in conjunction with covers and check-boards, 

 allow the good seed to escape purified from the fronts of the 

 machine, but retain and concentrate the impurities, which are 

 delivered at the side of the machine by a cross belt arranged 

 for their reception and discharge. The cleaning sections may 

 be simultaneously adjusted to any required angle by the move- 

 ment of a hand-wheel. The machine discharges all outputs 

 direct into bags, and the makers claim that it has a capacity of 

 45 cwt. per hour. The power taken is very small, and the 

 machine can easily be worked by a boy. 



Article No. 4642. — Wire Strainer. Price 18s. M. — Ex- 

 hibited by Albert Irving Muntz, Stype Grange, Hungerford. 

 This is a very handy and simple instrument, and one well 

 calculated to simplify the work of erecting strained wire 

 fencing. It requires only one man to work it, i.e., the same 

 man can both strain the wire tight and attach it permanently 

 while strained to the straining post, and it does not necessitate 

 making any knots or bends in the wire. It can take up an 

 unlimited amount of slack wire. It is applicable to all posts, 

 or standards, up to 9 in. square, or 9 in. diameter, whether 

 square or round : and whether the wire is to be stapled to the 

 face of the post or passed through the centre of it. Its 

 simplicity, rapidity of action, and universal application make 

 it a most interesting appliance, and one likely to he of great 

 use wherever wire fencing is used. 



New Implements. 



A walk through the machinery section of the Show showed 

 that an increasing number of manufacturers are turning their 

 attention to small engines for the use of agriculturists, and 

 there seems to be a tendency to adopt the two-cycle motor, 

 and to so design it as to be capable of using the cheap "crude " 

 and "heavy" oils, and it seems probable that the development 

 in the immediate future will be on these lines, more or less 

 incorporating the Diesel system, which offers many attractions 

 to the designer of motors for use in farmyards, &c. Amongst 

 these advantages are the use of very safe and cheap fuel, the 



