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MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS 

 EXHIBITED AT SHREWSBURY, 1914. 



The number of entries for the Society's Silver Medal granted 

 for new implements was fifty-two, but, as was the case last 

 year, it cannot be said that there was any epoch-making entry. 

 Taking the two exhibits that were awarded a medal in their 

 catalogue order, the first is No. 261, Stand 6S1, John S. Millar & 

 Son, Annan, Cream Separator. 



This is a cream separator and small petrol motor combined, 

 the motive power being an air-cooled bicycle engine, mounted 

 upon the same stand as the separator ; the fly-wheel has vanes 

 attached which drive the air against a curved part of the base, 

 when it is deflected upwards against the gills of the cylinder 

 for cooling purposes. The belt driving the separator passes 

 round the fly-wheel, under a jockey-pulley which is pressed 

 against the belt by a spring when the separator is running, but 

 held up by a catch, so relieving the belt of tension when the 

 separator is not in use. 



The motor is started by taking a few turns of a rope round 

 the shaft and giving it a smart pull. When the engine is fairly 

 running the catch of the jockey-pulley is released, and the belt 

 gradually takes up the drive, acting as a friction clutch. There 

 is a neat speed-regulator in the form of a revolution counter 

 to regulate the separation. On trial in the working dairy the 

 separation proved satisfactory, the capacity being at the rate of 

 70 gals, per hour. There is a small pulley attached to the fly- 

 wheel which, by means of a counter-shaft for reducing the 

 number of revolutions, could be used for driving a churn or 

 butter drier. 



This would appear to be a useful implement for a moderate 

 sized farm where the proprietor does not wish to install more 

 elaborate machinery. There is no reason to think that it could 

 not be run by any woman who is capable of looking after a 

 bicycle. The price is 30Z. 



The second implement to which a medal was awarded was 

 No. 3929, Stand 295, Harrison McGregor & Co., Leigh, Lanes. 

 This is a Chaff Cutter., complete with self-feeding top and 

 bottom webs, fly-wheel cover, feeding-table, chaff sifter, dust 

 extractor, elevator, chaff-bagger and dust receptacle. Price 

 fi&l. lO.s. It cannot be said that any of these individual items 

 are absolutely new, but they have been combined together in a 

 thoroughly satisfactory manner, the whole forming a compact 

 plant in a small space, and which can be erected upon one floor 

 and attended to without going upstairs. A very good feature 

 is the extraction of the dust directly the chaff has been cut. 



