at the Chester Meeting, 1858. 335 



five straps, and but few riggers. Euston and Co. have a lever motion giving 

 a vertical jump, as well as the ordinary Avorking, to their shakers ; they have 

 great riddle surface, a rotary screen, also a barley-hummeller, smutter, and 

 blast, all on one shaft driven by six straps ; this was withdrawn after the 

 preliminary trial. Humphries and Co.'s little compact machine we have 

 named ; their riddles are universally known and esteemed ; their shakers 

 are boxes with iron slats ; and their smut-machine is very complete ; there 

 are seven straps for every purpose. Boby and Co. have an endless "web 

 instead of shogging-board ; the belt has strips of wood across it at intervals ; 

 Milliugtou's corn-screen is attached, all driven by five straps. In Haywood's 

 machine (which was the first tried) — both the finishing-riddles and shogging- 

 boards are vibrated by connecting-rods and levers from the rocking-bars of 

 the shaker, as a means of avoiding rigger-shafts and bearings ; this is objec- 

 tionable. Savory's table-shakers are a novelty, being of slats and cane, having 

 a shogging-board attached beneath, and jumping with it ; the riddles are also 

 of wooden slats, with cane slips lengthways in four steps ; it has a smut and 

 cleaning-machine ; the machine is worked by four straps. Fowler and 

 McCollins' machine has a horizontal sling to hold the shogging-board, instead 

 of guides, to keep it from shaking sideways. Garrett and Sons' has singular 

 box-shakers, which work most efficiently ; the drum and other shafts are 

 driven by eight straps from an intermediate shaft, thus relieving the drum 

 bearings from much friction. Gilbert's shaker is of longitudinal wood slats, 

 Avith wires crossing through them ; the drum-shaft projects so as to permit a 

 small rigger and baud to drive the elevators. Hart and Gibbons prolong their 

 drum-shaft, aud have three riggers upon it, which is by no means commend- 

 able ; the shaker-boxes are sheet-iron slats, with Avire-rod inclines for holding 

 up and dividing lumps of straAv ; the riddles are of Avood slats across, and 

 beech strips lengthAvays ; it projects eudways, aud the riddle of a AvinnoAver 

 is affixed to it underneath. Cambridge has a good riddle, consisting of Vene- 

 tian wood slats, Avith half-round cane strips running lengthAA'ays. 



We were A'ery glad to be relieved from the difficult duty of reporting on the 

 mechanical construction and excellency of Avorkmanship of the Avliole class of 

 machines, Avhich would have placed us in no A'ery enviable position Avith 

 the makers, and could have led to no satisfactory results. We Avould also 

 here remark that our notes appended to the tabular form Avere taken doAvn at 

 the moment of adjusting the number of points. 



We will now give the adjudications of the prizes as brought out by the 

 points in the tabular statement. 



In Class No. 0, for the best Portable Thrashing-Machine, Avorkcd by horse- 

 poAver, not exceeding that of 6 horses, the number of points obtained Avere as 

 foUoAvs : — 



Messrs. Garrett and Sons 290 



Messrs. Eansome and Sims 271) 



Messrs. Wallis and Haslam 259 



Mrs. John Weighell 257 



In Class Xo. 7, for the best Portable Thrashing-machine, not exceeding 

 eight-horse poAver, for large occupations to be Avorked by steam poAver : — 



Messrs. Clayton, Shuttleworth, and Co 438 



Messrs. Humphries and Co 433 



Messrs. Eansome and Sims 399 



Messrs. Hornsby and Sons 399 



Messrs. Garrett and Sons 358 



Messrs. Barrett and Co 343 



