at the Chester Meeting, 1858. 



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EOOT-CUTTERS, 



Two prizes were oifered for Boot -cutters, to be worked by hand or horse- 

 power. There were 24 exhibitors, and a hirge collection of machines of dif- 

 ferent sizes and forms was displayed ; their construction and arrangements 

 for altering the sizes of cut being generally good. The following, adapted for 

 "Imnd-power,'''' were selected for trial; a given time — two minutes — being 

 allotted to each ; the quantity cut, the power consumed, the quality of the 

 work, and the price being the points to which we directed our attention. In 

 reference to the shortness of time of each trial we may observe that it was not 

 in our power to afford more, owing to the large number of other trials we 

 had to conduct within a given period. 



Name of IMaker. 



Eansomes .. 



Warner 



Samuelson . . 



Barnard 

 Carson 

 Picksley - . 



(Sheep 

 \ Cattle 

 Cattle 

 ( Sheep 

 \ Cattle 



"Weight 

 Cut. 



lbs. 



93:^ 



143i 

 17l| 

 101 

 116 

 142f 

 138J 

 97i 



Power 

 Required. 



•4 



•125 

 •14 

 •3 



125 



Quality of 

 Work, 10 

 indieating 

 perfection. 



8 

 8 



10 



9 

 9 



£. s. d. 



6 6 



5 11 



6 5 6 



4 10 



4 10 



4 10 



The Prize of 3Z. was awarded to . . 2 

 Highly Commended 19 



{I 



Commended 



The competition in the class of Eoot-cutters adapted for " horse-]")ower " 

 was more limited, these machines not being so portable or so extensively itsed 

 as those of ;i smaller size. Two only were entered for competition, and 

 were tested in the same manner as the preceding, exccj)t that the time of work- 

 ing was increased to three minutes. 



The Prize of 3^ ■was awarded to the machine 



Art. 

 17 



Manufactured by 

 Rausomes and Co. 



EOOT-PULPERS. 



In the class of machines for pulping or grating roots there were no less than 

 23 exhibitors, indicating that this description of machine is not only highly 

 approved, but is steadily increasing in public favour. There were several 

 different forms of construction, and various modes of effecting the work. 

 Some cut the roots into small solid pieces, more properly mincing them, while 

 others divided them in much thinner slices and a more efiicient manner. 

 Their construction throughout w^as good, and the machines were well adapted 

 for farm work. 



