at the Chester Meeting/, 1858. 



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The machines were generally well constructed, very efficient in their work, 

 and well calculated for the purposes for which they are intended. The 

 advantage of such machines to the farmer for cnishing oats or linseed for 

 feeding purposes, both as regards his stables and his cattle-sheds, cannot be 

 too highly estimated. 



Oilcake Breakers. 



Two prizes were offered for Oilcake Breakers : one for machines to be used 

 by hand-labour for common English cake, the other for machines suited for 

 larger cakes, such as the American, and adapted for horse or steam-power. 

 The " hand-power" machines were tested first. These were each -worked for a 

 given time {three minutes), and the weight of cake passed through the machine, 

 the quality of the work done, and the power consumed, duly noted ; %\ith the 

 following results, — 



Art. 

 The Prize of 3/. was awarded to the machine 15 



Highly Commended 3 



Commended 16 



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Manufactured by 

 Nicholson. 

 Bentall. 

 Smith and Ashby. 



The machines, of which a great number were exhibited by 27 different 

 makers, Avere in general well constructed, and did good work. In some of 

 them the absence of a screen to separate the small pieces and dust rendered 

 the sample inferior ; this point should be attended to, especially when the cake 

 is intended for sheep-feeding in the field. 



Unfortunately very little thick cake could be had for the trial of the larger 

 machines, consequently those adapted for such cake were Avorked at a com- 

 parative disadvantage, as the thin English cake was mostly iised. The time 

 in these trials was limited to tivo minutes breaking for sheep. The other 

 points of observation were the same as the preceding. 



