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countershaft, two separate actions are com- 

 municated viz., a slow revolving action fifteen 

 times a minute to the cylinder, in the interior 

 of which six wooden sticks or spindles are 

 geared to revolve at the rate of 360 times a 

 minute. The writer purchased one of these 

 machines from the makers, Messrs. J. Gordon 

 and Son, London, for ^40, but owing to un- 

 satisfactory workmanship and materials great 

 difficulty was at first experienced with this 

 machine, which is unfortunate, for Mr. Malins- 

 Smith's invention is a very simple and good 

 one. However, by employing a more powerful 

 engine 1 and running the machine constantly, 

 either empty or with small loads of cacao, the 

 working has gradually become easier and is now 

 satisfactory. A single machine at " Diamond " 

 Estate, Grenada, handles easily a crop of 

 1,100 bags. The choice of a good oil engine 

 of suitable horse-power is half the battle with 

 these machines, and the advice of the inventor 

 {Mr. W. M. Malins-Smith, Grenada) should be 

 taken on this point. Contrary to what one 

 might expect with rapidly moving parts, there 

 is less crushing of seed with machine polishers 

 than by the old-fashioned foot method. 



The Barnard machine, invented by Mr. 

 George Barnard, of St. Lucia, consists of a 

 slowly revolving iron cylinder in the lower half 



1 Insufficient horse-power was the trouble throughout, 

 I believe. H. H. S. 



