HXTiiMELLEE.] IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY [sBEAKiNa macsii,-b. 



ASPHALTING APPARATUS. 

 This is au apparatus used for asphalt floor- 

 in^'-, being well knowu as the best, cheapest, 

 and most healthy flooring for barns. It ren- 

 ders every description of agricultural building 

 impervious to VFet, not liable to decay, and se- 

 cure from the touch of vermin. The materials 

 are cheap, and the cauldron used for it may 

 also be used for boiling cattle-food. The price 

 of 100-gallon size, with working-tools, is about 



£17. 



AXLES AND WHEELS. 



The naves of these wheels are of iron, cast 

 on chills, by which the wearing parts become 

 go hard as to resist tlie file ; the spokes are of 

 oak, and the Iclloes of ash. They are made by 

 machinery, which, from the accuracy this gives, 

 jenders them superior to those made by hand. 

 They are also durable, and run easy. Mr. 

 Crosskill is both their inventor and maker; 

 and upwards of 90,000 of them have been sold 

 for various purposes, and sent to every quarter 

 of the globe. Price, per pair, £8 5s. ; if with 

 tire, 3 by finch, £7 IO5.; and 2^ by finch, 

 £7. An improved set may be purchased for 

 £10 lis. Four pairs of patent wheels and 

 axles, fitted with naves cast on steel pins, have 

 also been highly spoken of. The spokes are 

 made of the best malleable iron, one end of 

 which is cast into the nave, the opposite end 

 having a box screwed firmly on to receive the 

 felloe ; the end of the spoke is let up into 

 the felloe by au auger, thereby preventing the 

 destructive mortice holes. The tire is shrunk 

 on hot, in the usual way. Price, No. 1, one 

 pair 4 feet 6 inches high, 2^ inches tire, 2} 

 inches axle, £6 106\ per pair; No. 2, one pair 

 3 feet 6 inches high, 2i inches tire, 2j inches 

 axle, £5 10s. ; No. 3, one pair 4 feet high, 2 

 inches tire. If inches axle ; and No. 4, 1 pair 

 o feet high, 2 inches tire. If inches axle, 

 £12 12s., with boxes to carry oil. 



BARLEY HUMMELLER. 

 This implement is designed to separate the 

 horns from the barley. It is fitted with re- 

 volving cutters and wire cylinder, so that it 

 will take oft" the horns, and, at the same time, 

 separate them from tiio barley, at the rate of 

 about two bushels per minute. Its price is 

 about £3 .12s. One of these machines, in- 

 y02 



vented by Mr. Holben, of Barton, Cambridge- 

 shire, consists of an elevating apparatus, which 

 supplies the corn direct from the dressing-ma- 

 chine, and a breaker, making nearly 300 strokes 

 per minute, under which the barley passes in 

 a thin layer, at the rate of from ten to twelve 

 quarters per hour. Whilst this process is 

 going on, it, at the same time, brightens and 

 improves the samples, which are delivered per- 

 fectly free from awns. It is easily worked by 

 a lad ; whereas all other machines for the pur- 

 pose require two men. The price is £5 10s. 



BREAKING MACHINES 

 Are now very much in use. One, invented 

 by Mr. Nicholson, of Newark, Norwich, has 

 received high commendation, and was, at Ches- 

 ter, awarded the prize for being the best for 

 common cake. It is made with Nicholson's 

 patent method of driving the movable roller 

 with an internal cog-wheel ; thus obtaining an 

 unusually great variation in size, broken in a 

 simple and effective manner, and greatly dimin- 

 ishing the friction and power required to work 

 it. Its strength and simplicity are further in- 

 creased by a new and effective setting arrange- 

 ment. The price is £3 13s. 6J. Another, manu- 

 factured by Messrs Airaes and Barford, re- 

 ceived the first prize at the North Lincolnshire 

 shows, open to all England, both in 1S60 and 

 1861, in competition with all the prize machines 

 by the best makers : it is immensely strong, and 

 adapted for either hand, horse, or steam power. 

 This machine is fitted with two sets of rollers, 

 both of which are adjusted by a double eccen- 

 tric movement. It will reduce the hardest 

 and largest cakes into seven sizes, varying 

 from the largest size required for bullocks, 

 down to dust for drilling. Price, including 

 dust-screen and wood box, £6 10s. ; pulley 

 for power, 12s. Qd. extra. 



Other oil-cake breakers have obtained con- 

 siderable celebrity ; and among these are 

 those manufactured by Messrs. Ransome and 

 Sons, of Ipswich, Suftblk. They have one both 

 powerful and effective. It is fitted with a 

 pair of toothed rollers, for breaking the hardest 

 cake; and, by means of a parallel adjustment, 

 the distance between the rollers may be varied 

 so as to reduce coarse or fine at pleasure. 

 It is fitted with another roller and face-plate, 

 through which the broken cake may be made 



