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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



that the motion 6fthe two ends of the machine neutralise 

 each otli i\ We more particularly desire to notice the 

 introduction of a Venetian lath riddle, separated by a 

 wire between the laths — a panel screen between the 

 chaff separator and screen board, taking out the dust 

 from both chaff and straw — a crank working at the 

 furthest end of the shaker raises the straw with more 

 play, like a fork, so as to obtain the greatest shake at 

 last — the Barley being delivered by elevators into the 

 BarJey awner on the near side of the machine, passes 

 through the Barley awner about 4 ft. G in., delivering 

 •on the other side. <-, 



To Messrs. Ransomes & Sims the second prize of 10?. 

 is awarded, but with what justice we will scarcely take 

 *it upon us to say. According to our opinion, the bear- 

 ings are far too many, the whole affair too complicated, 

 and the shaker decidedly defective, which from its 

 peculiar form must necessarily draw back a considerable 

 ^portion of the u earings." 



The machine exhibited by Messrs. E. and J. Hum- 

 phreys received a high commendation, but Messrs. 

 Tuxford & Son's, which also was highly commended, 

 gave us greatest satisfaction. When we say that it has 

 only eight running bearings, all external, and readily 

 oiled when at work, we say a great deal, since to do the 

 «ame work some machines have as many as 14 ! many 

 of which cannot be reached unless the wheels are at 

 rest. All is very snug, the very elevators running 

 with inside the frame, and although there is no decidedly 

 reciprocating motion, the motions seem to be admirably 

 balanced, and so that "rocking" is obviated. Perhaps 

 the best feature of this machine is the shaker, which is 

 lightly constructed. The jumping movement com- 

 plained of some four or iive years since is moderated — 

 its advantages without it3 ill effects are retained. It is 

 not the least recommendation to these exhibitors that 

 their price, 95L, is considerably beneath many. 



In Messrs. Garrett & Son's machine the evils pro- 

 -ceeding from the method usually adopted 

 ins: to the drum-shaft the whole amount 



the machine are avoided. 



power needed much smaller than that required by any the judges 



other dresser. 



this c T as*, but the silver medal has been given to the Messrs. Barrett & Co., Mew 



exhibitor of this implement. 



Mr. Nicholson exhibits a dressing machine which is 



There is nothing of a novel con- 



Wo prizes have as yet been awarded to Messrs. Dray & Co. received a hioh 



Richmond £ Cfcafc 



and Messrs. Garrett & Son r 

 mendations. 





eapectively reeeit* 



V 



highly commended, 

 struction noticeable about it, however, nor is there in 

 Mr. Bunting's, which also receives commendation of the 

 first degree. Its price, 7/., is its best commendation. 



Mr. Roby, of Bury St. Edmunds, exhibits in certain 

 respects a new implement. It is for separating more 

 particularly the broken corn from the entire grain, and 

 giving a more even sample. This object is attained by 

 an improved horizontal wire screen, divided into spaces, 

 and kept clear while in motion by means of collars 

 passing between and above the level of the wires. A 

 simple application of this may be beneficial to maltsters, 

 who during the present high duty on malt, will be 

 anxious to malt nothing but the finest grain ; but for the 

 use of the farmer the extra advantage will scarcely be 

 worth the extra expense, for the machine sells at 1 51. 



Hornsby sells one to perfect the sample that comes 



Chaff' Cutters, hand power . 



from his threshing machine for III. 



There is nothing 



of apply- 



of power 



The im- 



an inter- 



required by xne maenme are 

 provement consists in the introduction of 

 mediate shaft, to which the engine is attached, which 

 shaft is supported on the frame of the machine, and 

 carries the necessary pulleys for driving the drum and 

 other working parts of the machine, by which means 

 the power is applied nearer the ground, ensuring there- 

 from an increased steadiness in working the machine, 

 and avoiding much of the undue wear-and-tear com- 

 plained of in other machines. The running bearings 

 are very numerous. 



Messrs. Barrett & Exall exhibit a machine affording 

 in all nine separations. The drum is wrought-iron, 

 their own patent ; the appliances for setting and regu- 

 lating are especially simple and effective ; the bearings 

 are few, but the motions are not so well balanced as in 

 either Hornsby's, Tuxford's, or Clayton & Shuttle- 

 Arorth's implements. The price 1051. 



Mr. Whitehead, of Preston, shows a slight improve- 

 ment on his machine of last year. It consists in a catch 

 -foox to the face wheel, by which a disconnection is in- 

 stantly effected between the horse power and the drum. 

 This is a good little thresher, 4-horse power, only AM. 

 -with the horse works. 



Mr. Goucher, of Worksop, exhibits nothing new in 



the way of threshing machines, calling attention merely 



to the benefit derived from the employment of his own 



patent beater— the same as is used by Messrs. Clayton 



»& Shuttleworth. 



When we left the yard the prizes for the fixed thresh- 

 ing machines were not awarded ; indeed, the trials were 



[See Prize List at foot.] 



Amongst the com dressing machines the greatest 

 novelty was Salmon's patent winnower and seed sepa- 

 rator. This^ wonderful little implement, the invention 

 of an American, took one of the three silver medals 

 awarded to agricultural implements at die World's Fair, 

 New York, and several other prizes at other places. It 

 is introduced into England under Messrs. Dray's 

 auspices. It will separate from Wheat, Cockle, Chess, 

 Redroot seeds, dead kernels, Charlock, and the majority 

 of Oats, and ail other impurities. It will clean Oats, 

 Peas, Beans, Barley, Rye. Rice, and garden seeds. It 

 will separate Oats from Peas, Beans and corn, Clover 

 from Timothy, Redtop from Clover, &c, and it will 

 take Grass seeds, Clover seed, and Wheat, and separate 

 *all three seeds at one operation. It reminded us of 

 another American machine, advertised to give out ready 

 cooked sausages from one end and brushes at the other, 

 having swallowed a hog in the centre ! One bystander 

 requested, with a demure face, to know whether the 

 machine was competent to separate old from new 

 Wheat. "Eh!" replied the ready Yankee, with a 

 tough," \ es, sir ; and « maple 3 Peas from « grey coats ! * l 



■the novelty of this machine consists in the mechanical 

 arrangement of the blast and sieve. The fan 

 !ff * r v 0,1 7P laced ™ an air-tight trunk at the bottom 

 ? f J fr f The fan is driven by a cog 



»*n? ^ meter ' WhJch 8 5veS t,le faD ^ * 



which the gram is falling from "the 



going on. 



wheel 



great velocity, 



trunk through 



sieve, the 



dust 



diato1vf-.il *!«.. Ill eve > when the screenings iimne- 



the blast intn » ~ • ' g0 ° a S*»»n filing through 



seed « taSn nn.-T"" *l *" bottora - The H 



seed are taken out without the aid of the blast. Only 



•one sieve is used at once. 



new in it, except that it gets through an incredible 

 quantity of work, and that its fittings and details are 

 much more simple, nice, and effective than they ever 

 were before. 



Grinding Mills : Power Mills. — Those put upon trial 

 in competition for the prize in this class were exhibited 

 by Messrs. Hayes, Whitmer, & Co., Crossbill, Clayton, 

 Shuttleworth & Co., and Turner, respectively. Messrs. 

 Whitmer & Co.'s was first subjected to the test, but the 

 smallness of the pulley caused it to vibrate with such 

 rapidity that at once decided the trial. It was evident 

 that an error had been committed in calculating the 

 speed of the machine, and further proof being wanting 

 in the application of a larger pulley to the testing break, 

 which would have occupied too much time and only 

 ended in proving its inefficiency, it was withdrawn. 

 The machine of Mr. Hayes next followed ; it is fitted 

 with Derbyshire Peak stones, and is made to grind Bar- 

 ley into soft meal ; this it did very satisfactorily, and 

 being at a moderate price, 261., the judges gave it a high 

 commendation. Clayton, Shuttleworth & Co.'s came 

 next ; it was brought to the testing machine on a truck, 

 set down, and commenced working in a very few minutes, 

 whereas some others occupied a long and provoking 

 time in preparation. It is fitted with a pair of portable 

 Derbyshire mid-stones, 2 feet 8 inches in diameter, and 

 went through its trial admirably — almost without 

 a vibration. The sample soft and good. The 

 adjustment by which the degree of fineness is 

 regulated "consists in substituting a toothed disc in lieu 

 of a quadrant," upon a vertical spindle, which enables 

 the alteration to be very minute ; price 48Z. We thought 

 the judges justified in awarding it the prize. The next 

 was Mr. Crosskill's. This is a powerful mill fitted with 

 French mill-stones, 2 ft. 8 in. diameter, and driven at 

 the rate of about 240 revolutions per minute ; it did not 

 work equally satisfactorily with Clayton & Co.'s, whose 

 revolutions do not exceed 170 per minute with stones 

 of equal size. We thought the velocity too great to 

 act well. The whole worked well ; price 551. It 

 received a commendation. Mr. Turner's was next 

 tried. This is a combined crushing and grinding 

 mill. " The corn first passes between a pair of smooth 

 rollers, by which it is so thoroughly crushed that on 

 reaching the stones a very little pressure reduces it to a 

 fine meal." The meal was rather cooler than some of 

 the other competitors', and it worked satisfactorily, 

 except that the expenditure of power was rather too 

 great for the work done. The mill was too complicated, 

 we thought ; price 251. 



Linseed and Corn Crushers : Power Machines. — The 



machines shown in competition were from the manu- 

 factories of Messrs. Turner, Stanley, Ransomes & Sims, 

 and Phillips and Woods respectively. The trials were 

 very satisfactory, and each mill deserves commendation, 

 but owing to Mr. Amos's testing apparatus, the judges 

 are enabled to decide with accuracy the comparative 

 merits of each. Consequently Turner's received the 

 prize, Stanley's was highly commended, Phillips and 

 Woods commended ; Ransomes & Sims did not receive 

 a commendation, we suppose owing to its being more 

 adapted for band than steam power, it being much 

 Bmaller, and did not do so much work as its competitors. 

 Cake Breakers : Power Machines. — The prize in this 

 class is offered for breaking every variety of cake, and 

 the breakers put into competition were those of Mes 

 Crosskill, Hornsby & Son, and Garrett & Son, each 

 machine being adapted for breaking either for cattle or 

 sheep. They all made satisfactory work, and each 

 received an approving award— Garrett & Sons the prize; 



Hornsby & Son's highly commended ; Crosskill's com- 

 mended. 



Chaff Cutters : Pcncer machines. — The trial of the chaff 

 cutters excited considerable interest. The competitors 

 in this class were Messrs. Barrett, Exall & Andre wes, 

 Williams, Dray & Co., Richmond & Chandler, Smith 

 & Ashby, Carson, Fames, Cornes, Ransomes & Sims, 

 and Garrett & Son. The work was variously, but, as a 

 whole, well performed, the time given to the engine 

 being a two minutes run each. We carefully noted down 

 the reading off from the dynamometer as given by Mr. 

 Amos, and making due allowance for clever feeding, &&, 

 we were surprised at the results obtained, some of the 

 engines cutting chaff of equal quality and more than 

 .double in quantity to others, with the same or even 



pria 





prize were Messrs. Crosskill, GarreS^^ 1 * * 

 Hill and Smith, Smith L Xbr &S* 

 Chandler, Cornes, Carson, and Ransomes fc «?* * 

 chaff cut in this trial varied more in qualitrC 

 power machines, and the work as awlJ^** 1 

 well performed. The time given in this tr J* 1 ** 

 minutes each, and the results as given bv Z^ 

 machine » were similar to the last? the Se^L^ 

 the units of power required to cut 1 lb ofriSr "■» 

 equal to lib. lifted 1 feet high. The highest f 

 numbers tested m the power machines beim* r 

 2863 against 1812, and in the hand power m^L 

 3310 against 1284 ; the chaff, however, of the ST" 

 too long to compete with the others. The D ri 

 given to Messrs. Richmond & Chandler; Mes» fe* 

 & Ashley, and Cornes received high commend^? 

 and Hill & Smith a commendation. ^uvm^ 



Bone Mills.— -There being no competitor in th»^ 

 except Mr. Crosskill, the prize was awarded to hiaT 

 his well-known mill, which is not only capable if ij 



ing bones but by changing the plates will grind my fti 

 of grain, J 



The number of visitors to the show-yard on W _ 

 day appeared to be thinner than we remember to fa 

 ever seen before — the pouring rain, perhaw. tafc 

 very much to produce this paucity of attendance!^ 



As to the general character of the Show it mm* 

 from the catalogue that the number of imple 

 hibited is, as might be supposed on a eorapira* « 

 Carlisle with Lincoln, about one-fifth under an otimm 

 exhibition of the Society ; but that there are abate 

 means of comparison supplied is obvious from tk 

 following numbers : 9 carts, 22 chaff cutters, 12 dm 

 and cheese pressers, 17 clod crushers and rollers, i ■ 

 corn dressing machines, 23 cultivators, scarifier!, ad 

 grubbers, 14 drilling machines, 28 mills, 

 crushers, and Bean splitters, 22 harrows and horse urn, 

 8 horse rakes, 21 ploughs, 20 Turnip cutters and pjpg 

 machines, 16 reaping and mowing machines, 14 

 engines, 21 threshing machines, besides a moJtitudi 4 

 implements otherwise classified. On many of these * 

 shall have further remarks to make next week. 



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PRIZES FOR IMPLEMENTS. 



Plough for general purposes, bl., Ransomes & S ?. 

 Plough for over 9 inches deep, 51, Ransomes & Sims. 

 Machine for draining tiles or pipes, 51., John Whiteheii 

 Cultivator, grubber, and scarifier, 5?., Richard Coleman. 

 Drill for general purposes, 101., R. Garrett & Son. 

 Corn and seed drill, 10?., R. Hornsby & Sou. 

 Drill for small occupations, 5Z., R. Hornsby & Sod. 

 Small-occupation seed and manure drill lor flat or ndjliio. 



5/., Holmes & Son. i+ta- 



Turnip drill on the flat, with manure, 51, R. Garrett & sat 

 Turnip drill on the ridge, with manure, 57., R.Hornsor«i» 

 Liquid manure or water drill, 101., R. & J- Reerea. 

 Manure distributor, 10/., R. Garrett & Sou. 

 Horse hoe on the flat, 5?., R. Garrett & Son. 

 Horse hoe for setting out Turnips, 5*., R. Garrett & »on. 

 Portable steam engine, not exceeding 8-horse F we f^Jf^ 



to threshing or other agricultural purposes, 20*., laxwrn**— 

 Second ditto, 10?., Clayton, Shuttleworth, & Co. ^^ 

 Fixed steam engine, not exceeding 8-horse po*? 



threshing or other agricultural purposes, 20/., Kama"" 

 Second ditto, 10/., Barrett, Exall, & AndreweH. 

 Portable threshing machine, not exceeding Mhhw f • 

 arger occupations, 10/., Ransomes & Sims. ^ fr 



Portable threshing machine, not excee ihng ^L Wl ._ 



shaker, riddle, and winnower, that will best prepire w 



the finishing dressing machine, to be driven b) k»^ 



1 



lb can f* 



H oKSi mui for breaking agricultural produced 



Power chaff cutter, 5f, James Cornes. 



Hand chaff cutter, 31., Richmond & Chandler. 



Turnip cutter, Zl, B. Samuelson. 



Machine to reduce roots to a pulp, St, x • ^ uiu *" 



Oilcake breaker, bl., R. Garrett & Sod. 



Power bone mill, bl., A. Crosskill. 



Churn, Zl, Burgess & Key\ 



On Wednesday afternoon the cattle yards jJ»JJ 

 to the public on payment of 10.., and JewJJJ, 

 few spectators present in the Implement ° eg- ^ 

 were soon, in great measure, drawn " p 



attractive cattle classes. We shall P« b ^ erf t 

 list along with some gerferal remarks on - % p 

 classes this week, being forced by «-*££,. 

 pone a portion of our report till next S»W* ^ 



The cattle and horse classes have been^ , 

 well represented. The entries for » ^ 

 somewhat short of last year, being 9 I « Jt^ 

 They are, however, a very •nt"* tn J3 J *»£ 

 lection of the breed. We were P'j^ „,•, k* 

 old acquaintances amongst ^T^' it £h**> ** 

 again competing with her fellow as 4 * 



others in the various classes did the ■**** g* 



case in point. 



Lincoln. The Devon* m £ J*£Z&1 pri* 

 The other breed elasses, excluding tne 1 ^ 



as 58 against 17 at Lincoln. 1 «* d w»W 



well supported, and some very fine A = 



were exhibited. . . la5S the 1 •*]?•; t> 



Class 1. Short-horns : "jLrf r ropor^ 



t a perfect eyhndeiot g^ ^ JJ 



possesses a deep *hest a lev ^ v» 



Lord Berwi 



The Hereford* "»*?£!*> 



23 ag; 





is almos 



back, loin, and rump in 



„.„., a ■ • , ^ ne sieves are ioeged bv a 



cane and spring in front, instead of sh»f -a 



There is no complication abont th« «*S£. ■""T**' 8, lf sa expenditure of power ; thus mechanically proving I wen out, ana ur.=»- a ~- - ]ity 



P cauon about the machine, and the t he value of the machine, and by this^est, we presume, | out, and head rather plain , q° 



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parts perfect ; flank deep, «" * 



well out, and brisket good , his q{ ^ 



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