71 
TABLE 2.—SECOND SERIES OF TRIALS. Green stems, with leaves. 
sti 
: tity o 
Foa Weight ; eiad Dry Ribbons 
Machine, Hands | 9f Green | Time bons | Producible 
employed. Sap employed. produced, `| 228 da; 
(Kilos.) (Kilos.) 10 an 
Avoir.) 
Armand-Barbier - 2 26 10} m. 1:200 50 
Favier (No. 1) - - 2 60:350 18 m. 18:100 443 
Michotte - j 2 2 17:400 24 m. 6-000 = 
de Landtsheer : 
(@.) Large machine - 2 46 113 m. 15-000 575 
C(b.) Small machine - 1 24400 10 m. 6:500 287 
AWARDS OF THE JURY. 
As was the case last year, the official report of the jury ses Sapa 
not be published till the appeara se of the December number of the 
Bulletin de V Agriculture. In the meantime it may be aintoued that 
the jury, following the rules ‘stiplionble a = other exhibits at the 
Exposition Universelle, awarded a gold medal to M. Favier; a gold 
medal to M. de Landtsheer; and a ar yer er eae to MM. Fleury- 
Moriceau. These awards, it will be noticed, follow closely the results 
already detailed above, and they may be accepte ed as affording a clear 
indication of the relative value of the several machines and processes 
Sy te to the jur 
o those generally interested i in rsa culture it may be mentioned 
that tho- trials of 1889 have proved much more favourable than those 
of 1888, and the subject is aitek s ripening for solution in many 
A not thought of before. 
an be best shown by comparison of the results as follows :— 
TR nten obtained in 1889 compared with those obtained 
in 1888. 
Quantity of Dry Ribbons herenen ina 
wind of 10 hours (pounds ir.) 
Machine. orking on Green Ste 
1888, 1889, 
de y pacers 
è “ ss jao 1,763* 
a rome machine - > - 120 ’287 
ü Š > » 71 96 
eim To o. 1) - - - - — 443 
Fleury-Moriceau - = x “i ~ 161 
* See note in Table 1. 
