at the Norwich Meeting, 1849. 



561 



In this trial Kilby's machine made nearly as good a sample as 

 Hornsby's of the best grain, but was unable to divide the refuse 

 in the masterly manner that Hornsby's performed this part of the 

 work. It is worthy of remark, that Hornsby's performed as 

 much work as Kilby's in a better manner, and in little more than 

 half the time. It therefore won with ease." 



Grinding -mills (Judges' Report). — "The portable mills for 

 grinding fine meal did not possess much merit, with the exception 

 of Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth's, to which we awarded the 

 prize. It both kibbled and ground in superior style to any of the 

 others, grinding barley perfectly well at the rate of 6 bushels per 

 hour without much heating the meal. It was upon the same 

 principle as fixed mill stones usually are, was well got up in 

 point of workmanship, and took little room, so that we considered 

 it a valuable implement, though we are aware that a pair of 2-feet 

 8-inches millstones can be put up at considerably less cost where 

 the motive-power is fixed,, and applicable to several machines for 

 different purposes. 



" Mr. Sparke's mill made very good work for a steel mill, 

 grinding at the rate of 3 bushels per hour, and as a cheap imple- 

 ment deserves the attention of small farmers.'' 



Moot- Cutters (Judges' Report). — " In this class there was 

 nothing new or worthy of notice, except that there were several 

 machines exhibited that cut both for cattle and sheep by merely 

 reversing the motion of the crank or handle. 



" Out of the number we selected four for trial, the result of 

 which we have put in a diagram, showing the quantity of roots cut 

 and the amount of power required to accomplish the work :" — 



Exhibitors' 

 Names. 



The executors of the 

 late James Gardner. 



Crosskill .... 

 Gillett .... 

 Phillips and Co. . 



Stand 



Price. 



£. s. 

 5 10 



5 0 



4 15 



5 0 



Weight 

 of Roots 

 Cut. 



112 

 112 

 112 

 112 



Comparative 

 Amount of 



Power 

 required. 



lbs. 

 910 



1500 



1568 



1664 



Observations. 



Did its work admirably, both for cattle and 

 sheep, cutting into pieces f by i inch for 

 sheep, and 2£ by | for cattle. 



Worked well , cutting both for cattle and 

 sheep; for sheep into pieces 1^ inch by 4, 

 and for cattle slices § inch thick. 



Cut pieces f by i-inch, convex on one side 

 and concave on the other, well adapted for 

 mixing with chaff. Worked well. 



The same as Gardner's, with the addi- 

 tion of Mr. Phillips's grating for pre- 

 venting the last slice of the root from 

 passing unslit, which it performs admi- 

 rably, but at nearly as much expense in 

 power as the whole cutting amounts to, 

 the cutting absorbing 910 lbs. of power, 

 and slitting of the last slice 754 lbs. of 

 power, which is well worthy the con- 

 sideration of the farmer, as it is possible 

 it may cost more to do a thing than it is 

 worth. 



