562 



Report on the Exhibition of Implements 



Chqff-Cutters (Judges' Report)/ — "In this class there was 

 some improvement, but there did not seem to be any principle in- 

 troduced that was better than Cornes's ; although many makers are 

 turning out machines of his sort better got up than he turns out 

 some of his ; and if he does not look very active, he will find an 

 awkward competitor in Messrs. Richmond and Chandler. 



" We do not approve of the difference generally made between 

 large and small chaff-cutters, inasmuch as they have a narrower 

 box and also one knife less. Narrowing the box gives great 

 additional lever-power to the man or other power employed at 

 the crank; and we see no reason why the narrow width, with 

 three knives, should not be the most efficient and useful plan of 

 making small chaff-machines. 



e( Eight were selected for trial, and supplied with the barley- 

 straw that had just been threshed, which was very short, soft, 

 awkward stuff to get through the machines ; the result is given in 

 the annexed diagrams :" — 















Comparative 





Exhibitors' 

 Names. 



Stand. 



Art. 



Price. 



Weight 

 of Chaff 



Amount of 

 Power 



Observations. 











Cut. 



required. 











£. 



s. 



lbs. 



lbs. 





Comes .... 



78 





14 



0 



112 



14,126 



Did its work well, and had no tendency to 

 choke. Well managed in feeding. 



Richmond and 



29 



7 



14 



0 



112 



15,740 



Worked well without choking, although 



Chandler. 













very badly fed, sometimes too fast and at 

 others too slow ; the chaff was cut a little 

 longer than the others, but very even. 



Smith and Co. . . 



95 



12 



17 



0 



112 



16,187 



Worked well ; did not choke ; tolerably 

 well fed ; would cut a great quantity in a 































short time. 



Stanley .... 



41 



14 



12 



12 



112 



21,166 



Worked well, though very badly fed ; it is 

 the same as Cornes's, with some improve- 

 ments. 



Ransome and May . 



116 



4 



21 



0 



112 



26,128 



By some means this machine got choked ; 

 the quality of chaff cut was good. 



Lomax .... 



87 



1 



9 



0 



112 



30,291 



Had an ingenious description of knives, 

 but through bad feeding it was choked. 



Garrett and Son . . 



81 



31 



10 



10 



112 



31,291 



Cut rather shorter chaff than the rest, but 

 with only two knives it could not compete 

 with three-knived machines. 



Crosskill .... 



26 



56 



18 



0 



112 



44,800 



This machine made very rough chaff. 



" Another diagram, showing the quantity that each machine 

 would cut per hour, when driven at the rate chosen by the ex- 

 hibitor as the best for his machine : — 



Exhibitors' 

 Names. 



Stand. 



Art. 



Price. 



Weight 

 Cut per 

 Hour. 



Amount 

 of Power 

 required. 



Observations. 









£. 



S. 



lbs. 



lbs. 





Comes .... 



78 



7 



14 



0 



1,470 



185 



,400 



Cuts litter into 4-inch lengths, but not fast. 



Richmond & Chandler 



29 



7 



14 



0 



1,560 



219 



,240 



Beautifully got up, and strong. 



Smith and Co. . . 



95 



12 



17 



0 



2,040 



294 



840 



Cuts litter into 6-inch lengths at the rate 



















of 5 tons per hour. Price 3l. extra when 



















fitted with a litter-cutter. 



Stanley .... 



41 



14 



12 



12 



1,080 



204 



000 



Cuts litter into 4-inch lengths, but not fast. 



Ransome and May . 



116 



4 



21 



0 



840 



195 



960 



Does not cut litter. 



Lomax .... 



87 



1 



9 



0 



420 



113 



400 



Likely to come out well when the feeding 



















parts are improved. 



Garrett and Son . . 



8 



31 



10 



10 



1,380 



385 



560 



Does not cut litter. 



"Crosskill .... 



25 



56 



18 0 



660 j 



264 



000 



We think this ought to be the last of its sor 



