at the Norwich Meeting, 1849. 



563 



" All the machines were tried cutting- chaff three-eighths of an 

 inch in length, and each exhibitor was allowed to fill his machine 

 until he was satisfied with the feed and speed at which it was 

 driven ; the machine was then stopped, and re-started with the 

 register attached that records the power consumed." 



Linseed and Corn- Crusher (Judges' Report). — " Of these 

 machines there were many that cut or ground the linseed rather 

 than crushed it. Crushing is better than partially grinding, be- 

 cause when crushed it does not become lumpy, nor burn to the 

 copper so much as when ground. We therefore tried only those 

 that crushed linseed and corn. The result we have recorded in 

 the annexed diagram :" — 













Linseed. 





Oats. 







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lbs. M. Sec. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



M. Sec. 



lbs. 



M. Sec. 



lbs. 





Hurwood and 



107 



3 



10 10 



112 



35 12 



27,456 



112 



43 52 



36,848 



79 4 



64,304 



Made beautiful work, 



Turner. 

























and had a highly im- 



























proved feeding appa- 



























ratus. 



Stanley . . . 



41 



6 



12 0 



112 



30 0 



24,388 



112 



47 36 



39,984 



77 36 



64,372 



Worked exceedingly 



























well. 



Eichmond and 



29 



11 



6 10 



u, 



61 52 



46,400 



112 



52 32 



41,496 



114 24 



87,896 



Pressed the oil out of the 



Chandler. 

























seed, and was defective 



























in feeding, but crushed 



























well. 



Ferrabee and Son 



100 



12 



8 10 



112 



69 20 



33,680 



112 



93 20 



56,800 



162 40 



90,480 



Pressed the oil very 

























much out of the lin- 



























seed, which is Jobjec- 



























tionable. 



Garrett and Son 



81 



35 



11 0 



112 



39 28 



33,152 



112 



78 24 



63,856 



117 52 



97,008 



Did its work well* 



Ransome and 



116 



31 



12 10 



112 



48 32 



40,768 



Did 



not cr\ 



ish Gra 



in. 





Did its work well, but 



May. 

























defective in feeding. 



Stratton and 



3 



54 



12 12 



.12 



62 24 



46,800 



112 



107 20 



80,500 



169 44 



127,300 



Pressed the oil veiy 



Hughes. 

























much out of the lin- 

























seed ; work in other 



























respects well done. 



Taylor and Dean 



96 



4 



6 15 



112 



80 0 



67,200 



112 



78 24 



65,850 



158 24 



133,050 



The feeding very im- 

























perfect, but crushed 



























well. 



W. N. Nicholson 



113 



8 



5 0 



112 



130 40 



94,080 



Did not crush Grain. 





Work very well done, 



























but slow, and expen- 



























sive in power. 



J.C.Grant . . 



104 



18 



6 10 



Would not work. 













A new machine on a 



























promising principle, 



























and likely to come out 



























well when matured. 



" The time recorded is that in which the power of two men 

 would crush 1 cwt. of linseed or oats. The principal things to 

 be considered are cost price^ durability, and the power required 

 to perform a given quantity of work. We did not try them with 

 any grain except oats and beans, and finding that none of them 

 would do beans either so well, so fast, or with so little power 

 as a common bean- splitting machine, we have not recorded the 

 result. It will be observed that we have made the diagram show 



