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Report on the Exhibition of Implements 



the relative powers of each machine in crushing both linseed and 

 oats ; also the total time and power consumed by each machine 

 in crushing 1 cwt. of linseed and 1 cwt. of oats. 



" As the power employed and the interest upon the cost price 

 to cover wear and tear, are the expenses incurred in perform- 

 ing the work, the machine that costs the least and absorbs the 

 least power is the machine that will crush the cheapest. Taking 

 these as just data, we have arranged the machines in the diagram 

 according to their merits. 



" We entertain a very high opinion of the value of the machine 

 introduced by the Society's consulting Engineer, for testing the 

 various machines which come under the notice of the Judges ; 

 discovering, as it does, any waste of power, we think that it will 

 prove of incalculable advantage in driving all the power-devouring 

 machines out of the show-yards, and preventing them from get- 

 ting into the farm-yards of the kingdom, to the injury both of man 

 and beast." 



Carts (Judges' Report). — " In this class of implements we 

 found that great improvement had been made since last year, 



" Firstly, in their being made generally upon more simple 

 principles, with less foolish ornamental carving and shaving, by 

 way of forming apertures for dirt to lodge in. 



" Secondly, in the bodies of the carts being placed upon the axle 

 without bolstering up, thereby giving greater facility for filling, 

 less alteration of the weight upon the horse's back in ascending 

 and descending hills, and in rough roads less lateral pressure on 

 the wheels, and less jostling of the horse. 



" Thirdly, in several of the exhibitors, especially Messrs. Strat- 

 ton, Hughes, and Co., Mr. Eaton, and Mr. Crosskill, having wheels 

 made upon the principles best calculated to sustain the lateral and 

 perpendicular pressures of the load when in motion, also in being 

 less liable to cut into the land, from the tire of the wheels being 

 perfectly cylindrical, which gives the true rolling motion desired. 



" Fourthly, in the power of making a harvest-cart of sufficient 

 dimensions for one horse, by placing a frame upon the body of 

 these low carts. This frame should turn up at both ends at least 

 two feet higher than the wheels, so as to overcome the splitting 

 action of the arch that goes over the wheels (to defend them 

 from the load), and should not be less than 11 feet in length, 

 being made the full width of the wheels, thus gaining sufficient 

 surface to carry a load for one horse without going higher with 

 the load than its own width ; there will also be but little liability 

 to upset, and in short distances it will not be requisite to bind the 

 hay or corn with ropes, as the high ends will have the effect of 

 condensing the load by the motion of the cart as it passes over 

 the various inequalities of the field or road. 



