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Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements 



difficulty there is in getting at the corn when thrashed. The 

 two above mentioned were less objectionable in this respect than 

 any of the others. It will be seen that some others did their 

 work in much less time, but the judges thought it right to place 

 the greatest stress upon good work and good workmanship. They 

 commend the workmanship of those exhibited by Messrs. Garrett 

 and Son, Ferrabee, and Hensman and Son. 



Portable Thrashing-Machines not exceeding Six-Horse Power, with Horse Works^ 

 for Large Occupations. 



Perfect Work represented by . 



20 



12 



8 





Stand. 



Art. 



Name. 



Nominal 

 Horse-power. 



No. of Revo- 

 1 lutions on 

 1 Engine. 



Time in 

 Minutes 



to Thrash 

 75 Sheaves 



of Wheat. 



Amount of 



Horse- 

 power con- 

 sumed for 

 1 Minute. 



Clean 



Thrashed. 



State of Corn. 



State of Straw.' 



1 



Price. 



54 

 22 

 40 



2u 

 69 

 13 

 60 



8 

 16 



6 

 24 



8 

 35 



1 



Hensman . . . 

 Garrett .... 

 Hornsby .... 

 Eansomes&Sims 

 Bairett and Co. 

 Crosskill .... 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



562 

 695 

 597 

 912 

 773 

 421 

 734 



4- 132 



5- 11 

 438 

 6 705 

 5 "683 

 3-095 

 5-397 



16- 528 



20- 44 



17- 556 

 26-820 

 22-732 

 12-38 



21- 588 



10 

 17 

 12 

 20 

 20 



15 



12 

 10 

 12 

 10 

 10 

 12 

 11 



8 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 7 



£. s. 



66 0 



56 0 

 75 0 



57 0 

 62 14 

 45 0 

 52 10 



This prize was also awarded to Ransomes and Sims. The work, 

 however, done by the machine of Barrett, Exall, and AndreweSy 

 in this class, was rather superior to that of the prize machine ; it 

 was also done in less time ; but the workmanship of the latter 

 was greatly superior to that of Barrett and Go's. This the 

 judges consider a matter of great importance. It is quite certain 

 a machine loosely put together will, when new, take less power 

 to drive it than one that is tight in all its bearings, but the latter 

 will undoubtedly be far more durable. The machine of Bairett 

 and Co. had also a close drum, the casing of which is only one 

 inch from the concave, which is considered unsuitable to mown 

 corn in stony districts, as hard substances could not pass through 

 the machine without injuring it, if more than one inch in diameter. 

 With the exception of these two, the work done by the machines 

 in this class was very indifferent ; in one instance so bad that 

 the straw was obliged to be thrashed over again. This, how- 

 ever, was less the fault of the machines than of the hurried manner 

 in which they were fed. Time should undoubtedly be consi- 

 dered in these trials, but it should not be saved by wasting 

 corn. 



The judges commend the workmanship of the machines of 

 Messrs. Hornsby, Hensman, and Garrett, particularly Hornsby's 

 Horse- works and Garrett's Drum. The framing of Mr. Maggs'' 

 Horse-works is of wrought iron, but all this weight depends 



