at the Gloucester Meeting^ 1853. 



353 



upon a cross-bar of cast iron, which v/e think liable to break 

 when travelling, 



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

 Riddle, and Winnower, that -will best prepare the Corn for the finishing Dressing- 

 Machine to be driven by Steam. 



Perfect Work represented by ... 



20 



15 



15 



15 12 



8 



Price. 



£. 



70 

 57 

 7? 

 85 

 75 

 80 

 60 

 70 

 76 

 80 



Stand. 



Art. 



Name. 



So ^- ^ ;^ 



Time in 

 Minutes 



to Thrash 

 100 Sheaves 

 of Wheat. 



Amount of 



Horse- 

 power con- 

 sumed for 

 1 Minute. 



Clean 

 1 Tlirashed. 



Clean 

 Sliaken. 



ri 



e -3 



O 



to w 

 10 



15 

 15 

 15 

 10 



14 



BO 



15 

 ork. 



15 



15 

 15 

 10 

 8 



\\> 



State of Corn. 



j Slate of Straw. 1 



95 

 69 

 22 

 107 

 94 

 20 

 72 

 £4 

 6 



23 

 40 



5 

 7 



19 

 4 

 4 



27 

 4 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 5 



Thompson . . . 

 Barrett and Co. 

 Garrett .... 

 Holmes .... 

 Tuxford .... 

 Ransome . . . 

 Clayton and Co. 



Humphries . . 

 Burrell .... 

 Batley .... 

 Hornsby. . . . 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



5^ 



5 



6 



6 



6 



The S 

 Screer 



647 

 Broke 



693 

 Humr 



654 



888 



831 



619 



919 



869 



creens block 

 IS blocked. 



4-313 

 on trial, wh 



4-62 

 neller choke 



4- 36 



5- 92 



5- 54 



4- 126 



6- 126 



5- 793 



;d. 



25- 878 

 ch caused b 



27-72 



d. 



26- 16 

 32-56 



27- 7 

 24-75 

 36-75 

 34-758 



20 

 lowe 

 20 



10 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 18 



8 



r not 



15 



13 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 15 



12 



10 



12 

 8 

 11 

 10 

 12 

 12 



6 



8 



8 

 8 

 8 

 6 

 8 

 8 



The judges had some difficulty in making this award, but 

 gave the award to Mr. Hart's machine. The dressing apparatus 

 is very effective, and the great advantage of this machine over 

 any other in this class is the very perfect separation and delivery 

 in different directions of the straw, cavings, chaff, and corn, viz^ 

 the straw behind, the cavings before, the chaff by a cross blast 

 on one side, and the corn by a short elevator into sacks on the 

 other side of the machine. It has a close drum, but the beaters 

 have a greater projection above the casing than most on this 

 principle, being l-^ig- inches. The judges commend Hornsby's 

 machine for its general performances. There is, however, no 

 separation of the chaff from the cavings, nor is the corn delivered 

 into sacks, but falls from a spout at the side of the machine. 

 They also commend Tuxford's, which, with the exception of 

 defective riddling and slightly breaking the corn, did its work 

 remarkably well. The fault in this machine, and it is common 

 to several in this class, is the delivery of the corn, when dressed^ 

 into a very confined space under the machine, rendering constant 

 attendance necessary to remove it. In the one exhibited by Mr. 

 Batley the corn had to be got between the spokes of one of the 

 wheels, but the arrangement, performances, and workmanship of 

 this machine were most defective. With this exception, the 

 workmanship of those above mentioned, and also of those of 

 Messrs. Garrett, Ransome, and Clayton and Shuttleworth, is 

 very excellent. The judges hope to see next year some machines 

 m this class free from any of the objections enumerated. 



