354 Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements 



Fixed Thrashing-Machtne not exceeding Six-Horse Power, with Shaker, Eiddle, 

 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 







Stand. 



Art. 



Name. 



Nominal 

 Horse-power. 



No. of Revo- 

 lutions of 

 Engine. 



Time in 

 Minutes to 



Thrash 

 100 Sheaves 

 of Wheat. 



Amount of 



Horse- 

 power con- 

 sumed in 

 1 Minute. 



Clean 



Thrashed. 



Clean ( 

 Shaken. | 



Clean 

 1 Riddled. 



Clean 

 Chaffed. 



! State of Corn. 



State of Straw. 



Price. 





8 



Clayton and Co. 



6 



1314 



8-76 



52-56 



20 



15 



15 



15 



11 



8 



70 



22 



20 



Garrett .... 



6 



628 



4*108 



24*648 



17 



13 



15 



14 



12 





65 



There were only two competitors. The best machine of the 

 two was that by Clayton and Shuttleworth. It will be seen that 

 the wheat was passed through Garrett's machine in less than 

 half the time occupied by the other, but the work was not per- 

 fectly done. The workmanship of these machines was excellent. 

 These exhibitors had each a fixed thrashing machine fitted 

 up with complete dressing apparatus, by which the corn was 

 finished for the market in a very perfect manner, and weighed 

 into sacks. 



There is one objection which we wish to notice that is common 

 to both machines, viz., that the slow motions, such as the shogging- 

 board, straw-shaker, riddles, and blower, are driven through the 

 drum instead of having a separate belt from the driving shaft ; 

 it being mechanically wrong to get up a high velocity to drive 

 slow ones. 



The judges cannot help expressing their regret that a prize 

 was not offered for a machine of this description, for, after the 

 very decided proof given last year that all these operations could 

 be perfectly performed by one machine, they cannot see why it 

 should be limited to half its capabilities, and that too, at a time 

 when the want of machinery that will supersede manual labour 

 is more urgently felt. As there was no prize for these machines 

 they were awarded a silver medal each. The Messrs. Ferrabee 

 also exhibited a fixed thrashing machine, with complete barn- 

 works, straw-cutter, and grinding-mill ; but as it was not got 

 into working order, the judges are not in a position to report 

 upon it. 



They again call the attention of the Council to the necessity 

 of obtaining a supply of barley in the sheaf for these trials, for 

 machines that will not thrash barley without injuring it for 

 malting purposes ought no longer to be tolerated, much less 

 rewarded and recommended by the Society's prizes. 



