at the Gloucester Meeting, 1853. 



361 



tried, (purposely) much broken and entangled, there was not 

 much to complam of from the difficulty alluded to. 



Stand. 



Article. 



Name. 



Time 

 of 



Working 



Weight 

 of Chaff 

 cutter. 



Chaff 

 Cut per 

 Hour. 



Horse 

 power 

 used. 



Chaff 

 Cut per 

 Horse- 

 power 

 per Hour 



Price. 











lbs. 



lbs. 





lbs. 



£. s. 



d. 



09 



23 



G-arrett and Son . . 





49i 



995 



2 



492* 



17 17 



0 



33 



11 



Dray and Co. 





3«i 



765 



2 



382* 



14 14 



0 



36 



6 



Smith and Ashby . 





59 



1180 



H 



7861 



12 0 



0 



77 



1 



Cornes .... 



<s 



60i 



1210 



1 



1210 



14 0 



0 



69 



23 



Barrett, Exall, and Co. 



3 



35 



700 



U 



466| 



11 18 



0 



97 



15 



"Williams .... 



C 





990 



1 



990 



12 12 



0 



111 



5 



Richmond and Co. . 



i 





855 



1 



855 



10 0 



0 



78 



21 



Ferrabee .... 







1325 



li 



883J 



15 0 



0 



20 



32 



Ransomes and Sims 





47i 



950 



H 



633^ 



11 0 



0 



64 



3 



Allcock .... 





49 



980 



li 



G53^ 



10 0 



0 



We awarded the prize to Mr. Cornes of Barbridge, near 

 Nantwich, Cheshire ; his machine doing its work in an excellent 

 manner, both as to quantity and quality, the machine being also 

 well made and simple in construction. 



Chaff-cutters icorked hy Hand Power. — These machines were 

 each worked four minutes, and the following table shows the 

 amount of chaff cut, and the power required to work the machine. 



Stand. 







Weight 



Weight 



Weight 



Power 

 required 

 to Cut 

 1 lb. 











Art 



Name. 



of Chaff 

 Cut. 



on 

 Lever. 



Cat per 

 Hour. 



Price. 





Remarks. 

















£. s. 



d. 





Excellent work both in 

 long and short chaff. 

 Machine well made 



77 



6 



Cornes . . 



lOf 



10 





•93 



4 15 



0 





and simple in con- 

 struction, which, in 

 opinion of the Judges, 























is of great importance. 



22 



29 



Garrett . . 





9 





1-38 



6 6 



0 





20 



33 



Kansome . 



17^ 



19 



262* 



1-08 



8 0 



0 





Good work. 



111 



2 



Kiclimond . 



lot 



13 



16Ji 



1-20 



7 0 



0 







36 



18 



j Smith and 1 

 1 Ashby . ] 



10 



14 



150 



1-4 



6 15 



0 





Very good work. 



33 



14 



Dray and Co. 



Si 



13 



12-4 



1-52 



6 10 



0 







64 



4 



Alcock . 



9* 



15 



142* 



1-.57 



7 0 



0 







75 



2 



Fletcher . 











5 5 



0 





Failed through choking. 



96 



3 



Webb . . 



'U 



16 



7ii 



2-1 



4 4 



0 





96 



] 



Ditto . . 



7f 



14 



116i 



1-8 



8 0 



0 







84 



2 



Barman 











3 10 



0 





Failed through choking. 



Prize awarded to Mr. Cornes, Stand 77, Art. 6. 



Grinding Bliils. — Each mill was put to work, and ample time 

 was given to each exhibitor to fairly adjust bis mill, the produce 

 was then taken, for five minutes working, with the power required 

 for v. orking tlie mill as follows : — 



