at the Nortliampt07i Meeting^ 1847. 



351 



Stand. 



No. 



Maker. 



I^ower. 



Pi ice. 



Length 



of 

 Chaff. 



Time at 

 Work. 



'■5 J 

 C o 













£. 



s. 





r 



Minutes. 



lbs. 





8 



7 



Richmond . 



1 man 



10 



10 







3 



20 



Good work. 



28 



1 



Gillett . . 



1 man 



10 



10 









3 



20 



Excellent. 



42 



2 



Comes, Mar- 



2 men 



7 



10 









3 



31 



Good. 







ket- Dray ton, 

























Salop. 





















45 



3 



Smith, of 



2 men 



11 



0 









3 



35 



Not hard work for 







Northampton. 



















the men. 



48 



31 



Howard & Son, 



2 men 



o 

 o 



10 









3 



30 



Easy work for t"wo 







Bedford. 



















men. 



54 



23 



Barrett &Exa]l, 



1 man 



5 



10 





o 





3 



12 



Easy work. 







Newbury. 











> B < 









58 



5 



John Cornes, 



2 men 



14 



0 









3 



40j 



Easy work and ex- 







Barbridge. 



















cellent. 



82 



24 



Sanders and 



2 men 



12 



12 









3 



40 



Good work. 







Williams, 

























Bedford. 





















86 



12 



Smith & Co., 



2 men 



]1 



0 









3 



36 



Ditto. 







Stamford. 





















104 



37 



Stanley . 



2 men 



11 



11 









3 



31 



Ditto. 



104 



40 



Staidey , 



1 man 



4 



0 







\ 



3 



18 



A hard box ; the 























cut was of irregu- 























lar length. 



to be worked either by two men or machiner}^ : breadth of cut 

 12 inches, depth 2f inches, and makes five different lengths of 

 chaffs — two for horses, two for cattle^ and one length of 4 inches 

 for litter. It is also fitted up with an additional pair of feeding- 

 rollersj which regulate the materials before entering the front ones 

 next the cut, whereby the danger of the feeders getting their 

 hands entangled in the hay or straw is entirely avoided when the 

 machine is driven by steam or other power at a great velocitv. 

 Price^ delivered at Barbridge, 14Z. 



Two machines for cutting straw for litter were commended 

 to the notice of the Council by the Judges : — 



stand. 



No. 





Name. 



Power. 



Price. 



Length. 



Time. 



Quantity. 





118 



101 



5 



Smith 



1 



£. S. 



7 0 



Inches. 



6 



Minutes 

 3 



lbs. 



28 



Easily worked. 



147 



114 



5 



Fewlen 



1 



10 10 



4 



3 



15 



Ditto. 



Thrashing Machine. — Eight machines were selected for trial 

 by the Judges, and the general goodness and quality of the work 

 will be better estimated by the perusal of the report of the Judges 

 than from any lengthened eulogium of the writer : suffice it that 



