318 Report or the Exhibition and Trial of Implements 



The best mill for breaking agricultural produce into fine meal is unques- 

 tionably Hurwood's, of Ipswich. This mill ground at the rate of above 

 six bushels per hour, with the application of only 1-horse power, making 

 excellent work. It approaches nearer to the requirements of a farm than any 

 hitherto exhibited ; is easily managed by any intelligent labourer, and not 

 liable to get out of repair. The grinding surfaces of this mill are fitted with 

 a series of cutting rings, easily replaced by new ones, in case of accident, or 

 when worn out. It will grind linseed, barley, oats, beans, and maize, for 

 feeding cattle and pigs, as well as French stones would do ; and is superior to 

 that kind of stones for splitting beans or oats for horses, or grinding malt. 

 We accordingly awarded it the prize. 



All the mills were allowed to grind till they had settled fairly to their work, 

 when the result of five minutes' work was correctly ascertained, and was as 

 follow^s : — 



Names 

 of Exhibitors. 



Kind of Mill. 



Horse- 

 power 

 required . 



Fine Meal 

 ground 

 in b Minutes. 



Remarks. 









lbs. 





Hurv/ood. . 





li 



31 



Well adapted for farm 











produce. 



Cfosskill . . 





4 



15 



Would grind very hard 











substances. 



Eansome . . 



French Burr stones 



4 



43 



Adapted for fine flour. 



Whitmee 



French Burr do. . 



1 



16 



Made rough work. 



Hayes . . . 



Derbyshire Peak do. 



3 



30. 



Did its work well. 



The metal mill of Messrs. Crosskill deserves attention lor grinding bones 

 and coprolites, which it does exceeding well. Messrs. Ransome's is more 

 adapted for fine flour : the expense and superiority of workmanship place it 

 beyond the means of a farm. Mr. Hayes's Derbyshire Peak stones ground well 

 and economically, and the meal was well suited for cattle or pigs. Mr. Whit- 

 mee's ground fast, but made bad work, which accounts for the small amount 

 of power consumed. T. Havtkins. 



Judges' Report — (Steam Engines.) 



In making our report we would notice the introduction, for the first time, 

 of prizes for stationary engines, which the Society has added, with the view 

 to encourage improvement in this class of engines, which, in its effects, we 

 think, will be highly useful to the agricultural interest, as, although the 

 moveable engine has attained to great perfection, we consider there are many 

 instances in which the stationary engine will be found preferable. Those 

 exhibited at Lowes were of good manufacture, yet we would suggest that the 

 designs might be modified so as to embrace greater simplicity. 



With reference to the performance of the stationary engines, we think it 

 would not be advisable to publish any tabular statement of results, inasmuch 

 as, by the mode of trial adopted, viz. with two portable boilers coupled, to 

 be worked by two fires, no result to be relied on as showing the capabilities 

 of the engines could be attained : we therefore would simply state that we 

 considered Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Co. to have merited the first, and 

 Messrs. Ransomes and Sims the second prize ; and we would suggest that, at 

 the next meeting, each party bring a boiler to attach to their fixed engine, 

 or that a boiler upon wheels, of sufficient heating surface to supply the fixed 

 engine of the highest power exhibited, be furnished by the Society, for the 

 purpose of enabling the judges employed to test this class of engines, so as to 

 arrive at results sufficiently definite to justify them in publishing their report 

 in detail. 



With reference to the moveable engines, the most favourable results as 



