324 Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements 



This prize was awarded to Messrs. Garrett and Son. It will be seen, how- 

 ever, by reference to the above table, that Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth 

 exhibited a machine that obtained higher marks of approbation, though it took 

 much more time in doing the same work. But, it not only prepared the corn 

 for the finishing dressing machine, but by means of elevators passed it through 

 two other dressing machines, and finished it in the most perfect manner, and 

 weighed it into sacks ready for market. Indeed, it performed every operation 

 of thrashing, shaking the straw, separating the chavings from the chaff, and 

 the light corn from the best ; and again dividing the tail corn into best tail, 

 light tail, and whites, to the entire satisfaction of the judges. But as Messrs. 

 Garrett's machine did all that was required of it by the conditions specified in 

 the Prize Sheet, in a very satisfactory manner, and in a very short time, the 

 judges did not feel justified in giving the prize to Messrs. Clayton and Co., 

 but recommended their machine to the Council for the Society's Gold Medal. 



The judges regret that the Society was unable to provide them with barley 

 for the trials this year. They are of opinion that it is by far the best test of 

 the merits of a thrashing machine ; for if it will perfectly thrash, shake, and 

 dress barley, without injuring it for malting purposes, it will be certain to 

 perform the same operations on wheat and other corn in a satisfactory manner. 

 'J'hcy therefore recommend that, if the machines cannot be tried with both 

 kinds of grain, barley instead of wheat should be provided for future trials.* 



The judges cannot conclude their remarks on the thrashing machines without 

 congratulating the Society and the public on the great improvement that has 

 taken place in them during the last two years. Those exhibited this year 

 show that })ortable ones, capable of doing an Immense amount of work with 

 the assistance of very little manual labour, are now within the reach of 

 farmers of even moderate means ; and that fixed machines, economizing labour 

 to a still greater extent, and doing perfectly, at one operation, that which has 

 hitherto, in a general way, been very imperfectly done at several, are now 

 obtainable by occupiers of more ample means. The want of such machines 

 has long bccii, and is every day more urgently felt, and the judges have great 

 ]>lGasure in recommending any of those well spoken of to the notice of their 

 brother farmers. 



Corn-dressing Machines. 



Name. 



Cooch . . 

 Cottam and Co. 

 Wm. Dray 

 Mason . 

 Hornsby . 



bo oj 



61 



9 galls. 

 U lbs. 

 11 lbs. 

 13i lbs. 

 21^ lbs. 



m. s. 



1 27 



o ^ 



lbs. 



275^ 



169 



125 



444 



51 



Price. 



£. s. d. 



15 0 0 



14 0 0 



10 10 0 



10 10 0 



13 10 0 



At this trial each machine chaffed as much corn, rough from the thrashing 

 machines, as their exhibitors were able to get through them ; each being 

 allowed sixty-two turns of the testing machine, which is equal to two minutes 

 of time. They then finished what they had chaffed, and the results are given 

 in the above table. It is hardly necessary to say that the prize was awarded 

 to Messrs. Hornsby. The capabilities of their machine in chaffing corn 



* As one of the stewards I perfectly concur with the judges in this remark. — 



W. F. HOBBS. 



