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Heport on the Trial of Dairy Implements 
Class V. — Mechanical or Automatic Butter-woukers, 
SUITABLE FOR SMALL DAIRIES. 
There were 8 entries and only 5 competititors in this class, 
but only 3 came up for trial. No. 2119, capable of working 
5 lbs. of butter, and No. 2121, of a capacity for dealing with 
2 lbs., both belonged to Mr. Ahlborn, and were tried with 3 lbs. 
each. The former occupied 2^ minutes, and reduced the quan- 
tity to 2 lbs. 15 oz. ; the latter occupied 1 minute, and reduced 
the quantity to 2 lbs. 15^ oz. The other was No. 1819, belong- 
ing to Messrs. F. and C. Hancock, and constructed on the same 
principle as that tried by them in the preceding class. The 
quantity for trial was 3 lbs., and the time occupied 2^ minutes. 
When again weighed, the butter had decreased to 2 lbs. 13^ oz. 
One of the two machines shown by Mr. Ahlborn was extremely 
simple. It consisted of a board 3 feet long and 10 inches wide. 
Each side of the board has a raised projection of about 1 inch 
in height ; it is traversed by a fluted roller, having at each end 
a groove, which fits the raised projections on the sides of the 
board. The roller has projecting wooden handles at each end : 
these are grasped in each hand, and the roller is moved back- 
wards and forwards over the 
Fig. 4. — Mr. AJdhorns Prize Me- butter as it lies on the board. 
c^^ancaZ £«</er-uorArr (i^To. 2121), yt^g ^^^j ^j^g ^g^j 
suitable for small Dairies. operator is supported 
by two legs ; the other end 
rests on a tub or other vessel 
(Fig. 4). The legs are fas- 
tened to the board by hinges, 
and are folded under it when 
the board is not in use. For 
the amateur, or small farmer, 
or cottager, this is a most use- 
ful article, for the maid-of- 
^ - all-work is seldom a good 
butter-maker. This is so 
simple an appliance that the 
inexperienced may use it as 
successfully as the most skilful ; and the price, from 7s. 6d. to 
10s. 6r/., places it within the reach of all. The prize was awarded 
to No. 2121. The other machine. No. 2119, shown by Mr. 
Ahlborn, was of precisely the same construction as No. 2118 in 
Class IV., only of smaller size. 
