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friction blocks acting on the rod of the press, — the amount of 
which friction can be regulated by a screw. When sufficient 
hay has been introduced to make a bale, the revolving action 
is stopped, and the pressure is brought to bear by means of a 
powerful screw, which forces the press and the hay against the 
mouth. When a proper degree of pressure has been produced, 
two wires are inserted longitudinally, and secured by clips. 
The bale is now bound, and it only remains to draw back the 
press, when the bale drops down into the space under the 
machine, and can be rolled away. The bale thus made is a 
solid uniform cylinder, 2 ft. 1^ in. in diameter, and weighing 
about 2^ cwt. The pressure applied is about 6 cwt. to the 
cubic yard, but this can be increased or diminished at will. 
Fig. l.— View of Mr. T. Filter's Hay-press, No. 291. 
The machine can be worked by a four horse-power engine, and 
three men can make a bale in about five minutes. The Judges 
proved this by actual experiment ; and it may be remarked, tbat 
the Boomer Press, which is the most powerful and efficient of 
the American inventions, takes quite double the time to bale 
the same quantity of hay. The price of the machine is 105Z. 
Messrs. McKenzie and Sons Limited, of Camden Quay, and 
Ceres Iron Works, Cork, Ireland, were awarded a Silver Medal 
for their Furze or Gorsc Masticator, a machine which appears 
capable of really reducing this valuable material into an edible 
( ondition, and a further advantage is, that the machine can be 
used to kibble beans and maize. Many attempts have been made 
