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cylinder and the outer case, from which it escapes by means of 
a waste-pipe, the butter being left firm and dry ; the time 
occupied is not beyond four minutes. The efficient working of 
this machine depends largely upon the condition in which the 
butter is introduced. 
Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Jefferies, No. 3848, Threshing 
Machine, with Self-acting Feeder. — This feeder consists of a 
revolving cylinder, fitted with two longitudinal wood projec- 
tions, driven by a strap from a pulley on the end of a straw- 
shaker crank. 
Fig. 13. — Self-acting Feeder attached to Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and 
Jefferies's Threshing Machine, No. 3848. 
Above the revolving cylinder is a fixed shaft carrying three 
curved tines, and an oscillating shaft carrying loop-shaped tines. 
The looped tines move backwards and forwards, close behind 
the fixed curved tines, and are driven by a connecting-rod and 
crank from the cylinder spindle. Both the curved and the 
looped tines can be adjusted to suit all kinds of corn, beans, 
peas, &c. The cylinder and tines are enclosed in a wood 
casing and fixed above the drum mouth of the threshing-machine, 
forming a complete protection to the threshing drun.. The 
operation of the self-feeder is as follows : the bands of the 
sheaves being cut, the corn is placed upon the inclined board, 
which directs it to the revolving cylinder, which carries it 
