Report of the Judges of Implements at Norwich. 
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introduced by this exhibitor is for the purpose of trussing 
straw from the threshing-machine, and is composed of a sliding 
board, which works in a box or trough on rollers, allowing it to 
pass backward or forward as required. In this sliding board 
are fixed six receivers, held by a clip and bolt in the board, to 
receive the straw as it is threshed. The centre receiver of each 
three has a case of sheet-iron projecting from 5 to 6 inches, 
fixed to the frame of the receiver, inside of which are five sets 
of springs holding about two hundred strings, each string being 
capable of tying twenty-eight pounds of straw into a truss, or, 
if required, and lengthened, to tie up thirty-six. To each centre 
receiver is fixed two levers, which are brought together by a 
slot at the bottom, working through a treadle or lever, passing 
Fig. 23.— P'leu; of Mr. T. T. Mayors Bolting Tier, No. 1814. 
on into an upright guard, which has a spiral spring round it, 
that reverses the position of the lever after it has compressed the 
straw. Through the foot being placed on the treadle, a short 
lever is brought into action, which presses away the truss, so that 
the hand may pass without interruption to the strings in the 
receiver. The strings thus taken from both sides, you pass one 
loop through the other, which acts as a button, and is firmly 
tied. Remove the foot from the treadle, and the levers are 
thrown back, the short one acting as a guard for the strings in 
the receiver. This work may be accomplished by two strong 
lads. When the one set of receivers is full, one checks the straw 
on the straw-board, while the full one is passed from under, 
and the empty one takes its place, and so the work passes con- 
tinuously. This machine has been allowed to be again exhibited 
as a " new implement." 
Mr. Thomas Fawcett, No. 3760, Brick and Tile Press-Duplex 
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