G32 Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Plymouth. 
hurdle be easily taken to pieces and put together by a farm 
labourer, but, as every part is interchangeable, old hurdles will 
make up almost as good as new. The bars are not weakened 
in any way at the point of connection with the angle iron 
heads. These hurdles are well adapted for colonial use. 
Messrs. Lanhester & Co.'s " Keystone" Hay-loader (Art. 2129). 
This machine is an elevator for attachment behind a waggon, and 
is carried on a pair of travelling wheels which drive a pronged 
cylinder of the nature of a hay-tedder. Over this cylinder an 
endless net travels, and elevates the hay to the point of delivery 
above the waggon. The hay is picked up in the windrow. 
William Lambert, Staplehurst, Kent — Hop Washing and Fire 
Engine Combined (Art. 2192). The chief novelties in this 
machine are regulation of the pumps with speed wheels of 
different sizes, hose nozzles instead of perforations, and the power 
of using it as a fire engine, equal to ^-horse. 
Messrs. Powell Brothers &Whitaker, Wrexham — Potato Sorter 
(Art. 2284). A good implement — low hopper, hung on four 
chains, gives great freedom of motion with no wear and tear. 
Messrs. R. A. Lister & Co., Dursley, Gloucestershire — Horse 
Gear (Art. 2102). The chief novelty consists in the first motion 
being taken from three different points, with the object of dividing 
the strain. It multiplies sixty-four to one, which, with 24-inch 
pulley, will drive a separator 7,000 revolutions a minute, and 
does away with the necessity for intermediate motion. The 
lay shaft is kept nearer the ground than is usually the case, and 
is fitted with a safety clutch of special design that can he 
attached at either end. Only one keyed wheel is used. Whether 
the novel construction reduces friction appears open to question, 
but, as we did not test this point, we do not express an opinion. 
The same makers' " Alexandra " Cream ■ Separator (Art. 
2 101) consists of a milk holder in which the milk, before entering 
the Separator, is heated to 80° by means of a jacketed steam 
chamber which forms the bottom ; then from three to four 
inches above this a loose diaphragm rests on a small ledge in 
the side of the tub ; this checks the heated milk in rising, so 
that the bulk of the upper milk remains comparatively cool. 
On leaving the Separator the skim milk is passed through a 
jacketed vertical cylinder and boiled, after which it is cooled 
over a refrigerator and canned for sale. The milk is prevented 
from scumming, or sticking to the sides of the boiler, by an in- 
genious stirrer revolving slowly inside it. 
Messrs. Barford & Perkins, Peterborough — Ensilage, Field, 
and Cambridge Roller (Art. 2423). Combined implements ore 
often objectionable, but the objection hardly applies in this case, 
