142 Report on Implements at Liverpool, and on 
MlSCELLAJHEOUS INVENTIONS. 
Second onlv to the interest attached to the Sheaf-binders was 
that which followed another class of labour-saving machinery 
in farm field-work, viz., the Hay-loaders. 
Two of these were exhibited : — The Harvesting-machine or 
Elevator, invented bv C. Loader, East Pennard, Shepton Mallpt, 
Somerset : and the American Hay-loader (Foust's patent), exhi- 
bited by Alfred Field and Co., Liverpool. The former is priced 
at 45/., and the latter at 25Z. 
Neither of these was eligible for a medal according to the 
strict conditions enforced in the regulations quoted at p. 104 : 
nevertheless they are attempts at accomplishing important objects 
difficult of attainment, and command consideration. This the 
Judges gave them bv practical tests thoroughly carried out. The 
loaders were tried on the farm of Mr. Hugh Hayward Jones, at 
Lark Hill, West Derby, about three miles from the Showyard. 
Each was worked in succession on a heavy crop of hay, load- 
ing from heavy close winnow from the swathe, and from open 
winnow in which the hay was laid in a breadth of 4 yards. The 
English machine in each case gathered the hay clean, and lifted 
it up well ; but at an immense expense of power, the horses 
labouring to keep it going. \\ hen going at full pace, the men 
on the waggon were useless, the one nearest the machine being 
buried under a continual avalanche of hay, and entirely occu- 
pied by his efforts to disentangle himself from the shower of 
hay falling upon him. His convulsive struggles were amusing. 
Under these circumstances one-third of the hay slipped off the 
waggon. A good deal also fell behind the waggon at the hind 
corners. Acting against the wind the work was impracticable, 
the hay blowing away at the highest point of elevation and 
while falling. This machine is very heavy, and the process at 
present can only be accomplished at a cost far exceeding that of 
manual power. 
The American machine is very light and elegant, and, except 
in a wind, deposits the hav on a waggon which goes in fnmt — 
the opposite being the case with the Loader machine — in a 
manner that allows two men to load it fairly well. In this case 
also by far too much hay fell on the ground after passing the 
top of the Elevator. A wider waggon or narrower gatherer 
might be adopted. A foot in width could advantageously be 
saved, as then it would gatlier as much as two men could load. 
The gathering-rake moves in the opposite direction to that of 
the Loader, which is a revolving cylinder with teeth like those 
of the Hay-spreader, which draws the hay inwards. The 
American drum goes round the opposite way, the teeth bringing 
