at the Carlisle Meeting, 1855. 
519 
leavinj; the edge of the steel blade for grinding purposes. Phillips and Wood's 
crusher made very good work, crushing the linseed best, oats second best, but 
took too long time in doing its work ; the large crushing-wheel is 4 ft. dia- 
meter, working against a small one. 
Grinding Mills, 
Competitors' 
Names. 
Stand. 
Article. 
Time in Minutes. 
Quantity ground 
in lbs. 
Horse-power con- 
sumed in grind- 
ing 5 Minutes. 
Bushels ground 
per Horse-power 
per Heut. 
Price. 
Observations. 
£. 
Whitmee and Co. . 
21 
10 
5 
62 
Hayes .... 
11 
1 
5 
hi 
8-46 
•95 
26 
Highly Commended. 
Clayton and Co. 
A I 
a 
5 
T-62 
•86 
48 
Prize. 
Crosskill 
23 
34 
5 
5-29 
\-\h 
5o 
Commended. 
Turner .... 
47 
7 
3 
iill 
7-22 
■714 
25 
The barley used in these trials weighed 50 lbs. to the bushel. 
Whitmee and Co.'s grinding-mill was withdrawn, owing to a miscalcula- 
tion of speed by which it was to be driven. Hayes's mill worked well ; the 
meal soft : it is fitted witli Derbyshire Peak stones. Clayton, Shuttleworth, 
and Co.'s mill worked with great steadiness and regularity, and made a good 
sample of soft meal; its feeding arrangement is very good, being a toothed 
disk upon a vertical spindle, allowing the most minute adjustment to regulate 
the degree of fineness of meal required. Turner's mill worked fairly, but not 
so well as either of the above ; the sample of meal coarser : it is upon a some- 
what new principle ; the corn first passes between two smooth metallic rollers, 
by which it is crushed before reaching the stones ; it is then ground in the 
usual manner. Crosskill's mill : the sample of meal from this mill was not 
fine, owing to its not being properly set to work. 
Bone-mills, Steam Power. 
Crosskill's well-known mill was the only one in competition ; it was not 
tried, not having bones at hand ; but as its character was known, and being 
the same as last year, we had no hesitation in awarding the prize. This 
machine grinds by means of iron plates, which revolve in contact. Motion is 
given to the lower plate, and the upper one is carried round by the friction 
of the substance grinding ; it will grind bones to powder, or minerals if 
required. 
GORSE-BRUISERS, MaLT-MILLS, MiLL-DKESSEKS, AND MiLL-STONES. 
We did not see a gorse-bruiser. We tried one or two malt-mills, but ob- 
served nothing new or worthy of commendation. The mill shown by White- 
head we most approved. Mill-stone dresser : this is a small imjilenicnt, with 
pick attached, worked by hand ; it is well adapted for use. Mr. James .showed 
a pair of red freestone mill-stones : we hesitated to commend them, not 
knowing their capabilities or durability. 
In concluding our Report, we cannot speak too much in praise of the valu- 
able improvements introduced b}' Mr. Amos into his " Testing-n;acliine," or 
of the abilit}', manner, and industry he displays iu conducting these trials. 
James Hall Naldek. 
Jno. Clarke. 
