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bited (Art. 5590) a special driving band, which consists of steel 
wire rope, with cylindrical malleable iron stops fixed at certain 
intervals on it. The small cylinders are slipped over the rope, 
and two pins are driven through them and the rope ; further to 
secure them melted tin is forced in between the cylinder and 
the rope. The rope works in an ordinary sprokett wheel. It 
is claimed for it that it is much stronger than ordinary leather 
belting at a corresponding cost, that there is no slip, all the 
advantages of pitch-chain gearing being obtained at much less 
cost. The exhibitor states that in tests made to try the break- 
ing strain of this bund, the rope fails in the ordinary way, but 
that the stops do not drag or weaken the rope where the attach- 
ment to same is made. 
Messrs. Jas. & F. Howard, of Bedford, showed their Hay and 
Straw Press (Art. 563G), which is considerably improved since 
the trials of hay and straw presses at Nottingham, reported in 
the Journal last year (Vol. XXIV. p. 576). The steel cramps 
or " retainers " then used to hold the bale together temporarily 
are now dispensed with, and in their place a self locking clip 
is used ; this, and the locking twister used to secure the wire, 
considerably facilitate work, and reduce by one-half the num- 
ber of men employed. The straw comes out of the bales in 
excellent condition for use, and is not broken or damaged by the 
compression. 
Messrs. W. N. Nicholson cO Sons, Newark-on-Trent, had 
amongst their other exhibits a new pattern Turnip Cutter for 
Pig. 25. — Turnip Cutter for Sheep. 
sheep (Art. 5781). This appeared to be a development of the 
patent concave disc machine introduced by this firm, the con- 
cave being amplified until, in the new machine, it forms a deep 
cone within which knives of the Gardner pattern are fixed and 
the cutting is done. 
Roots were not forthcoming for the trial of the machine, but 
it was stated that much less power is required for cutting than 
