Report on Miscellaneous Implements at Shrewsbury, Sfc. 7 
A cart was placed so as to receive the cut grass as it dropped 
from the elevators, which discharged at a height of 7 ft. 6 in. 
The length of cut was | of an inch. Three men pitched the 
grass, and two fed the machine. The feeding was very regular, 
and all went well for 3 minutes and 20 seconds, when a break- 
age occurred of the travelling apron which carried the cut 
material as it drops from the knives forward to the endless 
web which acts as an elevator. A collection of cut grass was 
formed beneath the knives, which material had undoubtedly 
choked the travelling-apron, causing a cessation of delivery, and 
hence the breakage. The exhibitor asserted that the accident 
occurred from a stoppage of the elevator caused by the cut 
material in the cart becoming piled against the mouth of the 
elevator. This explanation being somewhat doubtful, the Judges, 
with the approval |of the Stewards of Implements, informed 
Messrs. Richmond and Chandler that, if the machine were 
repaired in time, another trial would be granted. The machine 
was therefore again placed in position after the other competing 
machines had been tried once over. A ton of grass was then 
cut, without any further hitch than the loss of one of the paddles 
off the travelling apron, which, however, did not appear to 
interfere with the work. This was followed by a ton of green 
oats, which was satisfactorily cut in 5 minutes 18 seconds. A 
ton of tares was then put through in an equally satisfactory 
manner. The power, as shown by the dynamometer, was very 
regular, and the machine worked very smoothly. 
Messrs. John Crowley and Co.^s Machine. — The elevator of 
this machine was 10 feet long, and raised material to a height of 
10 feet, the knife-wheel of the machine throwing the cut material 
into the throat of the elevator at a height of 4 feet. Con- 
siderable delay was caused by the travelling web of the 
elevator refusing to run straight ; this was driven by a pulley 
placed at the extreme run of the elevator. After this was pro- 
perly adjusted by a preliminary run, a start was made to cut a 
ton of grass. The work went on for 1 minute 43 seconds, 
when the intermediate gearing pulled up, and it was then found 
that the machine was completely blocked by cut material lodged 
beween the knife-wheel and the frame. This was repeated, 
and, as stated in Table 1, it was considered unnecessary to 
continue the trial further. 
The following description of this machine will enable its 
construction to be understood : — 
This machine is very strongly constructed and is fitted with five knives, 
and it is adapted for cutting large quantities of grasses or materials for 
ensilage, and the elevator is designed to deliver to any desired height into the 
silo or any place of storage. It will cut the chaff into three lengths — J in., 
•| in., and 1 in. — by merely changing a gear wheel. 
