Report on Miscellaneous Implements at Shrewsbury, Sfc. 31 
a light Agricultural Traction Engine or Locomotive, said to be 
of an entirely new construction, of three-horse-power nominal, 
but capable of indicating a much higher power. It weighs a 
little over a ton and a half when filled with water and coal 
supply. The speed at which it is intended to travel is three 
miles an hour, but by altering the gearing seven or eight miles 
an hour can be attained when the engine is being used in 
countries where the speed of traction engines is not restricted. 
It can be used as a traction power for drawing loads on 
common roads ; and by simply throwing the traction out of 
gear it can also be used as a stationary engine for pumping, 
grinding, threshing, chaff-cutting, tScc, where an ordinary 
engine of that power is suitable. 
There is also a spare wheel exhibited, which has a groove in 
the tire. This is a substitute for the common road Avheel when 
it is desired to use the engine on a single tram-rail, by dis- 
connecting the steerage apparatus. 
It can further be used to travel round a circle for working 
a pug mill in a brickfield or other similar work. 
Novelty of invention is claimed for — 
1st. Converting the central steering wheel of traction and 
locomotive engines into a driving wheel. 
2nd. Mounting the central steering wheel of traction and 
locomotive engines on a radius axle, and trans- 
mitting to such wheel driving power through the 
pivot on which the radius axle turns. 
This engine was moved about in the yard for inspection by 
the Judges. The front driving wheel did not appear to be 
sufficiently weighted to draw a load or to take the engine alone 
through a soft part of the yard, but where the ground was hard 
the engine travelled well. The price is 170Z. 
Messrs. B. A. Lister and Co., Victoria Iron Woi-ks, Dursley, 
exhibited Grinding Mills of various sizes, said to be of an 
entirely new design. They were fitted with French burr 
stones, varying in size from 30 inches diameter to half that 
size. These stones run vertically on a horizontal spindle. The 
mills are self-contained on a strong iron framing constructed 
with a view to easy erection and management. They are 
suitable for cracking, kibbling, or grinding grain or seeds into 
meal (see Fig. 11, p. 32). The work they did in the presence 
of the Judges was very satisfactory. 
Messrs. Gibbons and Robinson, Wantage, Berkshire, exhibited 
a Finishing Threshing Machine, fitted with a New Patent 
Single Crank Shaft, which materially reduces the number of 
wearing parts. During the short trial to which this machine 
was subjected in the Showyard the work was done very effec- 
