50 Report on Sheaf-Binding Machinery at Shreioshury. 
hitch, save three untied sheaves, the gripper was made a little 
tighter, after which every sheaf was tied, and the whole of the 
work, sheafing, binding, and delivery, was done in a very satis^ 
factory manner. A sheaf-carrier, to be afterwards described, 
carried the sheaves round the corners and delivered them at the 
Fig. 17. — Plan of Oat-field on Mr. Hawhins's farm at DintMlL 
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1 Hornsby, 4563. 
2 Kearelcy, 383. 
3 Woods, 407. 
4 Howard, 49. 
5 Johnstone Harvester, 189. 
6 Samuelson, 256. 
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1 Kearsley, 381 . 
8 Hornsby, 4570. 
9 Samuelson, 255. 
10 McCormick, 216. 
11 McCormick, 217, 
12 Hornsby, 4569. 
13 Howard, 45. 
14 ircConnick, 215. 
15 King and Evans, 228. 
)6 Howard, 47. 
17 Woods, 409. 
will of the driver, clear of the horses and machine, for the next 
round. A strip of about 2 feet wide was left for the finishing 
cut ; this was duly elevated and delivered on to the packers, 
which kept hold of it until a sheaf of the normal size was col- 
lected, when it was then tied and delivered. Time, 34 minutes. 
This machine, which obtained the first prize, presents no very marked 
features that requires description. The construction in every detail is excel- 
lent, and there is especially a nystcin of diagonal bracing in the framing of the 
