Report on Implements at Preston. 
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Mr. E. T. Blunt's Patent Screw and Lever Press, No. 5277, 
is intended to be used either for silos, as in Fig. 28, or for silage 
stacks. The silage is covered by a platform of boards, and 
placed upon this are two strong beams, with screwed rods passing 
through their ends. Levers are then placed on both sides of the 
silo or stack in the stirrups at the bottom of the rods, and ful- 
crumed to staples or other fastenings. Each cwt. placed at the 
end of the lever gives a pressure of one ton upon the silage. As 
the silage sinks, a continuous pressure is kept upon it by the 
fall of the lever. By screwing down the nuts at the upper end 
of the iron rods the levers are raised again into position. One 
pair of iron rods screwed 3 feet is reckoned enough for ]20 super- 
ficial feet of stack. These, with wheels, wrench, fulcrum, and 
Fig. 29. — Messrs. F. W. Reynolds and Co.'s Silage Stack Press, 
No. 5278. 
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lever-tips and fulcrum-staples, cost 31. 10.9. This, of course, does 
not include the cost of the wooden platform, beams, and levers. 
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