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teeth, T, similar to the fingers of a reaper, pivoted at A, and set 
hy levers connected at B. The haj collected by T is carried 
up the face of an iron apron, A, by teeth projecting from an 
endless chain, passing over the rollers C C, and is delivered at D, 
on to the revolving drum E, which acts as a spreader. The 
dotted circle in the diagram indicates the position of the tra- 
velling wheels of the implement. When used as a horse-rake, 
the drum E is removed, and its place is occupied by a simple 
delivery receptacle, which, when filled, is emptied without 
stopping the raking. The load in the receiver is carried by 
the travelling wheels, instead of being pushed on by rake teeth 
in the usual way. The whole crop is thus lifted and dropped 
lightly for drying in windrows. The exhibitor hopes to add a 
cocking attachment to the implement. The idea might perhaps 
be worked out to good effect if the inventor were associated 
with some good manufacturing firm. 
No. 1890, Messrs. Jenkinson and Gibletfs Sheaf Binding 
Attachment. Mr. Jenkinson's Patent attachment is intended 
for use on any self-delivery reaper ; it was exhibited attached to 
one of Hornsby's Progress Reapers. The reaper platform is 
removed, and there is substituted for it an endless travelling 
web, with slats upon it to keep it extended, and to aid in 
carrying the cut corn to the binding apparatus. The endless 
web is connected at its edges with pitch chains, which pass 
under guide pulleys, and the web travels over three rollers. The 
web travels in a horizontal plane the length of the cutter bar, 
and then rises obliquely to deliver the cut crop to the sheaf 
platform provided with the upper works of an Appleby Sheaf 
Binder. The rakes of the ordinary self-raking reaper are 
removed ; and to the centre of the rake-arm 6 long flexible 
fingers of leather and steel are attached, intended to hold the 
corn in its ascent against the rising part of the travelling web. 
We had no opportunity of trying the machine in the field, but 
it was obvious that these fingers would not succeed, as then 
arranged, in holding the corn sufficiently against the apron to 
secure its being raised with regularity to the platform. It is an 
interesting and promising attempt to enable those who are 
already possessed of self-delivery reaping-machines to convert 
them into sheaf binders ; but it requires further development to 
achieve complete success. 
No. 1937, Messrs. H. Bamford and Sons' Progress Haymaker, 
is furnished with a new screen of corrugated iron, which is 
probably lighter than the solid screens of the same strength, 
as it requires no stay to keep it in shape. 
No. 2178. — In Fig. 33 an illustration is given of Lewis's Patent 
Potato Digger, exhibited by Messrs. Powell Brothers and 
