at. the Canterbury Meeting, 1800. 
503 
Nrtmc of Mfikor. 
Lbs. weight 
of Cake 
broken in 
5 Minutes. 
\j 111 L5 Ltl 
I'ower 
required 
to Break 
1 lb. of 
Cake. 
Quantity 
of Calce 
tbat Ciin 
be Broken 
j)er Hour. 
I'rice. 
lbs. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Nicholson 
39 
71 -02 
468 
3 
13 
6 
E. R. and F. Turner .. 
48 
121 -.5 
576 
3 
10 
0 
25 
603 * 2 
300 
3 
10 
0 
T. W. Ashby and Co 
.43 
81-4 
516 
3 
10 
0 
Hunt and Pickering . . 
3G 
55-G 
432 
3 
7 
6 
Hentall 
27 
37- 
324 
3 
13 
6 
Smith Brotliers 
71 
133-8 
852 
3 
15 
0 
Johnsou and Whitaker 
32 
31-3 
384 
5 
10 
0 
The 1st Prize of 3Z. was awarded to .. Beutall. 
The 2nd Prize of 2/. was awarded to . . Hunt and Pickering. 
Highly commended T, W. Ashby and Co. 
The machines, of which a considerable number were exhibited, were gene- 
rally well constructed, with the exception of one, which employed twelve 
tin>es the amount of power to do less work than the best machine tried, 
though both were made exactly on the same principle. The defect arose from 
the bad way in which the machine was fitted or put together. 
EoOT-l'ULrERS. 
Of thi.s class of machines for preparing food for cattle, only seven were 
tried, as the application of hand-power to this jjurpose is very limited, steam 
or horse power being found more suitable and economical, particularly as the 
work is generally done at the homestead. In testing these machines we had 
108 lbs. of roots (mangold) weighed and given to each, recorded the time and 
power employed, and then decided accordingly. 
Name of Maker. 
Barnard, Bishop, and Bar-) 
nards j 
Picksley, Sims, and Co. 
Hunt and Pickering . . 
Beutall 
Woods aud Son 
.lames Mellard 
Johnsou aud Whitaker 
Units 
(jf I'OWtT 
Time. 1 «->P^-'"'<^J 
1 ni exe- 
cutintr the 
Work. 
Quantity 
Pulped 
^er Hour. 
Price. 
min. sec. 
lbs. 
£. 
d. 
4 0 27,480 
1620 
4 
10 
0 
10 30 31,820 
617 
4 
4 
0 
4 38 21,920 
1440 
5 
0 
0 
5 20 34,820 
1215 
6 
G 
0 
G 2 23,000 
1023 
4 
15 
0 
Withdrawn. 
G 
10 
0 
9 48 29,930 
621 
3 
15 
0 
The P rize of 2^. 105. was awarded to .. Mr. Bentall. 
The Prize of 1/. 10s. was awarded to .. Hunt and Pickering. 
Commended Barnard and Bishop. 
The work done by most of the machines was good, but the difference 
between them was considerable. The first prize machine reduced the roots 
to pulp as evenly as possible, and it was the only one that did so. Some of 
the others cut the- roots into slireds. The one that was withdrawn was fed on 
the inside of the cylinder ; the knives were fixed so ill that they choked up in 
a veiy short time. 
