504 Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements 
IJooT Gutters and Slicebs. 
The machines exhibited in this class were numerous and generally well 
constructed ; in some of them valuable improvements had been made since 
they were last tried, particularly in one of Gardner's, made by Mr. Bentall, 
which had a double action and an apparatus separating tlic dirt and small 
]iieces from the roots during the process of cutting. We adopted the same 
principle in testing these machines as in the case of pulpers, viz., we had 
108 lbs. of roots weighed and given to each machine, and registered tlie time, 
power, &c. 
Units 
! 
Name of Maker. 
Time. 
of Power 
expended 
in exe- 
cuting the 
Quantity 
Sliced per 
Hour. 
Price. 
V\rorlc. 
min. 
sec. 
lbs. 
X. 
s. 
d. 
Barnard, Bishop, and Bar-"l 
2 
20 
1.1,120 
2777 
4 
10 
0 
1 
.50 
9 , 500 
3534 
4 
10 
0 
Bentall 
2 
13 
5,970 
2923 
4 
10 
0 
Bentall 
2 
55 
7,G30 
2221 
5 
10 
0 
Picksley, Sims, and Co. 
1 
55 
G , 500 
3381 
4 
15 
0 
17,600 
1851 
5 
10 
0 
Johnson and Whitaker 
3 
43 
10,100 
1743 
5 
10 
0 
Johnson and Whitaker 
2 
48 
6,020 
2314 
5 
10 
0 
Trustees of W. Crosskill .. 
26,230 
948 
8 
10 
0 
A Prize of 4/. was awarded to Mr. Bentall. 
A Prize of 1l. was awarded to Mr. Carson. 
And commended (as a slicer also) . . . . Mr. Bentall. 
Tlie exhibition of cliaft'-cuttcrs for hand-power was very good, the machines 
being generally well constructed. We tried tliem all with very short barley- 
straw, as it came from the threshing-machine ; each machine worlced five 
minutes, mechanical time, by the dynamometer. The chali' cut was weighed, 
and the quality of the work, &c., duly recorded. 
Name of Maker. 
Weight. 
Units 
of Power 
required 
to Cut 
1 lb. of 
Chair. 
Quantity 
of Chaff 
cut per 
Hour. 
Price. 
lbs. 
£. 
d. 
Page and Co 
14i 
1G75-8 
174 
7 
0 
0 
Choked during the trial 
7 
IG 
0 
Not prepared for trial. 
16 
1228- 1 
1 192 
4 
15 
0 
No pulley to go to trial 
G 
10 
0 
12 
1727-5 
144 
7 
10 
0 
Johnson and Whitaker 
10 
1844- 
120 
4 
10 
0 
Richmond and Chandler . . 
13J 
1G83-8 
162 
5 
10 
0 
14 
1798- 
168 
5 
10 
0 
Picksley and Sims 
15i 
1470'9 
186 
6 
0 
0 
15i 
1590-3 
18U 
G 
IG 
6 
10* 
1430-4 
12G 
6 
0 
0 
2889-4 
102 
8 
18 
6 
Cornes and Son 
11^ 
993- 
138 
3 
10 
0 
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