Miscellaneous Implements at Reading, 1882. 
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reciprocal motion to each of the shoes, which are suspended 
by the spring hangers. This machine was tried, to see the 
practical effect when working ; the Judges especially noting 
whether the shakers lost any of their motion or effectiveness by 
this arrangement, and also testing the power of the riddles. 
The work done was quite satisfactory. The price of this 
machine is 142/. 
Messrs. Gibbons and Robinson, of Wantage, Berks, also exhi- 
bited for the first time an improved arrangement for cleaning 
and making a better sample of tail corn, as applied to their 
Threshing-machine. There is very undoubted merit in this 
arrangement, and the Judges regret that they were unable to 
test it with unthreshed corn requiring a good deal of cleaning, 
Messrs. Gibbons and Robinson being only able to provide a 
very fine sample of wheat, nearly all the corn in the neighbour- 
hood having been threshed before this season of the year. The 
chief merit claimed is a suction-fan, attached to the open wire 
barley-horner, to draw away the dust " through the perforated 
end of the barley-horner," that had not been previously taken out 
by the large fan before going on to the small riddle and blast- 
fan. There is also another ing:enious arrangement for distributing: 
the wheat or corn evenly over the riddle ; instead of it falling in 
one mass, thereby exposing it to a greater force of wind, the 
current is delivered over the large riddle. By this arrangement 
all the corn blown over falls on the riddle, and is worked 
through the machine again in the ordinary course. 
The usual number of Reaping and jNIowing-machines were 
:igain exhibited, but nothing was specially brought out beyond 
Mr. W. A. Wood's Tioo-horse Manual-reaper, which has an en- 
tirely new frame and gearing-motion. The clutch and pinion- 
motion being used, the raising or depressing-lever is easily 
worked with the man on the seat without dismounting, and the 
machinery is very neatly covered. The same firm have im- 
proved the String-binding Reaper in the clasp and delivery, and 
also added an additional kicker for removing the sheaf. Messrs. 
Kingsford and Fairless exhibited an entirely new Sheaf-binder, 
to follow the reaper and to bind with -^.tring. Without a trial it 
IS impossible to speak of its merits. Messrs. Williams and Son, 
Rhyl, have designed a new Steel Plate riveted to the cutter- 
bar of mowing-machines. It fits against the finger, and not to 
the finger, as is general. This is a very useful invention, and 
likely to prove advantageous. 
The Bristol Waggon Company exhibited a new Cattle-van, on 
four wheels of equal size, the shafts being attached to either end 
f the van at will. By this arrangement the animal can walk 
traight through. The van is fitted with crank-axles, and is low 
