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there is a limit when cheapness is not economy, and some of 
the articles were lacking in detail of construction. Amongst 
the number, especially worthy of notice, was a very light and 
easily moved Sheep Hurdle, as will be seen by the accom- 
panying drawings (Fig. 14). 
Fig. 14. — Messrs. Douglifij and Bradlcj/'s Sheep Hurdles. 
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A Is the hurdle in position ; B the sectional end of the upright, 
showing a groove for slipping in the hurdle D ; D is the plain 
hurdle lifted out of position for moving ; c is a small wooden foot 
for the upright. The hurdle is slipped into a groove riveted to 
the side of the upright B, which is riveted to, and rested on, an 
iron foot, E, with small wooden blocks at each end, F. This can 
be quickly removed by one man, and the hurdle being entirely 
plain, there is little danger of it bending or warping if it is 
thrown on the ground. The price is only about double that of 
ordinary wooden sheep-hurdles. The same firm have also a 
wooden SheepTrough, made without nails, and allowing the water 
to drain out at the bottom. The trough is screwed together 
with bent clips of iron running over the handle and screwing 
below the feet. The size of the trough is 9 feet long, 8 inches 
deep, 11 inches wide at the top and 5 inches wide at the 
bottom ; the price is 5s. 6rf. each trough. Messrs. Doughty and 
Bradley have also invented a combined Corn Dressing Machine 
and Hay Drying Fan, being convertible either for suction or 
blast. The price of this combined machine is 11. It is likely 
to prove a cheap and efficient machine for a small farmer. 
Messrs. Proctor and Co., Stevenage, Banbury, Oxfordshire,, 
claim as a new implement their Steam Digger. Messrs. 
Darby's Patent Digger has already been so lucidly explained 
in the Society's ' Journal,' that I will simply say that the work 
done by this digger is exactly the same, the difference between 
