704 Report on the Trials of Implements at Reading. 
TRIALS ON HAY. 
Tables (IV. to XV.) showing the Temperatuke obsei-ved in different 
Hay Stacks, the days on which the Fans were Wouked, the Number 
of HouBS of such WoKKiNG, and the Power Employed. 
Table IV. 
COULTAS, JAMES.— (Ca/a?or;«e No. 2224.) 
First Trial Stack I. 
About 12 acres, cut July 3rd. Stucked 7th, Sth, and 9th. Hay, fair quality — 
light crop — got iu bad condition. Dimensions of Stack, 38' x 17' x 8'. About 12 tons. 
Day. 
Time of 
Observation. 
Temperature. 
Fun Worked. 
Observations, 
N. 
E. 
S. 
W. 
July 
9 
10 
11 
li. m. 
4. 0 P.M. 
7. 0 A.M. 
8.30 ,, 
10.30 
4.20 P.M. 
4.50 
5.20 
O II 
94" 
98 
94 
94 
0 
125 
150 
130 
138 
130 
125 
106 
0 II 
0 
104) 
98 
82) 
\ 
/ 
( Fan worked 1 
1 4.20—5.20 \ 
[ 1 hour, j 
oiia. 10 uiUocU. 
Shafts open. 
niOO revolu- 
1 tions of fan 
j per mill. 
{ 4 H.P. 
9. 0 A.M. 
5.50 P.M. 
78-105 
97-116 
121 
147 
•• 
82 
19 
k\J t Lt^i A.M. 
10.50 ,, 
11.20 ,, 
11.45 ,, 
82 
80 
68 
66 
142 
124 
105 
97 
110 121 
92 117 
78 84 
73 75 
124] 
107 1 
85 
85] 
1 Fan worked 
lO.-iO— 11.20 
< and 
11.30—11.45 
I \\ hour. 
13 
5. 0 P.M. 
100 95 
62 
14 
10. 0 AM. 
12. 0 Noon 
64 
140 
16 
4. 0 P.M. 
91 
84 
86 
17 
9.30 A.M. 
3. 0 P.M. 
4. 0 ,. 
4.30 ,, 
5. 0 ,, 
•ii3 
130-122 
130- 95 
105- 92 
110 
132 
150 
140 
100 
101 
( Fan 
4.0—5.0 
1 1 hour. 
18 
9 .30 A.M. 
100- 79 
98 
19 
3. 0 P.M. 
90 
25 
27 
5. 0 P.M. 
138 
Average 
120° 
