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short length of the unequal ends by the same stroke which divides 
the streams of clay into tiles, thus securing them of perfectly 
equal length. The unequal ends which are cut off are returned 
as waste to the clay-box, and it is therefore plain that if but 
one length of tiles is severed at once, it is no less necessary to 
cut ort' the unequal ends, than if, as in Whitehead's machine, five 
lengths of tiles are divided by one stroke of the wires, and the 
same quantity of manufactured clay Avhich would in the former 
case be cut off as waste for making one length of tiles, would in 
the latter not be exceeded for making five. The practical limit 
to the number of lengths which can be cut at once is the 
distance to which the streams of clay can be propelled without 
losing their shape, and in Whitehead's it was found that, from 
the size of the clay-box, the strength and power of the piston, and 
the good construction of the receiver, five lengths of two-inch tiles 
were made at once without any loss of shape. He has also 
introduced a second receiving tray underneath the former, and 
supplied from the same die-plate, the pipes on which are di- 
vided by the same movement of the cutting wires which di- 
vides those on the upper, so that at one stroke fifty two-inch 
tiles are cut in the most accurate way, and whilst the boys are 
carrying them to the shelves the man is refilling the box. 
Franklin's machine is most ingenious, and if found on further 
trial to accomplish its daily task in the tile-yard with unprepared 
clay in the same workmanlike manner in which it did its work at 
York with clay that had been previously well pugged, it would be a 
very valuable implement, as by pugging, screening, and moulding 
at one operation the labour of twice handing over the clay is 
avoided. 
Mr. Bullock Webster, of Houndsdown, exhibited a tile-machine, 
but was not in a position to have it tried. As this is the second 
meeting of the Society at which the same thing has occurred, 
Mr. Webster's attention is particularly called to one of the printed 
regulations, which provides " that all implements admitted to the 
exhibition will be liable, on the recommendation of the judges, 
to be proved by .actual trial." The stewards have full powers 
given them to enforce the regulations, and should Mr. Webster 
be found to shrink from competition a third time, it is probable 
that they would not permit the Implement to be exhibited at all. 
Carts and Waggons (Judges' Report). — "Although we 
awarded the prize for the best cart to John Eaton of Woodford, 
we wish to observe that we think it far from perfect, and in par- 
ticular we do not approve of the self-acting tail-board with spring- 
catch. None of the carts exhibited did, in our ojilnion, combine 
the three following ]Kiints, which we consider essential, viz. : — 
"1. Reasonable price. 
