Report on the Worcester Show-yard. 
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We commend the engine of Mr. HaywooJ, Junr., of Derby. 
The quality of work and finish of all these engines are very high. 
In the second division of this Class we commend Messrs. Ellis and Sous and 
Parsons for good and serviceable engines, showing a fair result as to consump- 
tion of fuel. See Table No. 3. 
We have highly commended Messrs. Brown and May's engine for its per- 
formance and general construction, as being a fair representative of those most 
in use. It was discovered after the trial that, the fire-tubes being 2J inches 
outside instead of inside diameter, this engine did not conform to the conditions 
of the Society at this Meeting, and was not entitled to any of the money 
devoted to the Class. We regret this circumstance, because the performance 
•was highly satisfactory ; especially when it is considered that the engine was, 
with others, selected by the Judges for trial without consulting the exhibitors, 
and was left for trial after an objection was raised by the exhibitors of other 
engines to their being tried. 
The Table below refers to the Fixed Steam-engines. 
Fixed Steam Engines. 
Table No. 4. 
Name of Exhibi tor. 
No. of 
Article. 
Horse- 
power of 
Engine. 
Coal Burnt 
per Hour. 
Coal Burnt 
per 
Horse-power 
per Hour. 
Price. 
Remarks. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
£. 
Barrett, Exall, and Co. . 
2537 
10 
48-8 
4-33 
230 
Prize of \bl. 
Clayton and Co. . 
141 
10 
50-4 
5-04 
240 
, , 151. 
Hornsby and Sons . . 
1945 
10 
55-1 
5-51 
245 
, , lOJ. 
3373 
10 
71-0 
7-10 
230 
C Commended as a plain 
\ serviceable engine- 
Tuxford and Sons . . . 
5014 
8 
56-5 
7-OG 
200 
Haywood, junr. . 
548 
10 
87-7 
8-77 
240 
Jolinsou and Whittaker . 
2867 
4 
61-3 
15-32 
85 
The engine shown by Messrs. Hornsby and Sons was a very good one, equal 
in workmanship to those of Messrs. Clayton and Co., and Barrett and Co., 
but it consumed rather more fuel. 
We commend Mr. Ferrabee for a plain, serviceable engine, which attained 
good results, without the application of the expansive use of the steam. 
There was but one boiler exhibited, and we have not awarded any prize for 
boilers. 
We observe that Traction Engines, useful for agricultural purposes, are now 
beginning to take an important position; and we recommend that the Class be 
recognised by the Society by the offering of a sum of money for competition, 
either at the next Show or at some convenient previous date. 
We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, 
Your most obedient servants, 
John J. Gooch, 
D. K. Clark. 
The higli results to which the Judges' Report testifies are pro- 
duced by extreme care in manufacturing detail ; friction is reduced 
to a minimum ; heat is economized by carefully clothing the heated 
surfaces, and the demand for steam is diminished by cutting off 
the supply before the stroke is completed, or, as it is termed, 
"working expansively." The power so obtained involves no 
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