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Eeport on Miscellaneous Implements at Neivcastte. 205 
TJwmas Corhett, of Perseverance Iron Works, Shrewsbury, 
showed a new form of Pulverising Plough (Art. 478), which 
differs from the "Spider" plough described in last year's 
' Journal,' and from alt similar pulverising jiloughs. Mr. Corbett 
mounts a small " Norwegian Harrow " on a horizontal axis just 
behind the plough-breast. The "harrow" consists of 6 six-tined 
sections, all or any of which may be used at pleasure. The axis 
is adjustable both vertically and horizontally, and is fitted with 
a sleeve, having a hexagonal exterior, upon which any chosen 
number of the tined sections can be threaded. The object of 
this arrangement is that all the tines in use shall retain the 
hexagonal division of the circle, and follow each other at regular 
intervals. A lateral guard is provided in the rear of the plough- 
breast, which prevents the furrow-slice from slipping away 
sideways while the harrow is operating upon it (see fig. 7). 
Fig. 7. — Corhett's Pulverising Plough. 
The Ai/leslury Dairy Company exhibited as anew implement 
Johnson's Improved Ensilage Stack Press (Art. 722), to which 
a few words may be devoted, notwithstanding the fact that this 
inventor's successive advances in stack-pi-essing have already 
occupied several pages of the 'Journal' (See Norwich and 
Preston Reports.) 
Mr. Johnson's efforts in this direction have, from the first, 
been directed to the " tight-lacing," so to speak, of ensilage 
stacks, and his improvements have all consisted in bringing the 
means for accomplishing this to a higher mechanical standard 
than that which characterised his earlier plans. 
The " Rachet bar," showed at Norwich, which was fully 
described in last year's ' Journal ' (Vol. XXII. p. 535), has given 
way to a "Rachet drum" at Newcastle. A dozen or so wire 
ropes, more or less being used according to the size of the rick, 
placed a few feet apart, are thrown over the stack, and each end 
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