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ReiJort on the Trials of 
at the work. It was estimated that his pull was at no time 
more than 2 cwt. 
The ratio of movement between the horse and the platten at 
the moment of maximum pressure was 301 to 1, equal at 2 cwt. 
pull of the horse to a pressure of 30 tons on the platten. Two 
men tended the press, and a third drove the horse. The out- 
put was large, a bale, weighing 2\ cwts., being turned out every 
five minutes, while the density obtained was over the require- 
ment in straw, and considerably over it in hay. The condition 
of the baled material was good, the bales box-like in shape and 
well-made, the power absorbed very moderate, and the cost of 
baling per ton light in accordance. 
The First Prize in Class 2 fell to Stephenson's Press No. 
3819, and the Second Prize to Ladd's Press, No. 3815. 
Trials of Hay and Straw Presses worked by Hand Power. 
Class 3. 
These trials, with which the competition was opened at Notting- 
ham on July 3, brought forward nine competitors, as follows : — 
Allen . 
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558 
Ruck 
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524 
McKenzle 
3099 
Bamber . 
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557 
Stephenson . 
3821 
Hoodless . . .No. 523 
Warnes. . . , „ 3806 
Hartope . . . „ 566 
Mayos . . . . „ 560 
Of these, four machines, viz. Allen, Bamber, Hoodless, and 
Mayos, were also entered as presses for old hay, worked by 
hand-power, in Class 4. 
The trial commenced on July 3, when all nine machines 
were set to work successively upon hay and straw, each having 
been first allowed to make a bale as a preliminary trial (of 
which the Judges took no notice), in order that the exhibitor 
might see his press was in good working order. 
After the first trials upon straw and hay, five machines, 
viz. Bamber, ]\lcKenzie, Stephenson, Hoodless, and Warnes, 
went thi'ough a second trial, conducted upon loose straw and 
hay, which also took place upon July 3 ; and three machines, 
viz. Warnes, Bamber, and Hoodless, were selected, after the 
second trial, for a final trial in hay, cut from the stack. 
It is to be regretted that none of the machines tried in this 
class can be considered as thoroughly satisfactory straw presses, 
whatever they may do in hay. Only one of the machines selected 
for a final trial was provided with a compreesion-box, and this 
