Hay and Straw Presses at Noitingham. 
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trampling or pressing, they were hard-worked. The Hoodless 
Press has no special means of transport, but requires to be 
loaded up into a cart in order to move from place to place. Tliia 
machine, in the general dearth of meritorious competitors in 
this class, Avas oi'dered for a second trial. The ratio of move- 
ment between the capstan levers and platten was 372 to 1, equal, 
at 100 lbs. pull per man, to a pressure of about 32 tons in the 
platten. 
Article No. 3086 (Fig. 7, p. GOG), exhibited by William 
Warnes, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, was a heavy and powerful 
press, acting vertically on the materials, which are squeezed 
between a descending platten, forced downwards by a screw and 
gearing, and a table standing about a foot above the ground-level. 
The press is open on three sides, its jaw -shaped frame, which is made of 
steel angles and plating, heing strong enough to take the thrust of the screw. 
When loo.se hay or straw is operated upon, it is confined laterally by two 
swinging doors, while, on the third side, the stuff is kept in place by the 
plated framework of the machine, together forming the equivalent of a com- 
pression-box. The nut in which the screw works is rotated by means of a 
winch operating upon bevil gears. Of these, there are two pairs, one giving 
a fast, and the other a slow movement. A clutch between the two pinions 
serves to put either of them into gear, or to stop the press. The table of 
the press forms the platform of a weighing machine, counterbalanced by a 
steelyard and sliding weight, so that the bales can be accurately sized. 
The winch is turned from a platform attached, at a suitable height, to the 
framework of the machine, and approached by a short wooden ladder. 
The ratio of movement between the winch-handle and the 
platten is 883 to 1 in the slow motion, equal, with two men on 
the winch, at 50 lbs. each man, to 39 tons pressure on the platten. 
The output of the Warnes Press was not large, but the density 
obtained was the highest recorded in Class 3. The men, how- 
ever, were hard-worked, and the cost of baling was considerable. 
The bales were tied with cord in the usual way. The condition 
of the stuff in tlie bales was good, but the want of a proper com- 
pression-box for straw obliged this exhibitor also to trim his 
straw bales with the knife. The press was supported on its own 
travelling wheels when at work, and could be immediately moved 
by putting a horse in the shafts, which were not removed. The 
size of this press was comparatively enormous, and its weight 
more than twelve times that of Bamber's, but, thanks again to 
a dearth of worthy competitors in the class, it did the best work 
of any machine except Bamber's, and was consequently ordered 
for a second trial. 
Article No. 5G6, exhibited by /. Ilartope & Co., Midlands 
Depot, Leicester, made only a single truss of straw, and, proving 
a failure, was withdrawn by its exhibitors. 
Article No. 5G0, exhibited by T. T. Mayos, of Llangunnock, 
