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Report on the Trials of 
Scott . . . .No. 622 
Barford & Perkins . . „ 2264 
Warnes , 3808 
Foster 3802 
output, power, and cost of labour, and his density Was well 
above the requirement in hay ; while Warnes, in spite of his 
double-geared screw, could no more than Bamber obtain the 
specified density in straw. On the other hand, Bamber 's 
machine was not one-twelfth the weight, and only one-third the 
price, of Warnes's Press. Without computation of the points 
due to each machine, the result was in no^way doubtful, and, after 
such computation, Bamber was easily ahead. The First Prize in 
Class 3 fell, consequently, to Bamber, and the second, faute de 
mieux, it must in all candour be said, was awarded to Warnes, 
Trials of Old Hay Presses worked by 
Hand-Power, — Class 4, 
The trials in Class 4 commenced on July 4, and were com- 
pleted on the same day. Nine machines came forward for 
trial, viz. : 
Bradbury . , . No. 662 
Bamber , . • )> 557 
Stephenson . . . „ 3822 
Barford & Perkins . . „ 2233 
Ladd . . . . „ 3817 
On completion of the first trials, which took place upon hay cut 
from a stack on Lord Middleton's estate, four machines, viz., 
Bradbury, Bamber, Barford, and Warnes, received a second 
trial, upon the results of which the decisions were given. Pre- 
liminary runs, of which no account was taken, were given as 
before, that makers might ascertain if their presses were in 
working order. 
Before describing the trials proper, something must be said 
about hay in the stack, and something also about this par- 
ticular hay-stack. The density of hay in a stack differs, of 
course, very greatly in its upper and lower layers, so that the 
performance of any old hay press is largely influenced by the 
position in the rick from which trusses are cut. A truss cut, 
for example, from the upper part of Lord Middleton's stack, 
and having a capacity of lo"66 cubic feet, weighed 85 lbs., or 
6-22 lbs. to the cubic foot ; while another truss, from the bottom 
of the rick, having a capacity of 12"8 cubic feet, weighed 152 lbs., 
or 11 "9 lbs. to the cubic foot. 
Under these circumstances, great care was taken that every 
competitor should have fair play, and all be served as nearly as 
possible alike. Mr. Scotson, whose practical knowledge rendered 
him just the umpire for the purpose, stood by during the whole 
of the trials in Class 4, directing exactly where each truss should 
be cut, and, so far as was possible in a case of some difficulty, 
