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effect of the discs is to laminate the milk, and thus render it 
more easily acted upon by the centrifugal force than when it is 
in a dense unbroken column. The power required to work the 
discs is exceedingly small, and though the arrangement adds an 
additional part to be cleaned, there is nothing intricate about it. 
An attendant possessing ordinary intelligence can at once under- 
stand the construction, and, with a reasonable amount of care, 
need find little difficulty in washing and adjusting it. The 
extra trouble is but a slight drawback in comparison with the 
great advantage obtained by the use of the discs, for they double 
the working capacity of the bowl into which they are inserted, 
and may, therefore, be regarded as one of the greatest improve- 
ments ever applied to cream separators. They may be fitted to 
machines of any size. The cost of each disc is one shilling. 
Mr. John Grai/, Stranraer, Wigtown, N.B. — Nicholson and 
Gray's new patent Milking and Self-Registering Machine (Art. 
1325) was subjected to several trials in the Showyard, as it was 
entered for competition in Class 4, for Mechanical Milking 
Machines. The work done was of such a satisfactory nature that 
the Judges in Class 4 called special attention to it, and although 
it was not entered as a new machine, there were novelties in its 
design of sufficient value to render it worthy of the special 
Showyard recognition of the Silver Medal. Asa further trial 
of this machine, under conditions more satisfactory than were 
possible in a hot and crowded Showj^ard, has been ordered by the 
Council, it is only necessary here to notice the chief novelties in 
its design. 
The cups do not embrace the teats of the cow closely, but are 
held to the udder by suction, the cow's teats being suspended 
within them. The non-injurious character of the action which 
takes place is shown by the natural condition in which the teats 
are left after milking. Machines previously exhibited caused 
the blood to be drawn down to the teat in such a manner that 
the teat was left in a congested state, showing that an unnatural 
pressure had been applied. This was further proved by the fact 
that the milking properties of the animals were so seriously im- 
paired, that in course of time they ceased to have any value as 
dairy cows. 
Messrs. J. & H. Keyivorth & Co., 35 Tarleton Street, Liver- 
pool, exhibited the "Adriance" Harvester and Rear Dis- 
charge Binder, manufactured by Messrs. Adriance Piatt & 
Co., of New York, U.S.A. The machine differs from most 
binders in use in that it possesses but one canvas apron, the 
two vertical and the buttor canvases being dispensed with, and 
their places taken by revolving sprockets to gather the grain, 
