546 Miscellaneous Ir,%plements Exhibited at Dmxcastef. 
though there are such decided advantages iu the new form 
pail, the cost is no greater than for pails of similar size but 
of difterent construction. Fig. 16 represents the pail fitted with 
a wire sieve, to keep impurities away from the milk. 
Mems. Fairhaim & Jones, Wyke, Bradford, Yorks, showed 
a Sod and Turf Cutter (Art. 1028) which does its work more 
simply and more easily than any implement we have seen. To 
the fore portion of the frame, which is not unlike a lawn-mower, 
is attached a roller divided into two cylinders ; and between the 
cylinders a revolving steel disc is fixed to make the vertical cut, 
in a similar manner to the disc-coulter of the plough. At some 
little distance behind the roller is a broadshare, shaped like a 
V-hoe, 12 inches in width, carried on a stem which can be set 
at any height to regulate the thickness of the sod. This share 
makes the horizontal cut when the machine is drawn through 
the land. On getting to the end of the draught the implement 
is run back parallel to the first draught, and pares another 
12 inches of turf. Twenty-four inches of turf are thus cut, and 
the vertical disc has made two cuts resulting in a sod 12 inches 
in breadth being cut out cleanly, and half a sod on each side 
beiug also cut, so that after the first bout a sod 12 inches in 
breadth is cut out at every draught. Other attachments for 
stirring the sod and breaking it up may be fixed on the frame. 
The cutting is done very easily and most perfectly, and it is 
doubtless a valuable implement where large quantities of turf 
are to be moved, but its application to strictly agricultural 
operations is somewhat limited. It is priced at 71. 10s., and 
will pare 2 acres per day. 
Messrs. Allan Jones & Co., Hatherley "Works, Gloucester, 
showed^their new " Hatherley " Chicken-rearer (Art. 990), which 
is worthy the attention of those who engage in poultry-rearing 
by the aid of artificial appliances. The leading feature in the 
" Hatherley " rearer is that a current of pure heated air is passed 
through it, and all cold draughts are avoided. The foul 'fumes 
from the lamp cannot enter the partitions in which the chickens 
are placed, thus ensuring their good health. All parts are neatly 
and skilfully arranged, and the rearer is so simple that the most 
inexpei'ienced hand can superintend its management, whilst it is 
an ornamental feature in a small farmstead. It sprice is hi. to 
hold 50 chickens, and lOZ. to hold 100. 
The Judges desire to express their obligations to the 
Stewards of Implements and to the Surveyor, through whose 
courteous efforts the discharge of their duties was greatly 
facilitated. 
W. J. Malden. 
