450 Report on the Trials of Implements at Cardiff. 
No. 4757. Buss, Morris, and Co. — This is a machine made, not by the 
exhibitors, but by Messrs. Staiford and Co., of Nassington, Wansford. The 
fore part of the trough is suspended from the upper extremities of two wooden 
shafts liinged upon the carriage-frame : these shafts are raised and lowered by 
chains passing irom their hea'ds round pulleys fixed outside the to}) of the 
hopper that receives the straw, and terminating in a winch on the carriage- 
frame. The straw can be delivered at any angle, and is elevated bj' a ladder- 
chain passing round octagonal pulleys. The carriage-frame is made to expand. 
The travelling wheels are of 'OTOUght iron, and rather slight ; the weight of 
the whole machine is less than that of any other exhibited in this class. 
No. 4994. W. Tasker and Sons. — This form of elevator is adapted for 
ricking hay and corn, as well as for elevating straw. It will be seen from the 
illustration given that the endless chain or flexible ladder passes round the 
"Fig. 22.— Lower portion of Messrs. Tasker and Sons' Elevatoi- set for work. 
bottom of the trough, the straw is carried upon tlie teeth, and light ropes are 
stretched above the trough to prevent the straw from being carried away by 
wind. The apparatus for raising and lowering the trougli consists of two 
wire ropes which are wound upon two small drums (one of which is seen 
at A); of two iron rods fixed to the carriage-frame above the drums, and 
secured by the truss-bar that passes down to the centre of the side frames, 
terminating in two pulleys as shown at B ; and of two other iron rods which 
turn upon the bolts that hold them to the extreme front of|,the frame, while 
