454 Report on the Trials of Implements at Cardiff. 
The trial in this class consisted in making each machine 
successively elevate the same straw — a quantity of about a load, 
but not weighed. The time occupied varied from six to ten 
minutes, but is not recorded against each machine, as the 
feeding into the hopper was done by men who differed greatly in 
the rapidity with which they worked. There was no opportunity 
for testing the machines with hay, which from its greater weight 
would have been in some respects a better test than straw. In 
entering the prices of these machines, some of the makers included 
the price of the horse-gear required to work them. In the pre- 
ceding table, for the sake of comparison, we have separated these 
prices where practicable, and have added the cost of the horse- 
gear to the prices given by the other makers. 
Ko. 4946. Clayton and Shuttleworth. — The carrying-trough is made in two 
parts arranged telescopically, so that the upper part can, by means of a chain, be 
drawn down into the lower. This mode of packing for removal has the great 
advantage of avoiding the use of the hinges that can hardly fail to cause a 
certain amount of weakness in other troughs. The trough is raised by rack 
and pinion. The machine can be used in conjunction wth a threshing-machine 
as well as for stacking hay or com, and can deliver the straw at any angle. 
The workmanship throughout is excellent, and the materials used are of the 
same description as in the machine made by this firm described in Class IV. 
Fig. 24. — Meesrs. Clayton and Shnttleworth's Improved SlacJcing-machine, 
No. '1946, /or Straw, Say, or Slieaf-Corn. 
