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pitched into the hopper. The chamber into which the hay is 
forced is provided with steel springs, which retain all the hay 
forced beyond them, and prevent expansion backwards, when the 
traverser is withdrawn. The size of the chamber is 12" x 15", 
and this of course regulates the dimensions of the bale, which 
can be made of any convenient length (although the usual size is 
3 feet) by the insertion in the hopper of light wooden followers 
with slots on their surface, through which the wires are passed 
for tying the bale as it passes through the chamber. The wires 
of proper length being first prepared, an attendant below passes 
Fig. 2. — Section of the Hopper of the Perpetual Baling Press. 
Figs. 3 auJ A.—IUasiratin:i the foldinci action of the Perpeiwd 
BaUri'j Press. 
Fig. 3. Fig. 4. 
the wires through the slots in the followers, and brings the ends 
together on one side of the truss with pincers. The liberation of 
the truss from the discharge end of the chamber, by allowing some 
lineal expansion, tightens the wires. The mouth is adjustable, 
so that by turning a nut the bale is released or held, thus 
forming light or heavy bales as required. Two men are re- 
quired to operate the machine, the hay being supplied on to 
a platform which is level with or slightly above the top of the 
hopper. One feeds the machine, whilst the other attends to 
the wiring of the trusses or bales. 
It will be understood from the figures and description that 
the bale consists of a number of independent sections pressed 
closely together, so that, when the ties are removed, each section 
may be taken off without pulling the bale to pieces, and without 
that waste inseparable from the distribution of a homogeneous 
mass. This is a point of considerable importance. The 
