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wheat, &c., into meal. No. 2 is a roller cut coarser, which feeds the same, 
and thus we have a self feed. Both Nos. 2 and 3 run against steel concave 
plates cut in a manner similar to a millstone. The rollers are turned down at 
each end, say i inch wide, to a plain surface ; tliere are similar surfaces on the 
concave fitting them. It is therefore impossible to make the two grinding 
surfaces touch each other, thereby greatly reducing the wear and the power 
required. No. 2 roller is also used for bruising oats and other grain, the 
concave of No. 3 roller being adjusted so as to allow the corn to pass. The 
hopper is divided, so that corn can be ground and beans split simultaneously. 
Price m. 10s. 
The mill shown hy the Beverley Waggon Company was considered by the 
Judges as defective in principle : two rollers revolving at a different angle. 
The grinding surfaces are too limited, and the meal flies out of the machine. 
The sample was very irregular, and the cost great, viz., 201. 
Pinfold's new mill, with a vertical stone runner against a steel plate, 
is a combination that was not approved of. The meal was thrown about 
very much, and the wear and tear was likely to be great. 
Class 3. — Far Mills with Metal Grinders for grinding' Agricultural Produce 
for feeding purposes, hy hatid power. £20. 
The reason for withholding the prizes for hand-power mills will be best 
understood by reference to the preceding table. 
Is it desirable to encourage the manufacture of Crushing Machines, as 
distinguished from mills.? Is it not possible for one machine, say a metal 
mill when set open, to answer as a crusher — the work not so perfectly 
done, but sufficiently so to render outlay in another machine unneces- 
sary ? This was not tried, and therefore the question must remain im- 
answered. Having a distinct class, it is evident that any machine which 
ground the corn, instead of merely bruising the oats and splitting the beans, 
was faulty and ineligible. Those shown by Amies, Barford, and Company, 
The Beverley Company, Dening and Company, and S. Corbett and Son were 
in reality grinding mills — could uot crush perfectly — and were therefore put 
out of the race. As the machines one after another were put to work with 
similar results, the Judges ordered out a mill of Ransomes, Sims, and 
Head's, which was not entered for trial, and after testing it in a .similar 
manner to the rest, jilaced it first, since it really flattened the oats and cut 
the beans. Being a small machine, it did less work than some others, but the 
power consumed was in proportion. The following was the award in Class I. 
for the Corn Crushers, by steam or horse-power : — 
Class 1. — For Corn Crushers, hy Steam or Uorsc Power. £15. 
Prizes withheld. 
Section IV. — Ckushers. 
1017. Ransomes, Sims, and Head 
933. E. H. Bentall 
4045. Woods, Cockscdge, and Warner 
4838. E. R. and F. Turner .. .. 
Ransomes' Bean Kibbler consists of a series of steel triangular knives on a 
cylinder working against a steel fluted back. Each knife has three cutting 
