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Class 4. Linseed Crushers, hy Hand Power, £10. 
4841. E. R. and F. Turner £fi 
4052. Woods, Cocksedge, and Co 4 
4841. This mill is identical with 4840, save in dimensions, the crushing 
rollers being respectively 24 and 9 inches diameter. Price, Ql. 10s. 
4052. This is a useful, well-arranged, and reasonable machine, costing only 
SI. The rollers are identical in size and form to those used in the hand 
power corn-crusher, made by this firm. 
Section V. — Chaffcutters. 
Class 1. — For the Class of Chaffcutters to he worked hy Steam or 
Horse Power, £20. 
Catalogue Awinntj C 
Number. £• 
4881. Richmond and Chandler 10 
959. E. H. Bentall ( ) 5 
3182. Picksley, Sims and Co \ j 5 
2G69. Carson and Toone Highly Commended. 
2782. J. Cornes and Co Commended. 
8690. T. Allcock Commended. 
3168. R. Maynard Silver Medal. 
Cl.iss 2. — For the Class of Chaffcutters to he ivorhed hy Hand Power, £10. 
£. 
4877. Richmond and Chandler 6 
3183. Picksley, Sims, and Co 4 
1673. Smith and Grace Highly Commended. 
947. E. H. Bentall Highly Commended. 
These trials were watched with great interest by the public. Each year 
the imjxirtauce of cutting straw, as a means of economising more valuable 
food is better luiderstood. The arrangements for the work gave general satis- 
faction. A solid floor was prepared, roofed over, on which the machines were 
fixed, and driven through the dynamometer by one of Ransome's portable 
engines. Botli the engine and driver were spoken of by the Judges in high 
jjraise. The engine was always ready when wanted, and the steadiness of 
driving was admirable. The entries were very numerous — 19 power-machines, 
and 20 for manual labour. Three or four makers, however, declined to come 
to trial, reducing the actual competition to 18 power and 13 manual machines. 
The results of the djmamometer trials are most interesting and unexpected. 
Considering the attention that has been expended on this class of machines 
for a period of over twenty years, we were not prepared to find the dif- 
ference of power consumed for a given quantity of work to be more than 100 
per cent. Some portion of this result may be attributable to skilful 
management, and such veterans as Messrs. Richmond and Chandler have 
little to learn. No doubt the bearings of their splendid machine. No. 
4881, were well oiled, and the knives brought up to a razor edge ; but 
other makers were equally attentive to their interests, yet none coiUd pro- 
duce similar results. Hence we must conclude that the method of 
gearing adopted by Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, and which we shall 
describe, must be economical. There is very little alteration in these machines 
since the Bury ^Meeting, but, as the rc])ort on that occasion merely enumerated 
the prizetakcrs, the following particulars may be deemed interesting : — The 
