Agricultural Patents for the year 1863. 
583 
518. Robert Maynard, of Whittlcsford, Cambridgeshire, Improvements in 
portable, chaff-cutting machines. Application dated 27th February ; 
provisional protection, 20th March ; notice, 9th June ; patent sealed, 
2Sth July, 1863. 
2199. Nathan Singleton, of Manchester, commission agent, Certain improve- 
ments in machinery or apparatus for cutting hay, straw, or other 
similar agricultural produce. (A communication from Heiurich. 
Pollack, of Hamburg.) Application dated 7th September ; provi- 
sional protection, 25th September, 18G3. 
Cutting and Pulping Machines. 
120. George A. Biddell, of Ipswich, mechanical engineer, Improvements in 
machines for pulping turnips and other vegetable substances. Appli- 
cation dated 14th January ; provisional protection, 23rd January ; 
notice, 19th May ; patent sealed, 23rd June, 1863. 
*3259. Richard Hornsby, junior, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, Improvements in 
apparatus for cutting and pulping turnips and other vegetables. 
Application dated 4th December, 1S62 ; patent sealed, 27th Feb- 
ruary, 1863. 
1561. Joseph Sainty, Burnham Market, Norfolk, agricultural implement- 
maker, Improvements in turnip-cutters for cutting the last slice. 
Apnlicatiou dated 22nd June ; provisional protection, 21st July, 
1863. 
3234. John Sainty, of Burnham Market.'Norfolk, agricultural implement- 
manufacturer, An improved turnip-cutter for cutting the last slice. 
Application dated 22nd September, 1863. 
2124. Jolm Shaw, of New Wortley, Leeds, implement-maker, Improvements 
in machines for cutting or reducing turnips or other roots as food for 
animals. Application dated 28th August ; provisional protection, 
11th September; notice, 22nd September, 1863. 
"2374. Reuben Sims (Picksley, Sims, and Company), the Bedford Foundry, 
Leigh, Lancashire, agricultural implement-makers, Improvements 
in machinery or apparatus for pulping, stripping, or slicing turnijis 
and other vegetable substances. Application dated 27th August, 
1862 ; patent sealed, 20th February, 1863. 
"3026. John "Whittaker, of Leigh, Lancashire, agricultural implement-maker, 
Improvements in machinery or apparatus for pulping, stripping, and 
slicing edible roots for cattle. Application dated 10th November, 
1862 ; notice, 17th March ; patent sealed, 5th May, 1863. 
Apparatus for separating and sizing Roots. 
1130. S. Hibbert, J. Lawton, and J. Kay, of Manchester, Certain improve- 
ments in apparatus for cleansing potatoes and in decorticating the 
same and other esculent roots. Application dated 6th May ; provi- 
sional protection, 15th May ; notice, 1st September ; patent sealed, 
2nd November, 1863. 
480. Herbert Mackinder, of Mere Hall, Lincoln, for an invention of Im- 
provements in apparatus for separating potatoes into different sizes. 
Application dated 2 1st February ; provisional protection, 6th March ; 
notice, 16th June ; patent sealed, 21st Jul}', 1863. 
724. Francis Richmond, Henry Chandler, and James Gadsby Richmond, of 
Salford, Lancashire, agricultural implement-makers, Improvements 
