at  the  Exeter  Meeting , 1 850. 
475 
as  will  be  seen  by  the  following  table,  the  contest  was  between 
Hornsby  and  Hensman. 
First  Trial. — With  Corn  as  from  the  Threshing  Machine,  with  sixty-two 
turns  of  Testing  Machine. 
Stand. 
Art. 
Name. 
Weight 
on  lever 
empty. 
Weight 
on  lever 
working. 
Best  Grain. 
Tail  Corn. 
Screenings. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
B. 
P. 
Q. 
B. 
p. 
Q. 
B. 
p.  Q. 
34 
15 
Holmes  . . 
15 
204 
3 
3 
4 
0 
3 
4 
0 
0 3 
76 
36 
Garrett  . . 
17  Tr 
ed  and 
a slijrlif  accident. 
81 
10 
Hensman  . 
14 
16 
5 
3 
4 
1 
3 
3 
20 
5 
Comes  . . 
10 
• • 
3 
0 
H 
0 
0 
2 
40 
I 
Brinsmead . 
15 
17 
3 
4 
0 
i 
2 
0 
8 
8 
Hornsby . . 
15 
18 
5 
2 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 5 
Second  Trial.— The  Corn  dressed  a second  time  over.  Six  Bushels  dressed 
by  each. 
Stand. 
Art. 
Name. 
Turns. 
Weight 
on 
Lever. 
Height  of 
Feeding 
Box. 
Price. 
Turns. 
Power. 
lbs. 
ft.  in. 
£. 
S. 
d. 
34 
15 
Holmes  . . 
• . 
. . 
4 5i 
12 
0 
0 
76 
36 
Garrett  . . 
81 
10 
Hensman  . 
26 
15i 
4 9 
13 
10 
0 
26  x 15^ 
= 403 
20 
5 
Comes  . . 
• . 
4 54 
12 
10 
0 
40 
1 
Brinsmead  . 
• . 
. . 
6 0 
13 
0 
0 
8 
8 
Hornsby  . . 
• . 
. . 
4 9 
13 
10 
0 
25 
17 
* * 
• • 
25x17 
= 425 
The  Judges  have  to  observe  that,  in  the  first  trial,  Hensman 
had  the  advantage  of  Hornsby,  both  as  to  draught  and  the  quan- 
tity of  best  grain  ; but  Hensman’s  tail-corn  was  much  too  large 
in  quantity.  In  the  second  trial  the  performance  of  the  two 
machines  was  nearly  equal,  the  draught  being  in  favour  of  Hens- 
man’s, but  in  time  and  division  of  refuse  corn  Hornsby  had  the 
advantage.  These  two  machines  received  a third  trial,  that  the 
quality  of  the  work  might  again  be  inspected.  The  result  was, 
that  Hensman’s  machine  turned  out  best  grain — a shade  cleaner 
than  Hornsby’s  ; but  as  a drawback,  the  tail- corn  had  a large 
quantity  of  good  corn  intermixed  with  it. 
From  the  result  of  the  last  trial,  and  the  fact  that  the  best 
parts  of  Hensman’s  machine  had  been  copied  from  Hornsby’s, 
and  that  the  workmanship  of  the  latter  was  superior  to  the  former, 
we  decided  that  Mr.  Hornsby’s  machine  was  best  entitled  to  the 
prize. 
Wm.  Lister. 
Owen  Wallis. 
