Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Chester. 555 
and also with a large delivery of seed. This machine is very 
adaptable, and is capable of broadcasting any kind of corn or 
of dry material such as basic slag. Its use is further intended 
for spreading sand or gravel on the wood pavements in towns. 
Brushes, cups, and the like are entirely dispensed with, and 
clogging thereby avoided. 
Article 3096. J. II. Duncan, 39 Coleman Street, London, 
E.C. New Era “Disc” Churn, price in pine 35s., in oak 
45s. — This churn was certainly one of the chief features of the 
implement yard. It may fairly be described, in slang phraseology, 
as an “ eye opener.” Like the cream-separator, it is very im- 
probable that its purpose would be guessed by anyone who saw 
it for the first time. In common with many other good machines, 
its construction and principle of working are alike extremely 
simple. It consists (fig. 3) of an oblong wooden box, with a circular 
bottom, in the centre of which a plain wooden disc is mounted 
on a shaft and revolves 
vertically. The gearing 
at the outer end of this 
shaft is such that 40 
revolutions of the handle 
give about 600 to the 
disc. The disc belonging 
to 'the 8-quart size churn 
is about 15 inches in 
diameter, l^incli in thick- 
ness at the shaft, and 
bevelled to a knife edge 
at the circumference, 
any point upon which 
thus travels at the rate of 2,350 ft. per minute. The top of the 
box is open, with the exception of one very important part, viz., 
the hood or dasher. This is fixed over the disc, and forms, 
with its hanging sides, what might be described as an inverted 
trough, about 3 inches wide, in which the circumference of the 
disc runs. In the construction of this churn it is evident there 
has been a thorough knowledge beforehand of the material 
to be dealt with. The disc and the hood are partners who 
understand their business, and (with the assistance of a man 
at the handle) they do their work in an incredibly short 
space of time — in fact “while you wait.” The churn is filled 
with cream to half the depth of the disc, and owing to the 
natural viscosity of the cream it is picked up by the rapidly 
revolving disc and discharged with considerable force against 
the hood, This process continues until the whole volume of 
Fig. 3. — The “ Disc ” Churn. 
