558 Miscellaneous Implements -Exhibited at Chester. 
large uneven seed the misses were more frequent. The draught 
did not appear excessive for a pair of horses. 
Article 5113. James & Frederick Howard, Britannia Iron 
Works, Bedford. Straw Trusser, for working in combination 
with a threshing machine, with patent automatic straw conveyor, 
Fig. 5. — Howard's Straw Trusser. 
price 52 1. 10s. — In this exhibit (fig. 5) the objectionable travelling 
canvas to carry the straw is done away with, and four conveyor 
prongs take its place. To prevent crowding straw on to the 
back of the needles, during the binding process, these prongs 
are given an intermittent action. When binding commences, a 
small cam, fixed on the end of the knotter shaft, revolves with 
