714 The Trials of Self -binding Harvesters at Chester. 
open end binder exhibited by Messrs. Hornsby, and it certainly 
is possible that the crops were not of such a length as to test 
this point of merit. We do not wish it to be supposed, there- 
fore, that an open end is in our opinion any demerit. 
The following, Table C, gives a summary of the results : — 
Table C . — Results of Dynamometer Trials , July 28, 1893. 
Hornsby 
Horxsby 
Massey-Harris 
Massey-Harris 
5172 
5171 
4031 
4032 
Up 1 
Down 
Up 
Down 
Up 
Down 
Up 
Down 
Width of cut . 
— 5 ft. 1 in. 
— 
5 ft. 2 in. 
— 
4ft. 8in. 
— 
5 ft. 
— 
Height of stubble . 
Number of sheaves 1 
_ ( 5 4 in. 
— 51 
— 
— 
6 in. 
57 
— 
— 
7 in. 
66 
— 
— 
7 in. 
— 
— 
Mean weight of sheaf 
— 18-6 lb. 

— 
17-8 lb. 
— 

14-84 lb. 


13-63 lb. 

Total weight of 1 
sheaves . . J 
— 952 lb. 
— 
— 
1017 lb. 
— 
- 
980 lb. 
— 
- 
1036 lb. 
- 
Distance index 
Register index l 
293-5 j — | 
292 
294-5 
— 
293 
296 
— 
307 
300 
— 
297 
(proportional to 1 
work done) . ) 
8U0-75 — 
790-5 
803'35 
— 
760-5 
851-1 
— 
842-1 
863-9 
— 
824-8 
Foot-lb. of work I 
per lb. of corn cut J 
— 401-6 
■ 
— 
372-7 
— 
- 
415-1 
_ 
392-6 
- 
Keywortii 
Rears ley 
Samuklsox 
2403 
2321 
1562 
Width of cut 
Up 
4 ft. 10 in. 
Down 
Up 
5 ft. 
Down 
Up 
5 ft. 
Down 
Height of stubble 
— 
5 in. 
— 
— 
5 in. 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Number of sheaves cut .... 
— 
79 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Mean weight of sheaf .... 
— 
13-46 lb. 
— 
— 
16-21 lb. 
— 
— 
13-39 lb. 
— 
Total weight of sheaves .... 
— 
1064 lb. 
— 
— 
952 lb. 
— 
— 
952 lb. 

Distance index 
291-5 
— 
291 
293 
— 
302 
295 
— 
301 
Register index (proportional to work 1 
done) J 
Foot-lb. of work per lb. of corn cut 
770-1 
— 
753-1 
807-45 
— 
837-5 
870-05 
864-4 
— 
314-6 
— 
— 
410-3 
— 
- 
439-5 
— 
(Signed) F. S. Courtney, M. Inst. C.E. 
My colleagues join me in thanking most heartily all the 
Society’s officers for their very able co-operation ; and also Mr. 
Thomas Smith and Mr. Robert Podmore for the courteous and 
valuable assistance they rendered us. 
Jas. Edwards. 
Technical Description of the Prize Machines. 
Hornsby’s Open-bach Binder , No. 5171. 
The foundation of this machine consists of a D-shaped gearing- 
frame formed of 2\ in. by t, in. flat steel bars bent into two U- 
shaped frames fitted one within the other, and both their inner 
ends solidly connected to an angle steel frame which forms the 
