Miscellaneous  Implements  Exhibited  at  Gloucester,  1909.  213 
No.  389. — Dustifier. — Exhibited  by  Drake  & Fletcher, 
Maidstone.  A machine  for  blowing  dry  powder,  such  as  lime, 
sulphur,  &c.,  over  growing  plants,  especially  strawberries,  and 
currant  and  gooseberry  bushes.  Price  : two  rows,  lOZ.  ; four 
rows,  15Z.  The  machine  consists  of  a fan  driven  by  cut  gears 
(unenclosed)  off  the  front  road  wheel.  The  powder  to  be  applied 
is  carried  in  a hopper  and  fed  to  the  fan  through  an  adjustable 
opening.  The  air  and  powder  are  delivered  through  two  or 
four  india-rubber  pipes  over  the  rows  being  treated.  The 
machine  was  tested  by  the  Judges,  who  considered  that  it  was 
ingenious  and  did  its  work  with  a certain  degree  of  merit,  but 
that  it  was  capable  of  considerable  improvement  in  details. 
No.  1553. — Sorting  Machine  for  Peas,  Beans,  Grain,  Seeds, 
&c.  Price  80L — Exhibited  by  Robert  Boby,  Ltd.,  St.  Andrew’s 
Works,  Bury  St.  Edmunds.  A wide  endless  india-rubber  belt 
travels  over  rollers  which  are  tilted  to  a slight  angle.  The 
seed  is  delivered  from  a hopper  through  an  adjustable  slide  on 
to  the  top  incoming  edge  ; as  the  belt  travels  slowly  forward 
the  seeds  get  a compound  motion,  one  forward  due  to  the  belt, 
and  the  other  downward  at  right  angles  to  the  belt  due  to 
gravity,  the  result  being  that  the  sound,  well-shaped  seeds 
travel  faster  across  the  belt  than  the  light  or  mal-shaped  ones  ; 
at  the  low  edge  of  the  belt  are  a series  of  receiving  hoppers, 
the  good  seeds  drop  off  the  belt  into  the  hoppers  nearest  to  the 
starting  end,  the  lighter  part  are  carried  further  on  and  drop 
into  the  next  receptacles,  and  the  lightest  and  worst  are  not 
delivered  sideways  at  all,  but  carried  over  the  end  roller.  When 
working  on  seeds  of  such  shape  as  would  roll  with  difficulty, 
small  slats  are  fixed  on  to  the  supporting  rollers  under  the 
upper  side  of  the  belt  so  as  to  give  a shaking  motion.  The 
principle  is  the  same  as  has  been  employed  for  many  years 
in  sorting  shot,  and  should  work  well  for  such  seeds  as  it  can 
deal  with. 
No.  4674. — Safety  Timber  Carriage,  manufactured  by 
G.  Stephenson  & Sons,  Newark-on-Trent.  Price  40Z. — Exhibited 
by  George  Woodward,  Maythorne,  Southwell,  Notts.  The  axle 
of  a timber  waggon  is  bent  upwards  into  a U-shaped  arch, 
through  the  centre  of  which  is  dropped  a long  square  thread 
bolt  provided  with  double  swan  hook  at  bottom,  and  the  bolt 
is  worked  by  a capstan  nut  with  four  long  arms  and  sufficiently 
powerful  for  one  man  to  lift  a two  ton  load.  After  the  timber 
is  lifted  well  up,  two  V-shaped  irons  are  hung  on  to  the  under 
side  of  the  carriage  frame  and  the  timber  lowered  into  them, 
where  it  rests  securely  and  without  requiring  any  further 
fastening.  The  man,  being  always  above  his  load,  it  is  claimed 
is  safe  in  event  of  the  timber  slipping  or  the  snapping  of  a 
chain  link.  The  whole  waggon  weighs  18  cwt.,  and,  provided 
