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current  stored  can  of  course  be  used  for  any  purpose.  As  in 
similar  plants  used  for  storing  water,  the  intermittent  action 
compels  the  use  of  a large  and  therefore  expensive  storage 
system. 
No.  4182. — Oil  Engine.  22  B.H.P.  Price  244Z. — Exhibited 
by  James  B.  Better  & Sons,  Ltd.,  Nautilus  Works,  Yeovil. 
Engine  using  crude  oil,  which  is  heated  to  a definite  fiuidity 
and  thence  passes  through  an  adjustable  valve  on  its  way  to 
the  cylinder,  the  arrangement  being  designed  to  facilitate  the 
use  of  crude  oils  of  varying  densities. 
Miscellaneous  Implements. 
No  less  than  4,682  entries  were  made  under  this  head  as 
compared  with  4,481  in  1908  at  Newcastle,  4,762  in  1907  at 
Lincoln,  and  4,772  in  1906  at  Derby.  The  attention  of  the 
Judges  was  more  particularly  directed  to  the  following  : — 
Fruit  Tree  Spraying  Machines. — No  less  than  thirty  of 
these  were  entered  for  the  prizes  offered  by  the  Society.  The 
results  of  this  trial  will  be  found  embodied  in  the  report  by 
the  Judges,  and  need  not  be  further  mentioned  here.  The 
same  applies  to  hop  drying  plants,  of  which  four  were  entered, 
and  which  will  be  tried  during  the  hop-drying  season  of  this 
year. 
Nos.  428-431. — Road  Tarring  Machines. — Exhibited  by 
the  Phoenix  Engineering  Company,  Chard,  Somerset.  In  view 
of  the  damage  done  to  vegetation  in  the  vicinity  of  main  roads 
by  dust,  and  the  great  interest  taken  on  the  subject  of  repairs 
and  cost,  it  is  somewhat  surprising  that  this  was  the  only  entry 
for  dust  prevention  machines,  and  the  Phoenix  Engineering 
Company  deserve  credit  for  their  enterprise. 
No.  516. — Fence  Making  Machine.  Price  15Z.  15s. — Exhi- 
bited by  Bacon  & Curtis,  Ltd.,  High  Street,  Poole,  Dorset.  For 
making  the  well-known  “ Peignon  ” chestnut  or  other  similar 
fencing.  Appeared  to  do  its  work  well,  and  should  be  of  value 
on  large  estates  where  such  fencing  is  used,  or  by  manufac- 
turers in  the  country  where  suitable  timber  is  available. 
No.  579. — Steam  Motor  Waggon,  5-ton.  Price  600Z. — 
Exhibited  by  Richard  Garrett  & Sons,  Ltd.,  Leiston  Works, 
Leiston,  Suffolk.  Fitted  with  superheater  in  smoke-box 
capable  of  giving  the  steam  about  100°  of  superheat,  also  with 
feed  water  heater,  claimed  to  give  an  economy  of  20  to  25  per 
cent,  in  coal  and  water. 
No.  576.  Portable  Engine  of  34  B.H.P.,  single  cylinder, 
fitted  with  superheater  in  smoke-box  giving  about  225°  super- 
heat to  steam,  consisting  of  rows  of  pipes  bent  to  and  fro  and 
arranged  in  parallel  above  the  top  row  of  tubes  in  smoke-box. 
Engine  is  also  fitted  with  feed  water  heater,  a shaft  governor 
