208  Miscellaneous  Implements  Exhibited  at  Liverpool,  1910. 
No.  3912. — Milking  Machine  Portable  Outfits. — Exhibited 
by  Vaccar,  Ltd.,  7 Denman  Street,  London  Bridge,  S.E.  This 
outfit  is  designed  for  use  where  cows  are  milked  in  the  field. 
A small  air  pump  is  mounted  on  top  of  can,  which  latter  is 
of  course  hermetically  sealed,  and  maintains  a vacuum  of  about 
13  lb.,  the  teats  are  pressed  by  indiarubber  tubes  which  carry 
the  milk  to  the  can.  Price  according  to  size. 
No.  4084. — Steam  Plough , Six-Furrow.  Price  9 61. — 
Exhibited  by  J.  & H.  McLaren,  Midland  Engine  Works,  Leeds. 
This  highly  novel  and  ingenious  implement  has  six  shares  set 
directly  one  behind  the  other  under  the  main  frame  of  the 
machine,  consequently  were  this  frame  hauled  in  a direct  line 
with  the  rope  only  one  furrow  would  be  cut.  But  the  main 
frame,  which  forms  an  obtuse  angled  triangle,  the  shares 
being  set  under  the  long  side,  is  hauled  from  a point  about 
the  centre  of  one  of  the  shorter  sides.  In  consequence  the 
long  side  carrying  the  shares  takes  a diagonal  position  as 
regards  the  rope,  so  that  each  share  cuts  its  own  furrow. 
Two  or  more  such  ploughs  can  be  attached  one  behind  the 
other,  the  only  apparent  limit  being  the  hauling  power  of 
the  engine,  thus  covering  a correspondingly  large  stretch  of 
ground.  For  example,  one  six-furrow  plough  covers  7 ft.  0 in., 
one  six  and  one  four-furrow  may  be  coupled  together  in  echelon 
and  cover  a width  of  11  ft.  8 in.,  or  one  six  and  two  four-furrow 
may  be  coupled  together  and  cover  a width  of  1G  ft.  4 in. 
For  travelling  on  the  road  a different  mode  of  coupling  is 
used  with  which  the  ploughs  travel  in  direct  line  one  behind 
the  other  and  cover  little  more  breadth  than  the  engine.  They 
are  then  self-steering,  using  the  same  steering  gear  as  is  used 
when  the  ploughs  are  at  work.  One  of  the  great  difficulties  in 
the  design  of  such  ploughs  has  been  to  find  a satisfactory 
method  of  lifting  the  shares  out  of  the  ground  at  the  end  of 
a furrow  and  dropping  them  again  when  required.  Messrs. 
McLaren,  however,  claim  to  have  entirely  overcome  this  diffi- 
culty ; in  a simple  manner  the  shares  are  self-lifting  without 
any  manual  exertion,  and  maintain  themselves  clear  so  long 
as  desired,  and  they  can  be  dropped  again  by  the  motion 
of  a single  lever. 
No.  4138. — Hoisting  and  Hauling  gear,  fitted  to  Standard 
Petrol  Motor  Wagon.  Price  40Z. — Exhibited  by  Clayton 
& Co.,  Ltd.,  Union  Works,  Huddersfield.  An  ordinary  drum 
is  driven  by  the  engine,  this  can  be  used  either  as  a rope 
drum  for  hauling  or  hoisting  or  as  a belt  drum  for  driving 
other  machinery. 
No.  4224. — Suction  Gas  Plant  for  Bituminous  Fuel. — 
Exhibited  by  the  Morton  Gas  Syndicate,  Ltd.,  Hyde  Junction 
Iron  Works,  Hyde,  near  Manchester.  This  was  an  extremely 
