Miscellaneous  Implements  Exhibited  at  Liverpool,  1910.  209 
interesting  exhibit.  The  ordinary  producer  requires  to  be 
fed  with  either  anthracite  or  coke,  generally  the  former. 
As  this  is  often  difficult  to  procure  and  also  expensive,  a 
producer  to  work  with  ordinary  bituminous,  i.e.,  house  coal, 
would  very  largely  increase  its  range  of  application  and  general 
value.  We  therefore  had  this  machine  tested  by  the  Society’s 
Engineer,  Mr.  Courtney.  Unfortunately  the  engine  which  it 
was  driving,  of  33  H.P.,  manufactured  by  the  Dudbridge  Iron 
Works,  Ltd.,  proved  to  be  rather  beyond  the  capacity  of  the 
producer  and  the  trial  had  to  be  discontinued.  I understand 
that  the  producer  was  only  rated  at  20  H.P.  but  that  the 
exhibitors  were  unable  to  procure  an  engine  of  this  size  and 
had  to  take  what  they  could  get  at  short  notice.  The  trial, 
however,  was  distinctly  promising  and  I trust  the  producer 
will  be  again  exhibited  next  year  at  Norwich  and  tested  under 
more  favourable  conditions. 
No.  4579. — Electric  Portable  Sheep  Shearing  Plant.  Price 
1607. — Exhibited  by  theWolseley  Sheep  Shearing  Machine  Com- 
pany, Ltd.,  Sydney  Works,  Birmingham.  Six  shears  are  driven 
by  flexible  shafts,  the  power  is  obtained  by  a 3 H.P.  petrol  engine 
driving  a dynamo,  each  shear  has  its  own  motor  and  is  there- 
fore entirely  independent  of  all  the  others.  The  main  dynamo 
will  also  supply  light  if  required,  or  can  be  used  for  charging 
batteries  or  for  driving  any  other  machinery. 
No.  4580. — Price  487.  10s. — Same  exhibitors.  Yery  much 
the  same  as  last,  but  with  two  sets  of  sheep  shearers  driven 
direct  by  belt  from  flywheel  engine  ; can  also  be  used  for 
other  work.  A neat  arrangement  is  a large  emery  wheel 
mounted  on  end  of  engine  crank  shaft  for  grinding  the  combs 
and  shears. 
No.  4837. — Hay  Rick  Cover.  Price,  with  necessary  wire 
ropes  and  hangers,  77. — Exhibited  by  T.  L.  Mullally,  283 
Cleveland  Street,  Birkenhead.  The  cover  is  made  of  flat 
galvanised  iron  sheets,  the  edges  of  which  are  so  formed  as 
to  hook  together  watertight.  The  plates  are  interchangeable 
and  easily  fitted  together,  and  can  be  used  to  cover  any  sized 
stack. 
No.  4838. — Price  77. — Same  exhibitor.  Very  much  the 
same,  but  the  plates  are  curved  to  a segment  of  a circle  instead 
of  being  flat. 
Miscellaneous  Implements. 
No  less  than  4,85G  implements  were  catalogued,  as  com- 
pared with  4,682  at  Gloucester,  and  4,481  at  Newcastle.  The 
following  appear  to  be  worthy  of  notice  : — 
No.  149. — Tipping  Wagon.  Price  427. — Exhibited  by  R.  A. 
Dyson,  76  Grafton  Street,  Liverpool.  This,  owing  to  some 
misunderstanding  on  the  part  of  exhibitor,  was  not  entered  as 
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