212  Miscellaneous  Implements  Exhibited  at  Licerpool,  1910. 
three-quarters  of  a mile  of  road  30  ft.  wide  per  day  of  twelve 
hours,  and  consists  of  an  ordinary  tar  boiler  mounted  on 
travelling  wheels,  and  fitted  with  a sprayer  behind,  either 
with  or  without  a rotary  brush,  the  latter  distributing  the 
hot  tar  evenly  over  the  surface  and  brushing  well  into  the 
road. 
Nos.  2736-2739. — Exhibited  by  George  Cradock  & Co., 
Ltd.,  Wire  Rope  Works,  Wakefield.  An  interesting  exhibit 
of  wire  ropes  of  various  qualities  and  sizes,  also  of  billets  of 
steel  for  making  into  the  wire,  and  an  excellent  collection  of 
tests  of  steel,  including  some  of  chrome  vanadium  steel,  the 
breaking  strength  of  which  is  about  100  tons  per  inch.  I 
would  add  that  one  of  the  most  valuable  features  of  this  steel 
is  its  extraordinary  resistance  to  “ fatigue  ” tests,  such  as 
slightly  bending  a bar  to  and  fro  until  it  breaks.  In  some 
such  tests  I have  seen,  the  value  of  chrome  vanadium  steel,  as 
compared  with  the  very  best  Yorkshire  iron,  was,  in  round 
numbers,  about  60  to  1.  In  other  words,  should  steel  of  such 
quality  be  found  suitable  for  the  manufacture  of  agricultural 
implements,  the  weight  could  be  reduced  to  a fraction  of  what 
it  is  at  present,  with  an  equal  margin  of  safety. 
Nos.  3172-3187. — Exhibited  by  Samuelson  & Co.,  Ltd., 
Britannia  Works,  Banbury.  An  elaborate  series  of  machines 
for  grinding  and  preparing  the  pure  white  flour  which  is  so 
much  in  request.  This  machinery  is  far  too  elaborate  for  a 
brief  description  to  be  of  any  value,  but  it  is  certainly  quite 
worthy  oPnotice. 
Nos.  3198  and  3199. — Manure  Distributors , Broadcast, 
8 ft.  wide,  for  chemical  manures,  either  wet  or  dry.  Price 
21 1.  10s.— Exhibited  by  James  Coultas,  Perseverance  Iron 
Works,  Grantham.  A long  roller,  studded  with  wires,  just 
touches  the  material  in  the  manure  box.  This  box  is  slowly 
raised  automatically  as  the  material  is  used,  so  as  just  to  maintain 
the  material  at  a uniform  level  as  compared  to  the  studded  roller. 
This  machine  took  the  Silver  Medal  at  the  R.A.S.E.  Show  at 
Doncaster  in  1891. 
Nos.  3203-3249. — Exhibited  by  Ransomes,  Sims  & Jefferies, 
Ltd.,  The  Orwell  Works,  Ipswich.  A large  and  excellent 
exhibit  from  these  well-known  makers.  Special  attention  may 
be  drawn  to  catalogue  No.  3239,  Cultivator.  This  is  a new 
implement,  though  not  entered  as  such.  It  is  exceedingly 
strongly  built,  and  owing  to  its  being  so  short  will  work  evenly 
even  over  ridge  and  furrow.  Price  10Z.  5s. 
Nos.  3801-3840.— Exhibited  by  Janies  and  Frederick 
Howard,  Britannia  Iron  Works,  Bedford.  Among  a large  and 
varied  exhibit  of  ploughs,  a novel  implement  in  England 
was  a three-furrow  disc  plough  to  be  drawn  by  sixteen  oxen. 
