Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Cambridge. 471 
machine (fig. 4) is meritorious in design and construction. The 
platform is 6 feet by 3 feet 6 inches, and is provided with end sole 
plates of roughened iron which increase the length to 9 feet. The 
plates are rounded at the edges to form a slope for the feet of the 
cattle, and rest upon strong angle irons. A cage holds the cattle. 
It is made in halves, the lower ends of each half passing through 
the weigh-table. At the top centre of each half there are two sets 
of double- and single-pronged joints, through the eyes of which 
strong iron pins are thrust to keep the frames in position. 
When the upper parts of the halves are thus fastened, the lower 
Fig. 2.— Edwards’s Hay and Straw Box Baling Press. 
ends are drawn tight and prevent possibility of disturbance or 
removal of the complete cage. Two men can easily erect the 
cage upon the table, or remove it, within one minute. It will 
hold one big bullock, or four stirks, or from seven to ten sheep. 
Article 905. Dairy Supply Co., Ltd., Museum Street, W.C. 
Laval Cream Separator, “ The Humming Bird.” Price 91 . — This 
is a small machine (fig. 5) calculated to separate fifteen gallons of 
milk per hour. Its merit lies in the application to its purposes of 
the familiar principle of the humming-top. The operator sits down, 
and by pulling a string conveys a backward and forward motion 
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