Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Cambridge. 4fc'5 
instantaneous in action. By means of an index-plate the feed 
when shut off can at once be re-admitted to the rollers in pre- 
cisely the same quantity as before the stoppage, thus ensuring 
a perfectly regular sample. The barrel of the bean splitter 
being fitted with triangular steel cutters, works with little 
power, and the cutters can be so altered and refixed that each 
of their three angles may be used until it is worn away. 
Article 5575. Mr. R. Maynard, Wkittlesford Works, near 
Cambridge. Portable Combined Chaff Cutter. Price 59/. — This 
chaff cutter is fitted with a new exhaust cavings’ elevator. In 
operation, when the cavings try to pass the spout they are sucked 
up and deposited in the feed-box, and all the foreign substances 
likely to damage the knives are left behind and allowed to fall 
upon the ground. By means of this elevator the cavings, as they 
are sifted from the chaff, are delivered on to and mix with the 
feed as it passes into the feed-box, and so are recut, nothing 
being left behind when the chaff cutting is done. 
Article 5641. Messrs. Geo. Stephenson & Sons, Newark. 
Hay and Straw Baling Press. Price 70 1. — Generally, this 
machine is similar in form to a familiar type of baling press. 
The material is fed forward from a hopper by a reciprocating 
platen through a horizontal rectangular shoot. The friction of the 
material in the shoot gives resistance to the compressive working 
of the shoot, and the hay emerges at the farther end. A board 
placed in through the hopper divides the formed bales from 
those adjoining, and each is wired as it moves forward. 
The novel features are a toggle motion at the rear of the 
platen, and a folder at the top of the bale chamber, which 
folds each portion of the material to make a bale quite smooth 
and of equal density in all its parts. The toggle arms are 
joined to the platen at a point of fixture on the same plane as 
the bottom of the shoot. Pivoted to the juncture of the two 
toggle arms is a connecting rod driven by spur gearing, ensur- 
ing that the advance of the platen occupies three-quarters of the 
revolution of the crank, and the backward motion one quarter. 
Thus a prolonged pressure is applied to the hay, which prevents 
rebounding. A pusher arm from the same crank packs the 
hay into the hopper. The size of the bale chamber is 16 inches 
by 18 inches, and the capacity of the implement about 15 cwt. 
in hay per hour, and these pressed to a density of about 12 lb. 
per cubic foot. It is driven by a single horse. 
Article 5926. Messrs. Woods & Co., Stowmarket. Stone- 
picking Machine. Price 20/. — This is a machine of light draught, 
travelling upon two high wheels, and drawn by a single horse. A 
number of collecting rakes with rows of bent steel teeth are 
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