Fence Making Machine. 
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which should be of use on estates where there is either under- 
wood or larch thinnings to be disposed of, and where a cheap 
fence is required. 
Stand No. 322. — Messrs. Jordan Brothers , Bateman Street, 
Derby, exhibited a “ 4 Ferret ’ Drain Clearing Apparatus.” — This 
was a very clever arrangement for clearing drains. It consisted 
of a helix of steel wire which was stiff enough to enable the 
operator to push it through an obstruction, and yet it was 
sufficiently flexible to pass round the bends of a D or Syphon 
trap. One end of each length was reduced in size so that 
it could be screwed into the next one, and this joint was so 
rigid that it required a special wrench to take it apart. 
In conclusion, the best thanks of my colleague, Mr. Thomas 
Stirton, and myself are due to the Stewards of Implements, 
Mr. R. Neville-Grenville and Mr. Claude M. S. Pilkington ; 
also to Mr. F. S. Courtney, the Society’s Consulting Engineer. 
. Bayntun Hippisley. 
Ston Easton Park, 
Nr. Bath. 
BUTTER AND MILK TESTS AT THE 
DERBY SHOW, 1906. 
I. BUTTER TESTS (CLASS 180, A & B). 
ALTHOUGH the prizes offered for cattle entering for these 
tests were on the same liberal scale at Derby as at Park Royal 
in 1905, the conditions being also similar, the number of cattle 
competing was smaller than last year. 
The prizes were awarded on the same scale of points as at 
previous Shows, and the conduct of the tests was in every 
way like that which always governs these trials. Full par- 
ticulars are given in Table I. on pp. 190 and 191. 
The animals were weighed and divided into their respective 
class of over and under 900 lb. live weight, on Tuesday, 
June 26, and were stripped out on the Wednesday evening, 
the milk of the next twenty-four hours being taken both for 
the milk-yield and butter-test trials. 
The breeds represented w 7 ere as follows : — Shorthorns, 
Lincolnshire Red Short-horns, South Devons, Jerseys, and 
Guernseys, the numbers being shown in Table II. on page 192 
for comparison with those tested in 1905. 
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