264: Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Bristol , 1913. 
Stand 297, No. 3744. — Brazil, Straker & Co., Ltd., show a 
lifting and hauling winch worked by an oil engine, which 
should be of use to builders and contractors. The load is 
easily controlled and the whole thing worked by one man ; it is 
impossible for the load to “take charge.” 
Stand 311, No. 3975.— Blackstone & Co. show a 75 B.H.P. 
engine for crude oil with an arrangement for injecting the oil 
with a plunger worked by a spring and tripped at the correct 
moment. Doubtless a mechanical arrangement such as this is 
preferable to the complication of very highly compressed air 
such as is in use in a Diesel engine, and for agricultural work 
the hot bulb as opposed to the Diesel system is preferable. 
Messrs. E. J. Harrison, Bamfords, Nicholsons of Newark, 
and Blackstones all showed side rakes, swath turners, and 
tedders of different patterns, but the Judges did not find 
anything special to notice, the excellence of the machines 
being about equal ; but one particular mechanical movement 
may appeal to an individual purchaser more than another. 
Stand 323, No. 4364. — E. H. Bentall & Co. show an improve- 
ment on their apparatus for sharpening chaff cutter knives 
which was shown last year, when it will be remembered it 
was only applicable to their own make of chaff cutter. This 
appliance can be fitted to any make of machine. The principle 
is substantially the same as last year. It is possible to grind a 
badly notched blade to its proper shape and with a sharp edge 
in a few minutes. 
The grinding mills by this firm have the same flour dresser 
as that shown last year, but this is combined with a crusher 
and elevator which make it a more compact plant than if the 
machines were separate. 
The other implements entered for the medal do not call for 
any special mention. 
It cannot be said that there is any very special feature to 
notice in this year s show, taken as a whole, to make it 
remarkable. 
Some small details noticed are as follows : — The mechani- 
cally operated lubricator, as for instance those worked by a 
latchet and wheel on a small pump shaft, seems to be becoming 
general on steam tractors, which would appear to be an advance, 
but few makers seem to put an oil catcher under the engine 
and between it and the boiler. It is a very simple idea and 
would add to the cleanliness of the engine and comfort of 
the driver. Small petrol and oil engines are as a rule fitted 
with the open tank system of cooling. One maker told the 
Judges that in small colonial dairies this was found very useful, 
as after i unning the engine there was the hot water ready for 
washing up without further trouble. 
