84 Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Park Royal. 
the Showyard, and we therefore recommended that there 
should be such an impartial trial as would give information as 
to the efficiency of the machine and its effect on the cow. 
This recommendation was adopted by the Council, and 
arrangements were made for the practical trial of the machine 
by Mr. Edric Druce, Principal of the Bedfordshire County 
Agricultural Institute, Ridgmont. 
The following was Mr. Druce’s report after a trial which 
lasted for two months : — 
I have had the machine working for two months and have used it upon 
some ten or twelve cows. I beg to state that — 
1. There is no difficulty in getting the cows to take to the machine. After 
the second or third time of using the cows stand perfectly quiet during the 
whole of the time occupied in milking ; thus the attendant is able to look after 
four sets at once. 
2. The cows are milked absolutely dry ; no “ strippings ” can be obtained. 
The quantity of milk given is as much as, and in some cases more than, when 
the cows are milked by hand. The time occupied in milking is the same as 
that which a skilled milker would take. 
3. The machine is simple in its structure, and is easily cleaned. The manipu- 
lation is very readily learnt ; in fact during the second half of the time I have 
had it, it has been worked by an ordinary stockman without any assistance 
from me. 
4. The only fault I can find with the machine is that the size of the cups is 
too small for some of the cows with large teats. This defect, however, could 
easily be remedied by making the cups of different sizes. 
5. I can give no figures as to the cost of running, as I used a small petrol 
engine especially to work the machine ; whereas on a large farm the ordinary 
fixed engine or horse-gear would do the work equally well. 
November 13, 1905. Edric Druce. 
Upon receipt of this report, the Judges, with the approval 
of the Stewards and of the Council, had no hesitation in 
awarding a Silver Medal for the machine. The fact that 
no “ stripping ” by hand is necessary is of great importance. 
Other “New Implements.” 
Taking the remainder of the exhibits in the “ New 
Implement ” class in the order of the catalogue, I have selected 
a few that seemed to the Judges to be deserving of mention in 
this Report. 
Article 123. — Messrs. Selig , Sonnenthal & Go ., 85 Queen 
Victoria Street, London, E.C. “Bending Took” — This was 
a simple little tool, on the lever and fulcrum system, for 
bending by hand cold copper and brass tubing. It should 
prove to be of special use to the motor engineer, as it enables 
him to make the most perfect bends with great accuracy of 
sweep, without in the least crippling the pipe. Of course it 
must be understood that the tubes must be loaded with lead, 
rosin, or some such material, before bending. 
