ENSILAGE PRESS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1723, 30 November 1887, Page 4

ENSILAGE PRESS

The Haitingß correspondent of a Napier eontexsporary famishes the following : — A trial of Blont's patent sctew and lever •D»llage preeß took place to-day at. Flaxmere by pertniseion of Oaptain Ruesell, There were present a good many gentlemen interested m enallage, and several others of oar leading agriculturists and Hheep- farmers would have attended, but were unavoidably prevented. The modus optrandi, which ia beautifully simple was aa follows : — Freeh cut rye gross was made into a cylindrical ataok 16ft In diameter and 12ft high. Four heavy planks were then laid on top of the stack and a cross-beam was laid' acrosß them. Pressure wbb applied to this crossi beam by moans of iron links, the upper ends of which were connected to the projecting ends of the beam, the lower enda canning stirrups through which were pa6Bed the levers (one at each end of tho stack), the fulcra of which consisted of staples fixed to a strong beam termed " the fulcrnm team," embedded m the ground under the stack. The free ends of these levers carried box°a to contain weights for weighing the press. Screws worked by haudwheels and stirrups to regulate the pressure «s the stack sub■ldecl. The application of the apparatus took six men aboot twenty mlnnteß, As they were oa the ground they all helped, J bat lam informed the beams and levers can be applied by three men. After a time, as the staoks subsides, more grata will be added, bo that the full weight of the stack of ensilage wilt be 50 tons, or about four times the weight of the hay whioh could be made from the same quantity of grasß. It la needless to enlarge upon the advantage of an invention which by Its simplicity and c fficlenoy plases ensilage within the reach of farmers of moderate means. Theoost of the ironwork and timber for a 16ft stack to eomaln 50 t^na is only about £15, and once bought the apparatas lasts fur years. The general opinion expressed on the ground confirmed the favorable English verdiot on the press. It certainly exhibits m s new form >( the powers cf the Press," and also exemplifies the advantage of " patting on the screw:"

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We clip the following important testimonial from the •• Illawarra Mercurry " (N.S.W.) on ihe 30th March. It needß no comment:— •' Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to ub that after Buffering for four years with aoute gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Euoalypti Extract. He says seeing the said Extraot advertised m the 'Illawarra Mercury,' his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosking, chemist, of this town, and that the nee of it gave him grea< relief at once He states that between the 10th March instant, when he obtained the first bottle of the extraot, and on the 19th, the QSe of that medicine continued to afford him relief, to which he bad been a Stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes aleo that he has found the Eucalypti Extraot ft cure for rheumatism as well as gravel. He requests ns to publish this information through the 'Mercury. 1 We have muoh pleasure m complying with Mr Loved&y's request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who can have no objeot m view other than a ?iure desire to benefit suffering humanity." A.dvt.)