THE BATH AND WEST SHOW.
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A Fine Displa), ot Tractors and Implements at the Bath and West and Southern Counties Agricultural Show.
B.E BATH AND WEST Show opened at Salis bury on Thursday last-, and there was a grand display of all kinds of • agricultural implements, including engines and machinery in motion, 6,000 ft. of shedding being required to stage it. The .Societyhas never bad a more representative exhibition, embracing, as it did, every sort of machine used on the farm. Many of the more recent inventions would be new to the majority of visitors, but there was nothing new in the tractor and tractor implement, line that has not alreadybeen dealt with in these columns. In the machinery in motion section, visitors had the opportunity of inspecting steam and petrol engines, wagons, motor tractors, tractor implements, and all the labour saving devices which are now so essential to the success of agriculture. Sa-underson's, of Bedford, had a stand which
proved a very great attraction. It, showed to perfection this well known "Universal" tractor. This was the post-war model G, 23-25 b.h.p., with three speeds forward and reverse, three point suspension, spring draw bar, and winding drum with-cable, designed for agricultural and transport purposes. One of the tractors was in motion, and the other stationary. Among the -accessories shown by them were their new land grubber and leveller and a new patent self pit three-furrow plough.
The Associated Manufacturers, Ltd., had alarge
assortment of portable and stationary internal-combustion engines, the popular Overtime tractor, model N, with two speeds, for ploughin-g, cultivating, and harvesting, and some implements.
Blackstone's, of Stamford, had a large number of internal-combustion engines, portable and stationary, up to 7 b.h.p.
A 7 ft. cut corn binder, suit-able for tractor use, was exhibited by Massey-Harris, Ltd., also a harrow, some Cultivators, their two and three-furrow tractor ploughs, the Imperial gang and National gang ploughs, an ensilage cutter and hoister, which can be used for conveying chaff, straw, and other products for use with tractor or portable engine. This was a particularly useful exhibit.. Drills and manure spreaders for power farming purposes were also shown.
Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., • of Lincoln, had a very large collection of engines (steam and oil) threshe,rs, trussers, binders, corndrills, and tractor
ploughs. The fine steam traction engine, 6 h.p., with one cylinder, injector, winding drum, 50 yds. of best steel wire rope, steam water lifter and suction hose, mounted on springs to hind -axle, was priced at £1,4g0.
Three British Wallis tractors were exhibited by the Ancona Motor Co., Ltd. These tractors are now manufactured by Messrs. Ruston and Hornsby, of
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Lincoln. The one formed a complete ploughing Outfit with a three-furrow Hornsby plough. The second had standard fittings, and the third had a Ran some three-furrow plough, and was fitted with detachable steel bands over the spuds. A special draw bar for use with any type of agricultural implement giving range each side of the tractor centre, horizontally, and vertically, was also on view. W. Tasker and Sons, Ltd., of Andover, exhibited two type B2 "Little Giant" steam tractors, The one gear drive, compound cylinder, springs to both axles, two speeds, and Hoare s patent spring gear and oil bath, and the other Hoare's patent chain drive, wide spring base. three speeds, cut gear. Two spring mounted steam wagons were hown, and also two trailers with side tipping bodies, each to carry 5. tons.
The Titan 10-20 h,p, two-cylinder tractor, and the International Juni° r tractors, with the International motor truck, were seen on the stand of T. H. White, Ltd. of Devizes.
The only Crawley (motor Plough) at the Show was staged by Wallis and Steevens, Ltd., of Basingstoke, with the Overtime model N, and Saunderson model 0, and Wallis.. Nicholson, and Coekshott plough's. A large collection of tractor hitches forbinders and mowers was shown by the International Harvester Co.
Two International tractors, Clayton and Shuttleworth 6 h.p. road traction engine were-staged by A. Brewer and Co-., of Wilton (Wilts.), whose collection of implements was very large indeed, showing great -variety in makes. They showed the 10 ft. McCormick self-acting horse rake, McCormick 16 in. by 10 in. tandem disc harrow, Albion 9 ft. manure distributor, and . Martin's cid tivator.
• Melchior, Armstrong and Dessau exhibited the Emerson tractor, with an interesting and useful set of implements and oil engines. There were only two of the Emerson tractors at the Show. They were 12-20 h.p. model AA. Fordsons, Oliver No. 7 ploughs, and Oliver disc bar-rows were to be seen on the stand. of W. Goddard
and Co., Salisbury. They also had a most useful grass mower attachment for 'enabling the Fordson tractor to mow-the grass for hay. Another interesting implement was in the form of a Cambridge roll, capable of extension to awidth of 16 ft., for tractor purposes. It was exhibited by the maker, Mr. Robert Maynard, of Whittlesford Works, Cambridge. The Austin Motor Co., Northfield, Birmingham, exhibited the Austin tractor. It was claimed for this tractor that it would draw a three-furrow plough at a speed of 2-i miles per hour, making furrows -10 ins. in width and from 6 ins. to 10 inn, in depth, according to the condition of soil ; using paraffin as fuel, it
develops 3,000 lb. draw-bar pull. In addition to
ploughing,this tractor is available for cultivating, mowing, reaping, and hauling, and, used with a Wide, belt, it performs all manner of services where power is required. A 10-20 h.p. Emerson tractor and a most varied collection of tractor implements and implements suitable for use with tractors, were on the stand of the Southern Counties Agricultural Trading Society. This firm is also agent for the Victoria oil 'engine double ploughing sets which gave interesting demonstrations of cable ploughing outside the Show yard. One rather looked forward to seeing Maclaren's motor cable ploughing engine, and though entered it was not there. A new tractor was exhibited by R. A. Lister, of Dursley. The name of it is Avery, but,it_is nothing like the old n3ocleIs; the present example is a very neat piece of workmanship. Near to it could be seen Martin's creeper motor plough;
There was a number of other exhibitors of tractor ploughs and cultivator's, the most conspicuous being Phipps, of Chippenham ; Twose, Tiverton; Lark. worthy, Worcester ; Brown, Leighton Buzzard; Cook, Lincoln. The Beeman garden tractor and the Wade gasoline drag saw was exhibited by Capt. Jahn M. Bennett, Tisbury (Wilts.). Steam engines were numerous and included besides those already mentioned, Fowler, Robey, _ Clayton and Shuttleworth, Burrell, and Sentinel steam wagons,. etc. Merryweather's fire-engine bxhibit was interesting, as were the chassis shown by Scout Motors. One noted the general trend of implement design to be in the direction of large size, and there were as many tractor ploughs and cultivators as horse implements entered..
Massey-Harris had a good strong 7 ft. binder, and the best grass mower (8 ft.) was the Emerson (American). The only Englishtractor binder with hitch attachments was the Albion, made by Harrison and MacGregor, Leigh, Lanes., and the only mower that I saw was Bamford's, of Uttoxeter. The McCormick and Deering .International Harvester Co.) were very
good tractor machines. AGRIMOT.