AGRIMOTORS AT THE ROYAL SHOW.
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Pr HE ENTRY of. agrinaitors at the 1 Royal Show is, taken as a whole, very gratifying. The variety is not so great as at Darlington and Cardiff, but that is due to the fact that agricultural motors for cultivating purposes have settled down more to type, and there is not the need for the variety from which to select is was formerly the case. Agrimotors are to be found on 31 stands at Derby this year, compared with 41 stands at Darlington last year. There are a few ii ewcomers.
This falling off in the number of agrimotor stands does not mean a proportionate falling off in the representation of the various makes. The only motor plough represented at Derby is the Fowler patent on Stand No. 46. This was seen at Lincoln Trials. It has a double-cylinder engine and two speeds. It can be equipped with cultivator attachment, harrow attachment, binder or mower attachment, and belt-driving gear. it is a very asefulafimplernent for those desiring the combined motor plough and cultivator.
Stand No. 59 houses the exhibit, of the Saunderson Tractor and Implement Co., of Bedford, and there are on this stand three representatives of the Saunderson 13riiVerisal Model 0 2335 b.h.p. aagrimotor. The modal has three speeds forward and one reverse, and the power unit is carried on threepoint suspension. It is also fitted with a winding drum, and equipped with a Cable. It has spring draw-bar for agricultural and transport purposes. One of the models can be seen in motion driving a threshing drum. The thresher is a 4 ft. 6 in. .Marshall Model, being the standard type used in this country. The Saunderson agrimotor can drive it quite easily under a frill load, and it is understood that this type of tractor is being driven by the Saunderson in various parts of the country.
One of the most notable exhibits on this stand in addition to the Saunderson patent land grubber is the patent self-lift plou4h manufactured by the
firm. This plough . is convertible for two, three or four-furrow tractor work, and has been subjected to certain improvements which now make it possible to overcome some of the difficulties of agriinotor work in the matter of ploughing, such as the commencing and finishing of furrows, ploughing out of the square, and the even finishing of the ends a the lands.
On Stand No. 60, Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., Lincoln and Grantham, exhibited three models of the British Wallis standard agrimotor. The British Wallis is fitted with detachable steel Landsover the spuds, and has a special draw-bar with traction engine type drive brakes for road haulage. The British Wallis is a very attractive exhibit.
Martins Cultivator Co., Ltd., of Stam
ford, occupy Stand No. 68. On this stand is to be seen a very large collection of cultivating implements, many of Which are manufactured for agrimotor purposes, also the wheeled agrimotor nade. by that flint. The well4anown e'lain-driven motor plough is not shown. The Martin wheel ,tractoris a general-purpose machine, and, like the Saunderson, fitted with Winding: drum and 50 yards of steel cable. It is suitable for all classes of work on the land, for road haulage. and belt work, including threshing. It has a Dorman engine,
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guaranteed to give 30 b.h.p. on paraffin at 1,000 revolutions per minute, and it sells at £600.
A model of the 12-20 h.p. Twin City Oil tractor will be found on Stand No. 72 {Fairbanks, Morse and Co„ Ltd.), and the Overtime agrimotor is on Stand No. • 77 (the Associated Manufacturers Coand the Overtime Farm Tractor Co.).
The Overtime represented is Model N, designied fOr ploughing, cultivating and harvesting. It has two speeds. This agrimotor was one of the first to be brought over to this country from Americain the early daYs Of the war, and is known everywhere. It is softdent to say here that the Overtime maintains is usual high standard of perfection. .
On Stand No. 116, Markt and Co. • {London), Ltd., can be seen several of the New Britain garden tractors. These are useful machines for market gardens, fruit plantations and small arable areas. The New Britain has created quite a position for itself in this country, and may be said to he among the best of garden tractors. The machine is manufactured by the New Britain Co., of New Britain, Connecticut.
On the same stand can be seen a number of implements, including cultivators, disc harrows and ploughs, and hitehes for use with the New Britain agrimotor, and made by the same firm.
Stand No: 132 (Piccard, Pieta and Co. (London), Ltd.), is a very interesting one for the power agriculturist. On this stand can he seen the 3 h.p. and 7 h.p. Simar soil tillers, designed for work in .market gardens: an:d fruit plantations. There is also a"-model of the large-sized rotary soil tiller, the etiginelming 2.5 h.p. and the price £4-80. These machines are manufactured by Sociat6i Simar, Geneva,
Switzerland. •
There is an Austin tractor on Stand No. 154 (Barclay Ress and Hutchinson, of Aberdeen). The Austin ha a a fourcylindered engine rated at 22.4 h.p., and is, with the transmission; a sound engineering job which is creating for itself a world-wide popularity. e Stand No. 140, G. J.-Garrett and Sons, Ltd., Sutton-at-Hone, Kent), poi-twine among other exhibits, the new Linkless track tractor, manufacttred by P.F.T. Corporation, 32, St. Swithin'a Lane, London, E.0 , and also the Paget)] tractor, manufactured by the same company. There is on view a 19-20 h.p. agriraotor for general farm work.
On Stand No. 150, Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co Leeds,-show the Mann steam agricultural tractor for direct ploughing, road haulage, driving threshing nal-chinas, and general belt work, the price being .£990.
Stand No. 155 is occupied by the Agritractor Contract Co., Ltd., Royston, Rents, with the Parrett farm tractor. This is the machine that was shown last year at Darlington, andtook part in the trials at Lincoln. It has three speeds forward and one reverse. The drive is entirely enclosed and lubrica
tion is effected under pressure. It is fitted with belt pulley, has a very short turn, and is self-steering when in the furrow. The high wheels are designed with a view -to obtaining high clearance, a necessary quality in tractors on certain farms. This agrimotor is manufactured by the Parrett Tractor Co., Chicago.
The adjoining stand, No. 156, is occupied by the Hart Parr (England), Co., of Peterborough, with Hart-Parr models made by the Hart Parr Co.' Charles City, The 30 h.p. machine is capable of hauling a four-furrow plough on any ordinary land, and is priced at £498, while the 20 h.p. model for three-furrow work is listed at .£398.
The Hoover potato digger, which is the one usually adopted for raising potatoes in this country by tractor power, is also exhibited on the same stand.
On Stand No. 159, J. and H. McLaren, Ltd., Leeds, have staged a pair of their patent oil motor windlasses for ploughing on the cable system, together with fourfurrow ploughs and cultivating implements for use with the windlasses.
Stand No. 161 is occupied by 0. B. Ogle and Sons, Ltd., Ripley, Derby, with a very -large collection of agricultural implements for use with tractors and horses. They also have on that
stand an International Junior agrimotor, priced at £395.
On Stand No. 162, in the hands of Ransorne, Sims and Jefferies, there is a British Wallis agrimotor driving a Ransomes threshing machine.
The International Harvester Co. occupy Stand No. 163, and, as usual, they have a very large collection indeed of agricultural implements of all kinds, among which is included the Titan 10-20 h.p. agrimotor and two models of the International Junior 28.9 h.p.
The International Harvester Co. also have entered as a new implement a stech land agrimotor attachment.
Phipps and Son, of Chippenham, have an Austin agrimotor on Stand No. 166. On Stand No. 174, Melchoir, Armstrong and Dessau_ (London), Ltd., the wellknown KB. (Emerson Brantinghani)
12-20 h.p. agrimotor can be seen. A number of other implements are also on the same 'stand.
Stand No. 175 is interesting, being occupied by the John ',nelson Manufae tnring Co., of New Nalstein, U.S.A. On this stand there is a Lauson agrimoter, described as a smalle copy of the 15-36 h.p. Lanstin which was awarded the R.A.S.E. gold medal and first. prize in Class III for four-furrow agrimotors in the Tractor Trials last year. This Leeson, new so far as this country is concerned, is 12-25 h.p., and said to develop power to the extent of 30 h.p. at the belt and 20 h.p. at the drawbar. It is equipped with Lauson " full jewel " system trans mission. All the gears are enclosed in oil baths, including the final drive. It is also equipped with the Taae eilebath governor, Taco siphon _air washer, etc. It has to speeds forward of 2k and Zt miles per hour, and reverse speed of 2 miles per hour. The driving wheels are 48 ins. by 12 iris., front wheels 32 ins. by 6 ins., wheelbase 77 ins., and the tread 44 ins. It turns in a radius of 14 ft., and weighs, when ready for work in the field, 4,500 lb.
The spacious operating platform aims at providing comfort for the agrimotor driver_ The engine is fitted with an impulse starter, and is designed to run on
paraffin, but can be adapted for petrol as fuel if so ordered. The price is £475.
Adjoining this stand, viz., Stand 176, is the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co., who new have their offices and stores at 134, King Street, Hammersmith, London, W. 6. On this stand there is a model of the 10-18 h.p. Case and also of the 15-27 h.p. model. The Case is a fairly well-known machine in this country now. It did well at the Lincoln trials, winning a gold medal and a first prize in the twofurrow class ; this was a 10-18 h.p. model. The 15-27 h.p. model is, as will be understood, a larger and heavier machine. The products of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. are regarded in America as being among the very best.
On the same stand there' is a silo filler and ari 8 ft. tandem disc harrow, a fuel tank, and an American steel-built threshing machine, 20 ft. by 28 ft. •This is an appliance quite unlike English threshers. It is cheap and has a large capacity.
Stand No. 179 is occupied by Wallace (Glasgow), Ltd., which firm have a very attractive exhibit of Glasgow tractors, one beiirg raised on timber in the position and attitude of climbing an embankment.
The Glasgow agrimotor is equipped with a four-cylinder engine, and is rated at 27 b.h.p., petrol or paraffin being used as fuel. There are two forward speeds
and one reverse. It is a three-wheel machine, all three being driven direct through transmission from the engine.
Thereis no differential gear. The Glasgow has the advantage of a belt pillley 10ins. by 6 ins. It weighs 36 cwt. and costs £450. There are a number of agrimotor implements on the same stand.
Stand No. 303 is occupied by Henry Garner, Ltd., Birmingham, with their well-known Garner tractor. This is an American machine manufactured ,by William Galloway Co., -Waterloo, Iowa. The Garner, which is quite a well-known machine in this country, is of the fourwheel type, has a four-cylinder engine, three-point suspension, parallin vaporizer, magneto ignition, three speed and reverse gears, worm drive, front springing and pulley for, belt work. The drawbar pull of the Garner on low gear for ploughing, cultivating, harrowing and harvesting, is 3,000 lb. It is fitted with spuds and with patent quick-detachable land grips,. which are extra. The detachable sectional tyres for road work are also extra.
A Garner agrimotor can be seen on the same stand driving a threshing machine. '
Stand 305, General Motors Ltd., stage the Samson agrimotor model M. This has an engine of 4 in. bore and 5 in. stroke. The Samson is of two-plough capacity, though it will pull three shares where conditions of soil and weather are favourable. A feature of the design of the transmission is that the belt pulley is arranged to act both as a clutch brake and as a main brake
An agrimotor new to this country is entered for Stand No, 315a, Salmons and Sons, 6-9, Upper St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C. 2. This is the Romeo, Manufactured by Romeo and Co., Milan. It has a 12-25 hp. engine, and is designed for a three-farrow plough. Further reference will be made to this exhibit.
Another agrimotor that was not at the Royal last year will be found on Stand 319 occupied by Renault, Ltd., Seagrave Works, West Brompton, 'London, S.W.6, This is the Renault manufactured by the firm of that name at Billancourt (Seine), France. It is a chain-track machine, having a four-cylinder engine, the horse-power being 22.4. It has four speeds, three forward, giving one, two, and three miles per hour respectively, with three-fourths of a mile per hour on the reverse. The drawbar pull is 3 tons.
The dimensions of the Renault over all are 6.ft. 3 ins, wide by 11 ft. 6 ins. The bearing surface of the chain track is 5 ft. by 13 ins. wide. The total weight of the machine is 4 tons, but it is designed to pull six furrows at a pressure on the ground of 4,1 lb. per square in., and it rims on petrol at an average stated to be 2 gallons per acre.
The Fordson agrimotor will be found on Stand 320 (A.-R. Atkey and Co., Ltd., King Street., Derby), together with other implements, including Ford trucks and chassis, Ford truck with tipping body, delivery van, the Otwell mower made for the Ford son tractor, and a collection of assorted spare parts for theFordson agrimotor Fiat Motors' Ltd., will be found On Stand 322 with tvvo agrimOtors, model 702, priced at £520. The Fiat agrimotor will be found with tire motor lorries and vans on the same stand.
The renowned Austin occupies Stand 326, Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Nortlifeld, Birmingham. The Austin agrimotor has been described as the smallest tractor with the largest power, and judging by the success will' which the Austin has met, one may safely say that. this is
fairly true. The Austin is designed to draw a three-furrow plough at a speed of 4 mph., each furrow 10 ins, wide, and from 6 to 10 ins, in depth, according to the natufe of the soil. This agrimotor will also perform successfully all forms of cultivating, harvesting, and hauling operations. it is fitted with a
alley suitable for all kinds of station ary Work, and is priced at £360. One of the Austin agrimotors can be seen on the stand attached to a trailer.
The Cletrac chain-track agrimotoa, manufactured by the Cleveland Tractor Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., price 475, is staged on Stand 328 by H. G. Burford and Co„ Ltd., 16, Regent Street, London, S.W.1.
British Wallis agrimotors are also shown on Stand 332 by the British Wallis Tractor Co. (prowietor' W. Turner Smith), 78-82, Brampton Road, London, S.W.3, On this stand there are also a number of tractor implements, including J. I. Case three-furrow 10 in. tractor plough and disc harrows, manufactured by the J. I. Case Plough Co., Racine, Wlaconsirf, U.S.A..; a Hornsby self lift agrimotor plough, manufactured by Ruston and Hornsby, Lincoln ; and
Ransome self-lift plough, manufactuted. by Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies,. Ipswich.
On the same stand is a Wallis agrimotor which, by the -way, is not a British 'Wallis, but manufactured by the J. I. Case Plough Co. It ma Y perhaps he well to point out here that the J. I. Case Plough Co., of Racine, Wisconsin, is distinct from the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. mentioned in connection with the notice of the Case agrimotor, which is manufactured at the same place, but not the same .faietory, in America.
This concludes the references to every agrintotor at Derby. We have referred on another page some of the implements, although no attempt has been made to mention every agrimotor implement that is worth a paragraph so far as its merts go; there are far too many of them to allow of each being noted separately-. However, we have called attention to: the names of the firms exhibiting.