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JOHN BUNCLE AND SON.
The golden jubilee of this finn i.« being
celebrated Ibis year on the Melbourne
fiUpWrgroundh- by a. collection of their very
latest and up-to-date labour-saving ma
chinery for agricultural and other purposes.
Dating the 30 years that the firm has been
identified with special manufactures it has
obtained in the Commonwealth 830 gold,
eilvpr, and bronze medals and certificates.
Of travelling ch*Scutter« there are 14
different desigiu, from the smaller han.4
machines up to the largest, capable of cut
ting «nd bagging 40 tons .per day. Their
latest machine is the -JJonpariel,.iitted with
patent micrometer adjuatiment e£i|jdle, seo
thai by a single adjustment in the bear
ityr# the knife-wheel -Jm iept .close up to
thdmoutli of the machine, .preventing any
jujiiry to the knives. JTnere ierjno ena
plqy .on the spindle, with the result that
ihine cute with jnore regularity and
minimum .of labour. One of the
is * patent irake, -which ia applied
,a«tas*a<& chock, ei**~"
Jne .ff at work .or trasel ,.w.
Dmcitur can m^we fromfoar,
l^tftdcs.
frame is very massive, and the sieve-gear is
large, covering the entire length ot "the
machine. Instead of rods being suspended
by springs they are suspended on their im
proved parellel motion. * All the gearing
is of cast steel. A smaller travelling chaff
cutter, known as the Gem, is a new exhibit,
fitted with all the firm's latest improve
ments. Another veiy handy and compact
travelling chaffcutter, also »e>v, called tbe
Star, is a single-bagger, mounted on light
travelling wheels, suitable for those having
their own stacks to cut. Stationary bag
ging plants are shown, with duplex and
single baggers and chaff-elevators, fitted so
as to convey the chaff any distance. Tbe
machines are lilted with patent gear, bo
as to prevent 1 lie bags, however old, from
being torn. Stationary chaffcutters are
shown in many sizes anil designs, from the
14in. mouth, lour blades, down to the 8in.
mouth, with two blades. Emery-grinders
are shown in various sizes, and one for
sharpening the chaff-knives is a very use
ful and up-to-date machine. Uorseworks
are exhibited in various sizes and designs.
The largest is suitable for eight horses, hav
ing a Crown wheel Cfiin. in diameter. The
Champion redgum-franied borseworks, for
two horses, is fitted with safety clutch gear,
which prevents fhe horses coming in eon
tact with the pole? of the machine. The
smallest horseworks, the Pony, is a very
compact and suitable machine for farmers
and others. Altogether, there are 11
different sizes and designs. Corn-cnishere.
for the crushing of oats, maize, peas,-and
beans, are exhibited in several s.izes. Root
pulpers are shown for cutting lip mangels^
turnips, and carrots. Saw-benches are
shown at actual work, cutting up firewood
in various lengths. Disintegrators, for
crushing bark, lime, bones, chalk, quartz,
and similar substances, are .shown in various
sizes. Bark-cutters, bark choppers and
dumpers, of which the firm makes a
specialty, have also new additions added
to them. Harrows are shown in various
sizes, with improvements. Portable en
gines. steam engines from 2-h.p. upwards^
suitable for creameries, chaffcutter*, corn
crushers. and saw-benches, &c., are self
contained. fitted with forged steel crank
shaft, Pickering governor, and pump, "and
are very smooth running. 'The Zinuner"
traction engine, of the light American type,
is shown driving the whole machinery. A
new design of pig-trough for pig-feeding,
made of east-iron, in a circular shape,
equally divided into a number of compart
ments*. so that each animal gets its proper
proportion of feed, will lie of interest to
pig-keepers. Tobacco-cutters are shown in
various sizes of the latest, design, which
this firm have supplied to all the manu
facturers in the Commonwealth. There
is an exhibit in itself in the specialty of
castings, made in the firm's nioulding-sliop.
They have a beautiful finish, and are equal
to any of the English production.
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