Permain and Gilchrist.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7998, 21 June 1904, Page 3

Permain and Gilchrist.

This enterprising firm of ironmongers j know how to catch the attention of a moving, seething crowd in a show hall. Their stand is a model of attractiveness, and many novelties are laid out in a manner that betokens the touch of a praotised hand. Though novelties are displayed, however, they are not of the gim-crack order, for the firm's finest , exhibit is an Acme oil engins. They showed this engine last ' year, and they reaped much profit thereby; so this year ifc is in evidence again. Another engine on exhibition is a 2J- horse-power steam engine, the "Empress," a most serviceable motor for driving chaff-cutters, bonecrushers, separators, etc., on a farm. Another class of exhibit is Connon's sheep-dip and disinfectant, and branding oil; while aDe Baugh's patent steamer for cooking pig food, scalding milk cans, or boiling any kind of food, stands prominent. It will be used locook potatoes for the tea room as at last show. Prairie incubators, the make which last year beat all-comers in a practical test, are specially represented by a large machine capable of dealing with 380 duck eggs. • Indoor and outdoor brooders, are there also. Paroid and Neponsife roofing, Humphries' green bone mills, poulterers' mills, caponising instruments, leg bands, are shown for the benefit of the poultry fanciers, and many other articles besides, of « like nature. A new milk probe is also worthy of inspection. Melotte separators will be running, and this choice machine generally receives favourable comments. Outside the hall, Messrs Permain aDd Gilchrist are showing- Massey, Harris' new drills and cultivators, single, double, and treblefurrow ploughs, etc., while farmers will be ablet) meet Mr McCabe, explosive expert, who, surrounded with a new kind of " mighty lever," Nobel's explosives, will illustrate how to extract stumps at a minimum cost—all ready for the coming agricultural season.