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Article XLVIII. 



REPORT concerning the Publick Trial of Vlovohs 

 and Drills, which took place near Devizes^ on the 

 2 ijl and lid of Jpril, 1 7 90. 



IN purfuance of the objefts propofed by this Society by 

 publick trials of Ploughs and Drills, the Committee of 

 Gentlemen-Farmers, to whom a choice of ground for thofc 

 purpofes was committed, leleftcd a piece for the former in 

 the parifli of Afhleton, and for the latter at Roundway. The 

 (pot for the trial of ploughs was a remarkably flrong foil, on 

 which wheat had been grown laft year, but the mofl full of 

 couch-grafs of any land that could be found. This fpot was 

 chofen the better to bring the double-coultered and the lighter 

 ploughs to a fevere trial. It was expefted that fix ploughs 

 of different defcriptions would have ftarted for the premiums 

 of the Society, but only four were found in the conteft ; one 

 or two havnng declined, on account of the difficulty of the 

 work, and a new fwing-plough, lately invented by the Rev. 



James Cooke^ being delayed on the road by the carrier. 



The four were as follows : 



1. The double-coultered plough, belonging to Will I AM 

 Dyke, efq; ztSyren-Cot, drawn by four horfes two a-breaft. 



2. The Norfolk wheel-plough, belonging to Mr. Pr it- 

 ch A RD, drawn by two horfes without a driver. 



3. A light Carlifle fwing-plough, belonging to Mr. 

 Thomas, drawn by two horfes a-breail, and driven by a lad. 



4. A common Wililhire plough, belonging to Mr. Jacob 

 GiDDINGS, drawn by two horfes, and driven by a lad. 



The 



