No. 85. 1 149 



No. S. Thomas D, Burrall, Geneva, Ontario county — " Shell- 

 wheel plow :" 



5 .8 by 12.8 inches. Average draft by team, 24H lbs. 



6 by 12 " " " hand, 260 lbs. 

 " BurralPs plain plow." 



6 by 13 inches. Average draft by team, 325 lbs. 

 « « " " hand, 375 lbs. 



It is proper for the committee here to remark that the first trial by 

 teams was made by a dynamometer manufactured by Mr. Burrall. 

 The trial by hand was made by an article of different construction, 

 manufactured by Mr. Chase. Both these gentlemen kindly allowed 

 these instruments to be used for testing all the plows presented. 



Your committee, after mature deliberation, have agreed upon the 

 following awards, viz : 



To Howard Delano, of Mottville, for his Diamond plow, No. 4, the 

 first premium of $15. 



To Thomas D. Burrall, of Geneva, for his Shell-wheel plow, the 

 second premium — a silver medal. 



To W. U. Chase, of Amsterdam, the committee recommend to the 

 society to award a discretionary premium of $5, for his Montgomery 

 county plow. 



To M. D. & S. H. Coding, of Rochester, for their American plow, 

 a Diploma. 



In addition to those to which the above premiums have been 

 awarded, there were several other plows well calculated for light soils, 

 but which, in our opinion, would not answer for heavy and rugged 

 lands. Of this character are the Bergen plows, the draft of which, it 

 will be observed, is light. The " Plain plow" presented by Mr. Bur- 

 rall, we should judge well calculated for doing its work in a proper 

 manner, although requiring more force to move it than is required for 

 several others presented. 



The committee were also charged by the society with the examina- 

 tion of the dynamometers presented for trial. After an examination 

 and triiil in testing the plows, we have awarded to W. U. Chase, of 

 Amsterdam, Montgomery county, a premium of $20. 



To Thomas D. Burrall, of Geneva, a premium of $7. 



To Seymour, of Hartford, Conn., a Diploma. 



The gang of plows presented by Thomas Wiard, of East Avon, Li- 



