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with vertical cylinder and novel method of working the 

 slide, is well worthy the attention of the farmer. 



[We now ascend the stairs with the crowd, for the short 

 time permitted for the private view does not suffice to 

 allow us to obtain even a cursory look at the im- 

 plements. This might be obviated another year without 

 interfering with the stock judges. We commend this 

 to the stewards'] 



We make our way to No. 1, the stall of 

 our indefatigable Director, or rather the firm 

 with which he stands connected. They exhibit 

 a splcadid collection of roots — globe mangolds in abund- 

 ance, weighing from 20 to31|lbs. each ; carrots, reds and 

 whites ; exceedingly good long red mangolds, very fine 

 specimens ; capital swedes, Mr. Rose's variety standing 

 prominent; many beautiful specimens of turnips in 

 great variety. Many of the roots have the names of 

 the growers ticketed upon them ; amongst whom 

 we observed his Royal Highness the Prince Con- 

 sort, the Duke of Bedford, Mr. W. F. Hobbs, Mr. 

 Powells, Mr. Druce, Mr. Williams, Mr. Fryer, Mr. 

 W. E. Williams, Rev. R. T. Foiiester, Mr. J. Ark- 

 wright, Mr. J. B. Twitchell, Mr. B. Crawshay, Mr. F. 

 Strickland, and the Parkhurst Prison Spade Husbandry. 

 The stall was beautifully ornamented with specimens 

 of seeds and grasses, &c. 



The next stand is Mr. Busby's, of Bedale, York, 

 who exhibits his very useful prize carts and ploughs, 

 Woofe's patent paring-plough, and horse-hoes. 



Wedlake sent a two-horse and a three-horse steam 

 machine of very useful character. These small machines 

 and engines appear to make way ; we have this year 

 several exhibitors of them. 



Messrs. Garrett and Sons have the next stand, and 

 display their usual admirable selection from their manu- 

 factory. Their horse-hoe has a new and novel appliance 

 for elevating and depressing the hoes in work, consist- 

 ing of a movement made by a right and left-handed 

 screw, which, as turned by a crank, will lower or elevate 

 the hoes as required. To names so well known as im- 

 provers in agricultural mechanics we need not add our 

 word of approval. 



Messrs. Geo. Gibbs and Co. show a stall of unusual 

 interest: cabbages weighing 301bs., gourd 1251bs., 

 grown by Messrs. Thraill ; Skirving's swedes, very large ; 

 stubble or River's swede, grown since 1st of August ; 

 these and the yellow mangolds, very fine. 



Biggs' dipping apparatus comes next. The sheep in 

 trough looks natural, and attractive enough to the casual 

 visitor. 



Clayton and Shuttleworth are exhibitors of 

 their excellent machinery. The chief thing we would 

 notice in connection with this firm is their general reduc- 

 tion in prices of their engines and thrashing-machines, 

 drying from five to fifteen per cent., as good as ever. 



Clayton (Henry) brings a very interesting model 

 of a cottage built with his improved bricks, tubular 

 and perforated. The cottage model is exceedingly good, 

 and consists of a double cottage under a large, expand- 

 ing roof, the one cottage being behind the other : a 

 small portico entrance, living room to the right, boys' 

 bed-room to the left, stairs in front of door ; the upper 

 floor consists of parents' bed-room and girls' bed-room, 

 with closets, &c. ; the living-room 11 feet 4 inches 

 by 9 feet 4 inches, other details in proportion ; the price 

 of double cottage, £150. They have brought out also a 

 hand-machine for brick. making, and a small two-horse 

 pugging and brick machine ; their machines for brick- 

 making are so well known, that it is almost superfluous 

 to enumerate them. 



Jno. Warner and Sons have a stand of their cele- 

 brated pumps for field service and the fold-yard ; root- 

 cutters and graters. Their irrigating pump may become 

 a valuable acquisition in farm management. 



T. Lloyd and Sons enter their superior flour and 

 corn crushing mills. These flour mills divide the meal 

 into five parts. We found Ball's ovens here. 



Sutton and Sons have a splendid show of roots. 

 Globe yellow mangolds, very large : one grown on the 

 Prince Consort's farm weighed 291bs. ; another by Earl 

 Radnor 31|lbs., which took the prize at Cirencester ; 

 a long white mangold weighed 421bs., another 401bs. ; 

 some large long reds by Mr. Benyon. Turnips and 

 other roots in splendid variety. 



Jas. and Fred. Howard exhibit their famed ploughs, 

 horse-rakes, &c. They have effected an improvement 

 in strengthening their plough-beams by manufacturing 

 them of "ribbed or T iron," taking care to give ad- 

 ditional strength at the point of draught. When this 

 is done, the weight of the plough is not so heavy by 

 61bs. 'The coulter-stalk is oval. The management of 

 wheel fastenings is new and commendable. 



Burgess and Key have an interesting exhibition, 

 attracting much attention, their prize reaper ranking 

 first : the conical screw, aiding so admirably the side- 

 delivery, was much noticed. The machine looks some- 

 what large and massive, but we have the result of the 

 trials at Boxted Lodge showing the draught before us, 

 which we have pleasure in giving. It is as follows : 



Messrs. Burgess and Keys's. 2| cwt., cutting 5 ft. 4 in. 

 Messrs. Crosskill's Bell ... 4 cwt., cutting 5 ft. 4 in. 

 Messrs. Dray and Co.'s .... 3 cwt,, cutting 4 ft. 4 in. 



Their rotary pump is a novelty worth close examination : 

 it is a peculiar way of raising water, the continuous 

 turning of the crank causing a constant flow of water 

 through the vulcanized india-rubber pipe ; it is effected 

 by pressure creating the vacuum. 



Dray and Co. have a first-class collection, including 

 their prize reaper, which created such interest at Water- 

 ford. Their other implements fully sustained their ac- 

 knowledged reputation as first-class mechanics as well 

 as agents. Their portable forge is a simple and useful 

 appendage in a farm-yard. 



Messrs. Priest and Woolnough attract us with their 

 first-class horse-hoe, Garretts' pattern, with their own 

 improvements, the elevating and depressing movement 

 being the chief. Their general-purpose drills do the 

 firm great credit for clever arrangement, workmanship, 

 and cheapness. 



Bentall has no less than three stands in different 

 places of the gallery, owing to want of space for con- 

 venient showing. He has a first-rate collection of 

 his own manufacture : his root-pulper now forestalling 

 his celebrated scarifier, in public interest. We did not 

 observe anything new as coming out since the Salisbury 

 Meeting. That it is to novelties that throughout this 

 report we have confined ourselves, having at that time 

 entered pretty fully into a notice of all the known im- 

 provements. 



E. R. and F. Turner exhibit their customary and 

 excellent assortment of agricultural machinery, consist- 

 ing of roller mills, crushing and grinding mills, cake- 

 breaker, chaff-cutter, circular-saw bench, &c., &c. 



Hornsby and Sons — Their unrivalled drills and 

 dressing machines, so universally known as to barely 

 need our notice of them as being present here. 



Lawson and Son, select specimens of wheat, oats, 

 roots. Sec. : their Lothian purple top continues to give 

 great satisfaction, being a near approach to the firm flesh 

 of the swede. Their Tweeddale yellow and Kohl rabi are 

 very fine roots. The stall was a fine exhibition of roots 

 of Scotch growth. 



Skirving's stall is as attractive as ever — some im- 

 mense swedes and carrots. The swedes retain their 

 character in shape, quality, and size, and are now be- 

 come quite a known sort everywhere. 



