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For the best corn blower, prize of £2, Messrs. Simpson 

 and Co., Lincoln. 



For the best chaff cutter, prize of £3, Ashby and Co., 

 Stamford. 



Second of £1, E. H. Bentall. 



For the best turnip cutter, prize of £2, B- Samuelson, 

 Banbury, Oson. 



For the best cake breaker, prize of £1, Amies & Barford. 



For the best and most economical general mill, for crush- 

 ing agi-icultural produce, prize of £3, Amies &: Barford. 



Second of £1, W. Barton. 



For the best and most economical steaming apparatus 

 for general purposes, prize of £3, Amies & Barford. 



Second of £1, Jlessrs. Simpson & Co. 



For the best set of waggon harness for fonr horses, cost 

 to be taken into consideration, prize of £2, E. Sharpe, 

 Horncastlo. 



For the best collection of hand tools, prize of £2, Amies 

 and Bai-ford. 



Second of £1, John Hodson, Louth. 



For other agricultural implements, and articles not strictly 

 agricultural (exclusive of steam engines for thrashing), 

 and to be difposed of at the discretion of the Judges, 

 £25 ; awarded as follows : viz. : — 

 For patent hay tedder, £1, Ashby & Co., Stamford. 

 For horse rake, £1, Ashby & Co. 

 For turnip and mangold wurzel drill, £2, W. Barton. 

 For horse works and gearing, £1, W. Barton. 

 For kitchen range and cooking requisites, 10s., W. 

 Barton, 



For root pulper, £1, E. H. Bentall. 



For a small seed drill, £2, James Coultas, Grantham. 



For a corn drill, 12 coulters, £2, Messrs. Coultas & Son, 

 Grantham, 



I'or reaping and mowing machine, £5, John Wyatt Day, 

 Ulceby. 



For portable mill, £2, John Tye, Lincoln, 



For corn screen, £2 ; for straw shaker machine, 10s.; 

 and for apple parer, 2s. (id., S. Woodroofe, Horncastle, 



For rotary harrows, £1, Ashby & Co. 



For butter prints, lOs-, Henry Bridges, London. 



For washing machine, 10s., R. S. Brown, Burgh. 



For weighing machine, lOs., C- Grantham, Louth, 



For hay and potato fork, and knife, 10s , Jackson and 

 Stothard, Kirton-in-Lindsay. 



For steaming apparatus, 10s., Simpson and Co^, Lincoln. 



For a lifting jack, 15s., William Ashton, Horncastle. 



For sheep clipping shears, las., Liuley and Son, Shef- 

 field. 



For two pair of horse shoes, 2s. 6d., William Cooke, 

 Wyberton, Boston. . 



COJIMEXDATIONS. 



Highly commended^— John Hodgson, Louth, plough for 

 light land; Thomas Lyal, Graniham, plough lor heavy 

 land; and T. & R. Trotter, Lincoln, twitch elevator. 



Commended. — Wm. Procter, Lincoln, two horse cart ; E. 

 Sandall, Lincoln, waggon harness for lour hoises. 



DURHAM COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The nineteenth annual meeting of the above eociety was 

 held on Thursday, July 26, at Bishop Auckland. 



The decisions difiered not a little from those at Canter- 

 bury, and itwillbe seen that Duchess 77th won that challenge 

 cup p7 tcm., whose predecessor was last year permanently 

 adjudged to Mr. Richard Booth. One of the twins stood 

 second to her iu her class, but the Canterbury decision was 

 " corrected," and the white beat the roau this bout ; the 

 other Canterbury piize heifer only got a high commenda- 

 tion. Four such rare animals were perhaps never seen in 

 one class before. Mr. Ambler's Prince Talleyrand was first 

 in his class, and Mr. Fawkes's yearling bull Gardoni, who 

 was only commended at Canterbury, as well as the highly 

 commended Great Eastern, were put before Reformer, who 

 had the second prize there. In fact, the positions of the 

 three were exactly reversed. In the cow class. Lady Bigot's 

 Duchess of Glo'ster held her Canterbury place with 

 Woodbine, and Mr. Richard Booth's Soldier's Bride kt-pt 

 up the Warlaby prestige among the yearling heifeis. 

 Mr. Rarey exhibited during the week, and had large 

 audiences. 



Judges for Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. — Mr. Unthank, 

 Netherscales, near Carlisle ; Mr. Raine, Morton Tiumouth ; 

 Mr. Wilson, W'oodhall. Northumberland. 



Horses. — Mr. Jonathan Pattiaon, Norwood, near Gates- 

 head ; Mr. Gibbon, Burnfoot, near Carlisle j J Mr. J. Booth, 

 Killerby. 



Implements. — Mr. Thomas Wetherell, Mr, Givens, and 

 Mr. Stratton. 



The following is the list of prizes ;— 



CATTLE. 



A PIECE OP PLATE OF THE VALUE OF ONE HUNDRED 

 GUINEAS. 



The prize to be held until the Society's Show next year by 

 the owuer of the best Shorthorned breeding auimal (o( either 



sex) exhibited in the show-yard, and to become the absolute 

 property of the person who shall win it three years in succes- 

 sion. — Captain Gunter's two-year-old heifer, " Duchess 77th." 



A PIECE OF PLATE OF THE VALUE OF TWENTY-FIVE 

 GUINEAS. 



The prize to be held until the Society's Show next year by 

 the owner of the best Shorthorned breeding animal (of either 

 sex) the property of a tenant farmer in the county of Durham, 

 exhibited iu the show-yard, and to become the absolute pro- 

 perty of the person who shall win it three years in succession. 

 — Jeffrey Buhner's aged bull, " Earl of Derby 2ud." 



For the beot Bull of auy age, £20, Henry Ambler, Watkin- 

 Bou Hall, near Halifax, " Prince Talleyrand." Second prize, 

 £5, Jeffrey Bulmer, Aislaby Grange Farm, near Yarm, " Earl 

 of Derby 2nd." Highly commended, Mr. Lambert's " Squire 

 Annandale." 



For the beat Bull under 2 years old, £15, F. H. Fawkes, 

 " Gardoni." Second prize, £5, Mr. Henry Ambler, " Great 

 Eastern. Commended.— F. H. Fawkes, Farnley Hall, near 

 Otley, Yorkshire, " Reformer;" and Samuel Wiley, " Yotk- 

 shireman." 



For the best Cow in- milk or calf, having had a calf withm 

 the last twelve months, £10, Lady Pigot, Branches Park, near 

 Newmarket, " Duchess of Gloucester." Second prize, £5, 

 Henry Ambler, " Woodbine." Commended.— Thomas Jolly, 

 Warlaby, Northallerton, " Rosabel." 



For the best 2 years old Heifer in-calf, £6, Captain Gunter, 

 The Grange, Wetherby, " Duchess 77th." Second prize, £3, 

 Cantain Gunter, "Duchess 79th." Highly commended. - 

 Ciptaia Gunter's "Duchess 78th," Mr. Ambler's "Wood- 

 rose " and Mr. Richard Booth's '• Queen of the Vale." Com- 

 mended.— Lady Pigot, "Stanley Rose;" Lady Pigot, 

 " Empress." 



For the best 1 year old Heifer, £5, Richard Booth, " Sol- 

 dier's Bride." Second prize, £2, Jeffrey Bulmer, " Princess 

 Royal 2nd." 



For the best Bull Calf under 12 months old i'3, Thomas 

 Jolly, Rhesus. Second prize, ^1, Joseph Dent, Neasham 

 Hall Farm. 



For the best Heifer Calf under 12 months old .-£3, Thos, 



