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perfection, and thus commanded a. commendation. 

 Fry's were likewise too light and small; Coleman's his 

 light expanding ; Eddy's rather longer, of same form ; 

 Comins, a good country-made set, of good farm service, 

 and did their work well. Highly commended. Lynes' 

 continues his shape, and his size is more proportionate, 

 the weights, (for all his harrows had weights j hanging 

 on the bar behind,) were taken oft' to try their steadiness, 

 which proved them unnecessary. Wright's were same 

 form, but somewhat stronger than the other sets, with 

 good length of teeth, and good fastenings. He w«s 

 awarded the prize. 



Chain Harrows. — This implement is becoming every 

 day more popular. The judges took great pains to test 

 the value in work of two inventions of this character, 

 Cambridge exhibited that of Cartwright's invention, 

 with plain square links, and his own expanding appara- 

 tus. Lemon exhibited a set of his own invention, hav- 

 ing the same square links, with the alternate ones spiked 

 at the corners ; this appeared to promise both durability 

 and effective working. The expanding apparatus is not 

 so perfect as that of Cambridge. These were tried im- 

 mediately after the harrowings on Saturday, but the 

 couch being green and soddy, neither would work well, 

 but the spiked chains clogged most. They were again 

 tried on the following Tuesday, upon dry twitch or 

 couch, both in regular draught, at about 2^ miles per 

 hour, and also with horses on full trot. In both cases 

 Cambridge's harrow had the advantage. Lemon's har- 

 row worked well, but it gripped more, and retained it too 

 long. The points, too, appeared to hinder the clearing. 

 That of Cambridge stuck closer to the surface, collected 

 much under it, and discharged it with greater regularity. 

 The prize was at length awarded to this, and a certificate 

 of merit to the other. 



Clod-crushers. — In this class Messrs. Gliddon, Fry, 

 Carson, Cambridge, Eddy, and Bird were competitors. 

 Gliddon's is a useful implement, of small size (G feet by 

 20 inches) ; Fry's is Paterson's (6 feet 2 inches by 24 

 inches). We need scarcely say that it did well, and was 

 commended. Carson's (G feet 6 inches by 24 inch 

 discs), is a combination, or has alternate discs of 

 the Cambridge and Paterson type, his own invention, 

 the latter being a nibbed rim, outside the smaller ones, 

 kept in its place and made to revolve by these smaller 

 ones. It does exceedingly well, and was commended. 

 Cambridge has improved his greatly, the alternate discs 

 being serrated ones ; it is G feet 6 inches by 26 inches ; 

 weight, 22 cwt. ; crushes admirably. — The prize. 

 Eddey's crusher has a good scraper and serrated discs : it 

 is short, 5 feet 6 inches by 2 i inch discs. It received a 

 commendation. We observed the judges subsequently 

 in the yard, attaching the dynamometer to several clod- 

 crushers ; contrary to their expectation, that unnerring, 

 " tester" proved that those crushers with discs of differ- 

 ent diameters, working freely, possessed a slight advan- 

 tage in draught over those of equal diameter. Two of 

 these clod-crushers, of equal diameter, the larger rims 

 excepted, were taken to the field, but the tremendous 

 shower which came on prevented an accurate result being 

 arrived at. 



Ploughs. — The trial of common-purpose ploughs 

 is always a matter of the greatest interest. Every 

 requisite arrangement was made for the purpose 

 of insuring a fair and correct trial, so that the 

 advocates of triennial trials should not have a just 

 cause of complaint. Great pains were taken by the 

 judges in order to arrive at a satisfactory con- 

 clusion. The competing ploughs were severally ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. Fry, Carson, Eddy, Comins, Lemon, 

 Wright, Hole, and Lewis. The land being marked out, 

 and all being strangers to the soil, it was arranged that 

 each plough should take its place as entered in the 

 judges' books ; consequently, Messrs, Fry took No. 1, 

 with a plough invented by Robert Cosens, having a 4 

 feet 9 inches mould-turner, and a regulating wheel to 

 run on the furrow-sole. We thought in doing its severe 

 work it ran too much on its points, that the mould- 

 turner caused too much pressure on the furrow by 

 throwing it out too wide and over, and the regulating 

 wheel to be of but little service. Carson took No. 2, 

 with a plough, his own invention, of good form and 

 construction. The mould-turner rather short (3 feet 4 

 inches). The work was fairly laid, but scarcely close 

 enough, and it with difficulty made an even furrow-sole. 

 It proved well with the dynamometer, and the judges 

 awarded a commendation. Eddy took No. 3^ with 

 a rather attractive plough, possessing many of the points 

 of our best makers ; but, in looking closely into its 

 details, we discovered imperfections which did, as they 

 ever will do, show themselves in work. The plough ran 

 well on its furrow-sole, but threw the furrow too wide 

 and broke it in deep ploughing. The mould-turner 

 Oft. 8 in. We observed a judge pointing out the defects 

 in form of some parts of this plough, which he acknow- 

 ledged, and intends to obviate another year. Com- 

 mended, — Comins took No. 4 with a plough of his 

 own invention. He was also his own ploughman. He 

 succeeded much as a man does when in an intricate law- 

 suit he persists in acting as his own " lawyer.'' He might 

 have found a better ploughman. — Lemon took No. 5 with 

 Ball's plough and best ploughman. The work was well 

 laid ; the furrow too wide and too much pressed over 

 by mould-turner, which is 4 ft. G in, long, run well on 

 furrow sole. Draught light. This plough was highly 

 commended. — J. and R. \y right took No. G with a well- 

 formed plough; their own invention. The mould-turner 

 nearly in true form, and 3 ft. 10 in. long, and the share 

 nicely-adjusted to cause a uniform lift without breaking 

 the furrow. The furrow was cut clean and right, and 

 turned-over at the correct angle. On proof it was found 

 to be of light draught. The Prize. — Hole took No. 7 with 

 a plough his invention, having a mould-turner of the old 

 turnwrest or convex principle. The work was laid flat 

 and much broken, nor docs the plough havel well on the 

 furrow sole. Draught not excessive. — Lewis took the 

 last work with a plough of his own invention. The work 

 was well done, but we thought the plough required im- 

 provement in the first lift and inclination of mould- 

 turner. Commended as a good country plough. 



Subsoil Ploughs. — The competitors in this class were 

 Messrs. Bentall, Eddy, Comins, and Wright, Bentall 



