THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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CIICESIS. 



Couple of new milk clieeaes made iu IrflamJ, of the aeasou 

 of 1858, iu imitatioa of a;iy Known end approved description 

 of Ens'ish checae, not less th.iii 2()lbs. weight eech. First 

 prize, 5/. Sccoud, 2i. No merit. 



F L A X. 



Bundles, not less than IGlbs. weigUf, of niiil-scutcUed flax, 

 beiuR sn average sample of the produce of at least half an acre 

 of British f<rowth, luid of the crop of either the jear 1857 or 

 1858. First prize, 3/ , Willium Patten, Glaaslough. Second, 

 2i., John F. Wilson, Londonderry. 



A bundle, not less than IGlhs. weight, of hand-seutclied 

 flax, being au average ssmple of the produce of at least half 

 an acre of British growth, and of the crop of either the year 

 1857 or 1853— first prize 3/., Williaai Patten, second 2L, 

 Charles Glaskiu, Newtoucuuniugham. 



A bushel of flaxseed saved by tlie grower, 31., David Pat- 

 ten ; second 21., John Boyle, Leeds. Commeuded.Johu Wight- 

 man. 



Six hanks of handspun yarn, 1^. For the second best, lOs. 

 No entry. 



CEREALS AND GRASS SEEDS. 

 Collection of cereals and grass seeds, 3L, Dickson, Hogg, 

 and Robertson ; second best, 21., James Sherrard, Biahop- 

 atrcet, Londonderry. Commended, James M'Canaughty; highly 

 commended, the Earl of Charlen\ont. 



IMPLEMENTS. 



Judges. — J. Clarke, Long Sutton, Lincoln. 



J. C. Coddington, Dulargy, Co. Louth. 

 R. M'Rea, Strabane. 

 (Prizes given fur implements best suited to the wants and 

 circumstances of Ireland). 

 The best implement for the application of steam power to 

 the cultivation of the soil, 50/. — No award. 



The best mowing machine suitable for cutting meadow 

 grass, 201. — H. Clayton ( Wood's patent mowing machine). 



The best reaping machine, 25Z.~H. Clayton (Wood's patent 

 reaping machine). 



The beat hay-makiug machine, 51. — Smith and Ashby. 

 Hishly commended, Richmond and Chandler. 



The best horse rake,3Z. — Richmond and Chandler. Highly 

 commended. Smith and Ashby ; commeaded, R. Gray. 



The best plough for general purposes, 51. — J. Gray and Co. 

 Highly commended, Richmond and Chandler (Howard's.) 



The best instrument for breaking up the gubsoil, 5J.— Robt. 

 Gray. Highly commended, J. Gray and Co. 



The best heavy harrow, 3/. — E. H. Beutall. 



The best light harrow, 31. — E. H. Bentall. Commended, 

 R. Gray, and Richmond and Chandler. 



The best grubber, 51. — J. Gray and Co. Highly com- 

 mended, R. Gray ; commended, J. Gray and Co. and R. Law. 



The best drill grubber, 3/. — Robert Gray. Highly com- 

 mended, J. Gray and Co.; commended, R. Gray. 



The best drill horse hoc, 2?. — H. Carson. Highly com- 

 mended, H. Carson ; commended, Robert Gray. 



The best corn drill for general purposes, 51. — W. L. Fisher. 



The best corn drill for small occupations, 51, — Richmond 

 and Cliamller. Highly commended, R. and J. Reeves ; com- 

 mended, W. L. Fisher. 



The best turnip drill, 3?. — J. Gray and Co. Highly com- 

 mended, Richmond and Chandler. 



The best implement calculated to economize labour in 

 raising the potato crop, 5^. — Robert Law. 



The beat machine for distributing portable irianure broad- 

 cast, 51. — R. and J. Reeves. 



The best and least expensive liquid manure carriage and 

 distributor, 51. — I. James. 



The best machine for sowing grass seeds and clover broad- 

 cast, 51. — Richmond and Chandler. Commended, H. She- 

 ridan. 



The best farm cart, 5/. — Richmond and Chandler. Highly 

 commended, Robert Gray; commended, J. Mitchell. 



The best set of hand implements for the farm, 31, — Rich- 

 mond and Chandler. 



The best set of drainage tool?, 3/. — Kennan and Sons. 



The best assortment of drainage tiles, 31, — The Earl of 

 Enniskillen. Highly commended, J. Robaon. 



The best and most economical set of /arm harness, 3/. — 

 No award. 



The beat and most ecoaomical cart and cattle weighing ma- 

 chine, adapted to general purposes, 5^ — Forshaw and Co. 



The best assortment or collection of field gates, 51, — Man- 

 grave Brothers. 



The best churn, 51.— J. Gray and Co. Highly commended, 

 J. Eastwood ; coraniended, Robert Gray. 



The best model of a portable shed for foddering and feed- 

 ing unhoused cattle, 10/. — No entries. 



The best general collection of implements, 20/. — J. Gray 

 and Co. The second beat, 10/. — Richmond and Chandler. 

 Highly commended, Robert Gray. 



THE IRISH FARMERS' GAZETTE CHALLENGE CUP, 



VALUE FlI'TY GUINEAS. 



For the best general collection of implements, manufactured 

 by exhibiter, and suited to the agriculture of Ireland. — J. 

 Gray and Co., Uddiugston, Glasgow. 



The Judges of Poultry v,cre Captain Croker; J. M. 

 D'Olier, CoUynes, Dubhn; and G. A. Pollack, Oatlanda, 

 Navau. 



THE SHOW AND TRIALS OF IMPLEMENTS. 



[FRO.M OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,] 



The show of implements, as compared with last year, 

 was more numerous, the number of stands being 85, 

 against 5S at Waterford ; but we missed Garrett's very 

 excellent collection of last season. There was 

 a great improvement in the order of ploughs, 

 most of the manufacturers adopting the acknow- 

 ledged and established pattern or model of the 

 best English ploughs. The excellence of workman- 

 ship stands fully at A 1. We never see the high polish 

 anywhere else so perseveringly carried out as by the Irish 

 and Scotch makers, quite eschewing paint, to say nothing 

 of putty. Messrs. Gray & Co., of Uddingston, and Mr. 

 Robert Gray, of Belfast, stand very high in this respect. 

 In fact it will apply to mast of the minor manufacturers : 

 the high polish bestowed upon a common farm plough 

 is extraordinary. Kennan's stand was one of capital 

 manufacture : and Richmond and Chandler had an 

 astonishing show of hand implements. 



The exhibition took place on the Quay and 

 Stock and Corn Markets, and although very 

 convenient for landing, was inconvenient in some 

 other respects. The exhibitors found great difficulty in 

 making their implements stand steadily on the hard 

 pavement, and consequently a great uprooting of paving 

 was necessary, which ultimately may lead our Derrians 

 to a more level adjustment, avoiding those deep reser- 

 voirs for water, which we observed here. And then 

 the difficulties of our stable-fitting friends were great, 

 several stands of which did them great credit. For our- 

 selves we much prefer the soft greensward and gay huts 

 or sheds in the open parks. But every visitor to Lon- 

 donderry saw that such could not readily be obtained. 



The trial of field implements took place on 

 the estates of Major Scott, at Wilsboro', and of 

 Wm. M'Cormick, Esq., near the Muff Station. The 

 latter is here called slob-land, i, e., land recovered from 

 the sea before being grassed over, as in the case with the 

 English marshes. It is a deep soil, of rather heavy 

 loam, recently reclaimed, and being inefficiently drained, 

 formed a severe trial for Boydell's traction engine, which 



