THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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PRIZES FOR IMPLEMENTS. 



JUDGES. 

 For Drills— 



H. B. Caldwell, Hilbourne, Brandon, Norfolk. 



J. Druce, Eynsham, Oxon. 

 For Horse Hoes, Waggons, and Carts — 



Fielder King, Buriton, Hants. 



J. J. Rowley, Rowthome, Mansfield, Notts. 

 For Mowing-machines and Hay-makers — 



J. Clarke, Long Sutton, Lincolnahire. 



W. Owen, Rotherham, Yorkshire. 

 For Manure Distributors, and Miscellanies — 



W. Chalcroft, Bromshot, Liphook. 



C. Sewell Read, Barton Hall, Thetford. 

 For Reaping-machines and Steam Ploughs — 



The whole of the Judges were railed in. 

 Consulting Engineers — 



Messrs. Amos and Owen. 



For grass-mowing machine — £15, to Henry Clayton (of 

 Atlas Works, Jjondou) ; and £5, to Wm. Dray and Co. 



For hay-raakiug machines — £4, to Wm. Newzam Ni- 

 cholson ; £3, to Barrett, Exall, and Andrews ; £2, to Smith 

 and Aehby ; and £1, to Henry Attwood Thompson. 



For horse rake — £3, to James and Frederick Howard ; £3, 

 to Ransomes andSims ; £2, to Barnabas Urry ; £1, to Smith 

 and Ashby ; and £1, to William Langford Fisher. 



For Chambers's broadcast manure distributor— £8, to R. 

 Garrett and Sous. 



For manure distributor (dry) — £5, to Holmes and Sons ; 

 and £5, to R. and J. Reeves. 



For liquid manure distributor — £2, to Isaac James. 



For drill for general purposes — £5, to R. Hornsbyand Sons; 

 and £3, to R. Garrett and Sons. 



For corn and seed drill — £7, to Holmes and Sons. 



For drill for small occupations — £2, to R. Hornsby and 

 Sons ; and £2, to R. Garrett and Sous. 



For drill for ridge and flat work, for turnips, &c. — £5, to 

 R. Hornsby and Sous ; and £2, to R. Garrett and Sons. 



For liquid drop drill — £4, to R. Garrett and Sons. 



For reaping machine -£10, to Burgess and Key ; £6, to A. 

 Crosskill ; and £4, to Lord Kinnaird. 



For horse hoe — £3, to R. Garrett and Sons ; £2, to William 

 Smith; £1 lOs., to Hugh Carson; £2, to Priest and Wool- 

 nough ; and £1 IO3,, to E H. Benfall. 



For light waggon— £2, to T. Milford and Son ; £2, to John 

 Kiddle; £2, to A. Crosskill; £2, to John Gifford; £l,to 

 Isaac James ; and £1, to George Milford. 



For light cart— £2, to William Busby; £2, to William 

 Ball; £2, to T. Milford and Son; £2, to James Woods; £), 

 to A. Crosskill ; and £1, to J. and F. Howard. 



For cranked axle cart — £4, to T. Milford and Son ; £4, to 

 William Busby ; £3, to A. and T. Fry ; £2, to Alfred Cross- 

 kill ; and £2, to J. and F. Howards (Maznard). 



SILVER MEDAL, 

 R. and J. Reeves, for economical drill for dry manure and 

 seeds. 

 J. and F. Howard, for improved drill presaer. 

 Thomas Pain, for paring plough. 

 Samuel Rowsell, for American iron-pointed horse rake. 

 Cottamand Cottam, for collar bar for iron hurdles, 

 Perreaux and Co . for India-rubber pump valve. 

 Hill and Smith, for a wrought-iron sheep trough. 

 H. Carson, for a cheese press. 

 Cockey and Son, for a cheese-making apparatus. 

 T. Milford and Son, for a light cart. 



HIGHLY COMMENDED. 



William Newzam Nicholson's hay-making machine, for two 

 horses. 



William Williams's horse rake, for its easy compound lever 

 lift and general arrans;ement. 



John Cooper and Co.'s horse rake, for its useful adjustment 

 in balancing the teeth. 



J. Marychurch and Sou's horse rake, for its peculiar facility 

 in its delivery, being nearly self-acting. 



R. Horusby and Son's corn and seed dril', 



R. Garrett and Son's corn and seed drill. 



R. Hornsby and Son's corn drill. 



Holmes and Son's ridge drill. 



R. and J. Reeves's liquid manure drill. 



Burgess and Key's reaping-machine. 



W. Dray and Co.'s (Palmer) reaping-machine. 



Henry Cogan's horse hoe. 



J. and F. Howard's horse hoe. 



J. Stalker's horse hoe. 



Holmes and Son's horse hoe. 



W. Busby's horse hoe. 



Rausorae and Sims's horse hoe. 



Mapplebeck and Lowe's horse hoe. 



James and Malcolm's weighing-machine for potatoes, &c. 



Burgess and Key'a India rubber pump. 



Cottam and Hallen's stable fittings. 



J. and F. Howard's four-horse tubular whippletrees. 



Greening and Co.'s iron wire fence. 



W. P. Stanley's sack barrow and raiser. 



Barnard and Bishop's cast-iron water-cock. 



J. Gripper's wrought-iron sheep-trough. 



Thomas Gibbs and Co.'s collection of seeds and roots. 



T. Milford and Sou's light waggon. 



A. Crosskill's light waggon. 



W. Dray and Co.'s light waggon. 



W. Dray and Co.'s light van waggon. 



A. Silcock's light cart, 



George Milford's light cart. 



H. A. Thompson's light cart. 



H. Hayes and Sou's light cart. 



AVra. Crowley and Son's light cart. 



A. and T. Fry's light cart. 

 Brown and May's light cart. 

 Samuel Gam's light cart. 

 John Eaton's light cart. 



B. Samuelson's revolving horse hoe. 



COMMENDED. 



Holmes and Son's drill for general purposes. 



Holmes and Son's drill for small occupation. 



Wm. Dray and Co.'s (Hussey) reaping-machine. 



John Green's horse hoe. 



A. and T. Fry's horse hoe. 



R. Read's stand of hydraulic and other apparatus. 



C. Powell's hand dibble. 



Cottam and Cottam's patent swing manger. 

 James Wood's asphalting apparatus. 

 W. Busby's implement for topping and tailing turnips. 

 Hill and Smith's premium iron hurdles. 

 A. Lyon's sausage machine. 



Beujamin Fowler's, Whitefriars street, Londou, valve box 

 for double acting pump. 



Wallis and Haslem's drilling machine. 

 Burgess and Key's American rotary horse-power. 

 J. and F. Howard's oval iron plough coulter. 

 Crowley and Son's set of Newport hames. 

 H. A. Thompson's workman's drainage bevil. 

 Lawson and Son's collection of seeds. 

 Robert Lane's one-horse cart. 

 John Kendall's one- horse cart. 



The decision as to the steam ploughs has not yet been pub- 

 lished. 

 The following is the 



OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE JUDGES ON 

 THE REAPING MACHINES:— 

 " The trial of reaping machines commenced at Salisbury on 

 the evening of Saturday, July 18, in a field of rye, a very mo- 

 derate crop, and very foul. The different portions of ground 

 were marked by the stewards, and the lines dividing the por- 

 tions were cut out by Mr. Crosskill's machine in a most efficient 

 manner. For this work it has a decided superiority over the 

 other machines exhibited, but which superiority was counter- 

 balanced by the very easy and accurate work of Messrs. Bur- 

 gess and Key's machine, which was brought out with the new 

 addition of a spiral screw on the side of the machine next the 

 standing corn, which caused all the corn it touched to be 

 brought inwards, and thus conducted to the platform so that 

 the swathe was laid in (he mn'<t regular forii\ and perfected the 

 side delivery. The horsts walked at a moderate pace, and the 



