at the Bristol Meeting in 1842. 341 



10. Harrow. 



To Benjamin Wright, of St. Nicholas, near Cardiff, for an Im- 

 proved Harrow, the invention of Mr. Evan W. David, of Radyr 

 Court, 5 sovs. 



11. Miscellaneous. 



To William Crosskill, of Beverley, for his Potato-Steamer, 2 sovs. 



To S. J. Knight, of Maidstone, for an improved mode of applying 

 the power to Hand-Threshing Machines, the invention of Mr, 

 Joseph Barling, of Maidstone, 5 sovs. 

 ^<^ To Alexander Dean, of Birmingham, for his Patent Portable Corn 

 ^ Grinding and Dressing Mill, 5 sovs. 



To Edward Plenty, of Newbury, Berks, for his Portable Iron Horse- 

 machinery for Threshing Machines, &c., 5 sovs. 



To Messrs. Cottam and Hallen, of London, for their Dynamometer, 

 or Draught-Gauge, 5 sovs. 



To Messrs. Cottam and Hallen, of London, for the Cocoa-Nut-Fibre 

 Netting for Sheep-Folding, manufactured by Messrs. Wildey and 

 Co., of Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, 3 sovs. 



To James Richmond, of Salford, Lancashire, for Worth's Patent 

 Roller Chaff Machine, 3 sovs. 



To Richard Stratton, of Bristol, for his Cross-Lock Waggon and 

 general exhibition of Carts and Waggons, 10 sovs. 



To Robert Law, of Shettleston, near Glasgow, for his Scotch One- 

 Horse Cart with Improved Tipping Catch, 3 sovs. 



To Messrs. Charles and Thomas Thatcher, of Midsomer Norton, 

 near Bath, for their Cart with Self-acting Brakes, 5 sovs. 



To Messrs. Ransome, of Ipswich, for their application of Portable and 

 Locomotive Steam-Engines to Agricultural purposes, 30 sovs. 



To William Cambridge, of Market Lavington, Wilts, for his Port- 

 able Steam-Engine, as applied to Agricultural purposes, 15 sovs. 



Drills. — The show of drills far surpassed in number, in excel- 

 lence of workmanship, and in their adaptation to the several pur- 

 poses for which the system of drill-husbandry is now so extensively 

 applied, all previous exhibitions. The advance made in the exe- 

 cution of drilling machinery, since the establishment of the Society, 

 is an undoubted proof of the stimulus excited by its prizes, and of 

 the wide-spreading advantage derived from the opportunity afforded 

 to constructors of annually comparing their own productions with 

 those of other makers. Drills have already penetrated into dis- 

 tricts where, three years since, their purpose, and even the name 

 of the implement, were scarcely known ; and excellent machines 

 were produced from workshops which have but very recently 

 essayed their manufacture. It would, indeed, appear that, unless 

 some new principle be struck out, which shall greatly excel the 



