344 Re20ort on the Exhibition of Implements 



which the precise effect and value can, however, only be ascer- 

 tained by a practical trial, and experience. 



To the above-named gentlemen, to Messrs. Carson, Clyburn, 

 Law, Cottam and Hallen, and others, the Society was in- 

 debted for the exhibition of well-executed drills for sowing 

 turnip-seed and manure in single and double rows, and adapted 

 to the use of small occupiers. Several exhibitors also produced 

 drills for sowing clover and grass seeds, which bid fair to become 

 useful auxiliaries to the farmer, by giving to that process the 

 certainty and regularity which render the drill system of hus- 

 bandry so superior to the broadcast. Mr. Hornsby's implement 

 deserves particular mention and commendation, as it appeared 

 to be admirably suited for these purposes. It is furnished with 

 twenty coulters upon separate iron levers, set at 3 inches asunder, 

 and delivers the seed by means of cups, thereby securing to the 

 delicate grass-seeds the uniformity of drill deposition, with the 

 nearest possible approach to broadcast distribution. 



A drop-drill or dibbling-machine, on a novel principle, was ex- 

 hibited by Mr. William Irving, of Lambeth, Surrey, to which the 

 judges had hoped to give particular attention in the field, but time 

 did not permit ; and, as the inventor contemplated making still 

 further additions to it, its effect will be ascertained with greater 

 advantage on a future occasion. The same observations apply 

 to a newly-patented dibbling or seed-dropping machine, the in- 

 vention of Mr. Shaw, of London, and exhibited by Mr. C. C. 

 Waller, of Great Dover Street, Southwark. 



The report of implements shown at Liverpool contained a 

 minute description of the machinery projected by the Rev. W. L. 

 Rham for drilling and dibbling. The implement, with some 

 modifications, was again exhibited, and, on this occasion, sub- 

 mitted to trial in the field. The judges regret their inability to 

 pronounce a favourable opinion of its efticiency in its existing 

 state. The ground was, certainly, in a most unpropitlous state 

 for the operations of this machine, yet the experiment was suf- 

 ficient to warrant the conclusion that the resources of the inge- 

 nious and persevering inventor will have to be still further taxed, 

 in order to communicate that force and certainty of action to his 

 dibbles, and to his seed and manure apparatus, which are essential 

 to give practical value to implements of this class. 



Horse-hoes. — Horse-hoes for general and special purposes were 

 numerous and well-constructed. The excellent implement of 

 Messrs. Garrett and Son, still further improved, was again selected 

 for the Society's premium, as eminently calculated to answer the 

 various ends to which it is applicable, as noted in the last report. 



To Mr. Law, of Shettleston, near Glasgow, a prize was also 



