Report on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. 62 7 



the oppressive heat during the trial-week rendered the task of the 

 Judges somewhat fatiguing. Probably no previous trials by this 

 Society have presented more points of interest, or are calculated 

 to prove more useful and instructive both to exhibitors and to 

 the agricultural public, than the present. This year, for the 

 first time, was the new mode of judging by stated numbers of 

 points fully employed throughout the trial. A list of these 

 points having been placed in the hands of every exhibitor 

 previous to the trials, he could at once see to what features in 

 the implements the greatest importance would be attached. 

 The system also rendered the work of the Judges easier and 

 more satisfactory. 



The respective points of merit awarded for perfection in the 

 various qualifications will be found recorded in the Table 

 appended to each class. 



The special features of these trials were in Classes 1, 2, 3, 

 and 4 (corn-drills), as well as in the cart and waggon classes. 

 The former classes Avere specially tested as to their regu- 

 larity of seed-delivery ; and their trial was very protracted 

 and exhaustive. The trials of the carts and waggons were 

 also very complete, having been specially so rendered by the 

 use of Messrs. Easton and Anderson's new horse dynamometer. 

 The classes for turnip-thinners and potato-drills were also very 

 interesting. 



The Society offered their gold medal for the best guard or 

 appliance to the drum of a threshing-machine for preventing 

 accidents to the people employed, and there were a number of 

 entries ; but the Judges did not see fit to award the prize, for 

 reasons which will be found stated in the Report on that class. 



The following is a list of the prizes offered, together with 

 the names of the Judares for the different classes : — 



Pkizes. 



Section I. — Brills. 



Class 1. — General Purpose Drills £10 — 5 



Class 2. — Corn-drills 15—10 



Class 3. — For the best adaptation to a Corn-drill for liill-side 



delivery 10 



Class 4. — Corn-drills for small occupations 10 — 5 



Class 5. — Drills for Turnips and other roots on the flat .. .. 10 — 5 

 Class 6. — Drills for Turnips and otlier roots on the ridge .. .. 10 — 5 

 Class 7. — Drills for Turnips and other roots on the ridge, with- 

 out manure-box 10 — 5 



Class 8.— Water-drills 10—5 



Class 9. — Drills for small seeds 10 — 5 



Class 10. — Bari'ows for sowing small seeds 5 



Class 11. — Drill-pressers 5 



Class 12.— Potato-drills 16—10 



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