Report on the Trial of Implements at Bedford. 



First Prize of 10/. to Smith and Grace (972), of Thrapstone. 

 Second Prize of 5Z. to F. Mote (866), of Wisbech Iload, March. 

 Highl}' Commended. — Vipan and Headley (778), of Leicester. 

 Commended. — G. Lewis and Son (2963), of Kettering. 



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Table XIII. — Hokse-Hoes for General Purposes. (Class XIII.) 



Xame of Exhibitor Lewis & Son 



■Catalogue number . . 



Order of trial 



Price 



Extreme effective width .. 

 Maximum number of hoes 



Tillage of field 



Number of horses .. 



Number of rows hoed at oue'l 



time / 



Points of Merit : — 



1. Mechanical con- 

 struction, sti'ength, 

 soundness, and 

 quality of mate- 

 rials and work- 

 manshij) 



Per- 

 fection 

 being 



Simplicity of 

 justment . . 



ad- 



■3. Steerage and easeV 

 of management / 



4. Adaptation to in- 



equalities of sur- 

 face 



5. Suitability of hoes 



supjilied to meet 

 general purposes, 

 and quality of 

 same 



200 



70 



150 



SO 



100 



>6. Evenness of depth, i 

 cleanness of cut, I 

 and general per-> 300 

 fectiou of work 

 done on trial . . J 



7. Lightness of draught 50 



8. Price , 50 



2963 



15 



Ql. 



5' 9" 



9 



Turnips. 



1 



140 



50 



135 



10 



40 



200 



40 



50 



Smith & Grace. Mote, F. Viiian& Headley 



Total 1000 



972 



21 



121. 12s. 



5' 6" 



8 



Turnips. 



1 



180 



60 



140 



20 



90 



260 



40 



50 



866 

 26 

 14L 



Turnips. 



180 



! 60 

 130 

 50 



90 



250 



40 

 4r> 



•78 

 1 



8?. 

 5' 10" 



9 



Turnips. 



1 



660 



890 



845 



