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regular, for some of the intervening plants simply had their leaves torn off ;. 

 in fact, the hoes could not penetrate the hardened soil, but no doubt in 

 a loose soil much better work would have been made. It was considered 

 that in a damp soil the hoes would easily clog up, and during the trial some 

 stones got wedged in between them. One advantage of the implement is 

 that little or no soil is moved, and the form of the ridge is not destroyed. 



No. C49. J. L.Baker and Co., of Ilargrave, Kimlolton. — This is an ordinary 

 corn hoe, and was worked across the rows. 



Prize of 15Z. to W. Smith (738), of Kettering. 

 Second Prize of 101. to W. Smith (735), of Kettering. 

 Highly Commended. — W. Smith (734), of Kettering. 

 Commended. — Holmes and Son (3830), of Norwich. 



Table XVII. — Horse-Hoes for thinning Turnips. (Class XVII.) 



Name of Exhibits 



Catalogue number 



Order of trial .. 



Price 



Extreme effective width 

 Maximimi number of hoes 



Tillage of field 



Number of horses 



Number of rows hoed at onej 

 time / 



Points of Merit: — 



1. Mechanical con-\ 



struction, strength, I 

 soundness, and> 

 quality of materials I 

 aud workmanship ) 



2. Simplicity of ad-l 



justmeut . . . . / 



3. Ease of mauagc-'l 



ment ; 



4. Adaptation to ine-"l 



qualities of surface/ 



5. General perfection | 



of work done on> 



Per- 

 fection 

 being 



trial 

 Price 



Total 



250 



lOO 



100 



50 



400 



100 



Holmes & Son. Smith, W. 



3830 



2 



VIl 



3' 0" 



4 



Turnips. 



1 



150 



40 

 50 

 30 



150 

 60 



1000 



4S0 



J4 

 3 



&. IQk 



1' 6" 



10 



Turnips. 



1 



240 



100 



100 



40 



380 

 100 



9G0 



Smith, W. 



735 



9 



GZ. 10s. 



Turnips. 

 1 



240 



100 



100 



50 



400 

 100 



960 



Smith, W. 



738 



13 



8Z. 10s. 



Tiuniips. 

 1 



240 



lOO 



lOO 



50. 



40a 



100 



960 



This class of implements must be considered as far from 

 perfect, and it will be interesting, at the next trial of them by 

 the Royal Agricultural Society, to notice how far these various 

 inventions shall have been simplified and improved, . so as to 

 make neater and more regular work. All the revolving hoes 

 moved at too great a speed, and covered the adjoining rows. 



