718 Report on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. 



Class XXVIII. Low-bodied Carts on Springs for Conveyance 

 of Stock. — The cart entered was Corbett and Peele's, which 

 obtained the first prize at Manchester. 



No. 1393. Corbett and Peele, of Shrewsbury. — This is a crank-axle cart. 

 The dimensions of the body are 8 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft, 2 in. x 5 ft. 11 in., and its 

 capacity 196 cubic feet ; provided with a movable top cover. The body is 

 supported on each side by a spring 4 ft. 6 in. long, and composed of ten 

 2i-in. X 3 -in. plates. The height of the floor from the ground is 1 ft. 3 in. Stock 

 may be put in either from the back or from the front. In going up or down 

 hill, the body is levelled by altering the pitch of the shafts, by means of a 

 leverage at the side in front. A roller is placed across the shafts, by means 

 of which, with a rope, refractory or dead animals may be pulled into the 

 cart. The axle is 2i inches square and cranked. 



The wheels are 4 ft. 8 in. diameter, having 14 sjiokes. Price 38Z. 10s. It 

 i s a useful general purpose farm-cart, and well constructed. 



Prize of 10?. to Corbett and Peele (1393), of Shrewsbury. 



Table XXVIII. — Low-bodied Cakts on Springs for the 

 Conveyance of Cattle. (Class XXVIII.) 



Name of Exhibitor Corbett & Peele. 



Catalogue number 1393 



Order of trial 1 



Price 38Z. 10s. 



Mean diameter of wheels 4' 8" 



Width of thickness of tyres '. .. .. 2V x ? 



Sizeofbody 8' 7" X 4' 2" x 5' 11" 



Capacity in cubic feet 196 



Height of floor 1' 3" 



Opening of springs 3" 



Size of springs i 4' G^" x 2^' x i" 



Number of plates (spring) i 10 



Class A'ATA". Lorries or other Vehicles for the Conveyance of 

 Implements. — In this class there were six entries on the list, 

 while only two lorries were presented for trial, — F. P. Milford's 

 and Hayes and Son's. 



As before mentioned, two prizes were offered at the Man- 

 chester meeting for " carriages with low body adapted for 

 moving stock and implements," while at the present meeting 

 a separate prize was offered for " lorries or other vehicles for 

 the conveyance of implements." These cannot be considered 

 as an important class of implements to the farmer, for it does 

 not seem at all likely that 20/. will be expended on a lorry 

 for transporting implements on the farm. 



