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CONDITIONS KELATING TO IMPLEMENTS. 



General Coxditions as regards Drills, Carts, Waggons, &c. 



Section 1. — Drills. 



1. Such drills as may be selected by the Judges will be tested by a dyna- 

 mometer arranged to draw as nearly as possible from the same height, and at 

 the same angle as the horses. 



Sections IV., V., VI. — Carts, Waggons, &c. 



1. A course will be prepared partly on hard road, and partly on fields or soft 

 ground. 



2. The carts, &c., will be loaded in proportion to their capacity, build, and 

 strength, to an extent determined by the Judges and Engineers. 



3. The loads will consist of straw, roots, and corn, in sacks, disposed in the 

 manner usual in actual farm work. 



4. The weight on each w4ieel, loaded and unloaded, will be ascertained by 

 suitable weighing machines. 



5. The tractive force necessary to draw the carts, &c., will be compared with 

 the useful load transported, and not with the gross load, which includes the 

 cart, itc, itself. 



6. Such carts, &c., as may be selected by the Judges, Avill be tested by a 

 dynamometer arranged to draw as nearly as ]30ssible from the same height, 

 and at the same angle, as horses, and two-wheeled carts will also have the 

 load on the horses' backs determined. 



7. The simngs will be tested with reference to their range, absolute strength, 

 and stifi'ness — that is, the deflection per ton. 



Generally, such implements as the Judges may select will be tested for 

 draught, either by a dynamometer or spring links. 



Every drill, cart, waggon, or other vehicle entered for trial, must be arranged 

 .so that it can be drawn by a single pair of shafts, in order that the dynamo- 

 meter may be applied to it, if selected by the Judges for such test. 



*^* Fonns of Certificate for entry, as well as Prize-Sheets for the Bedford 

 Meeting, containing the whole of the conditions and regulations, 

 may be obtained at the Office of the Society, Xo. 12, Hanover Square, 

 London, W. 



*DATES OF ENTRY FOR LIVE STOCK AND IMPLEMENTS. 



Certificates for the entry of Implements for the Bedford Meeting must be 

 forwarded to the Secretary of the Society, No. 12, Hanover Square, London, W., 

 by the 1st of May, and Certificates for the entry of Live Stock by the 1st of 

 June. Certificates received after those respective dates will not be accepted, 

 but returned to the persons by whom they have been sent. 



The Prizes of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and all Prizes 

 offered by the Bedford Local Committee, the Bedfordshire Agricultural Society, 

 and other Donors, are open to general competition. 



