Report to the General Meeting. xix 



and for the facilities he so readily afforded in rendering the trial 

 satisfactory to all parties. The Judges have made a special 

 report to the Council on the trials made by them of the steam- 

 tillage apparatus respectively exhibited by Mr. Smith and Mr. 

 Fowler, in competition for the Society's undivided prize of 500/. 

 This report will be published for the information of the members 

 in the ensuing part of the Journal ; in the mean time it is satis- 

 factory to be able to state, that, although the conditions included 

 in the terms of the prize have not been fulfilled by either of these 

 inventions, Mr. Fowler has made considerable improvement in 

 his application of steam-power to the operation of ploughing. 

 The Council, in carrying out the arrangements for the Chelms- 

 ford Meeting, received the cordial and efficient co-operation 

 of the Local Committee ; and on that occasion, as on m.any 

 former ones, the Society were under essential obligation to the 

 different Railway Companies of the kingdom for the liberality 

 of their concessions to the exhibitors, and the facilities they 

 afforded in the transit of live-stock and implements to and from 

 the Meeting. 



The Country Meeting of next year will be held in the week 

 commencing Monday, the 20th of July ; and the authorities of 

 Salisbury have already placed the land for the trial of implements 

 under a due course of preparation. The Council have decided 

 upon the following schedules of prizes to be offered by the 

 Society for implements and live-stock at that meeting, subject to 

 such terms and conditions of competition as the Council at their 

 February Meeting may think it necessary to adopt. 



1. Implements, 



Class of drills £30 



„ manure-distributors (liquid or other) 20 



,, hors(;-lioos 10 



„ hay machines 10 



„■ reai)iii;4 machines 20 



„ mowinjx machines 20 



„ horse-rakes 10 



„ carts 10 



„ \va;:son3 .. .. .. 10 



,, carts of special construction, with sjiecihcations .. 15 



Steam cultivator 500 



£055 



