Ixx Award of Implement Prizes at Plymouth. 



Haymaking Machines. 



J. and F. Howard, Britannia AVorks, Bedford : the Prize of Six Pounds, foj 

 their Double-action Haymaking Machine (marked S [H) ; intended for 

 small occupations. 



J. and F. Howard: the Prize of Five Pounds, for their Double-action 

 Haj-makiug Machine (marked H H) ; a size larger than the preceding, 

 and recommended as the most useful size, 



PoBEUT BoBY, St. Andrew's Works, near Bury St. Edmimd's, Sut^blk : the 

 Prize of Four Pounds, for his Patent Double-action Haymaking Machine. 



AVilliam Newzam Xiciiolson, Trent Works, Newark, Xotts : Highly Com- 

 mended for his Patent Haymaking Machine, No. 1. 



A. and T. Fry, Temple Gate, Bristol: Commended for their Double-action 

 Haymaking IMachine ; invented and improved b}- Theodore Grace, of 

 Bristol, and manufactured by the exhibitors. 



Reaping Machines. 



Pi. HoRNsnv and Sons : the Prize of Twenty-five Pounds, for tlicir Self- 

 acting Swathe-delivery Picaper. 

 Samuelson and Co., Britannia AVorks, Banbury, Oxon : the Prize of Fii-teen 



Pounds, for their Self-raking Keaper ; invented by Owen Dorsey, of 



America; improved and manufactured by the exhibitors. Delivers the 



corn in sheaves by means of automatic rakes. 

 Pv. Hornscy and Sons : the Prize of Ten Pounds, for their Pieaper. Fitted 



with improved chain-deliveiy, for delivering sheaves of any size, on 



the side of the machine, and free of the horse-track. 

 R. Hornsry and Sons : the Prize of Five Pounds, for their lleajjer, with 



grated drop-sheaf apparatus. The sheaves are partly delivered by the 



stubble. 

 PiCKSLEY, Sims, and Co., Leigh, Manchester : the Prize of Five Pounds, for 



their Two-horse Pieaping Machine. Will cut 5 feet 9 inches wide. 

 AV. A. AVooD : the Prize of Xine Pounds, for his One-horse Peaping 



j\Iachinc. Cuts 4^ feet swathe ; the platfonn is made of grates or bars, 



so as to allow the stubble greatly to assist the raker in discharging the 



cut grain. 

 Samuelson and Co. : the Prize of Seven Pounds, for their One-horse 



"Eclipse" Pcaper. Cuts 5 feet wide, with tilting platfoiTn. 

 Pi. HoRNSBY and Sons : the Prize of Five Pounds, for their One-horse 



Peaper. Fitted with grated drop-sheaf apparatus so an-angcd that the 



stubble assists the delivery. 

 Egbert Cuthbert and Co., Bedale, Yorkshire : Highly Commended for 



their One or Two-horse Peaping Machine; invented by Hussey, of 



America, improved and manufactured by the exhibitors. Has a high 



travelling wheel, with a patented conical surface, so as to take away 



the side strain. 



Horse Eakes. 



J. and^F. Howard: the Prize of Six Pounds for their Horse Pake (marked 

 X X) ; the teeth, when in work, are raised from the central axle, and 

 are thus left free to adapt themselves to the irregularities of the surface. 



E. Page and Co., Bedford ; the Prize of Four Pounds, for their Improved 

 Horse Hay, Corn, and Stubble Rake (marked H K 24) ; the teeth are 

 of oval steel, and very strong. AVidth to extremities 8 feet 10 inches, 

 space cleared 7 feet 9 inches. 



