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TRACTOR TRIALS AT WERRIBEE. 



On tlie 18th. and 19tli September last demonstrations of tractoi'-drawn 

 farm implements, arranged by the Royal Agricultural Society of Vic- 

 toria, took place at the Werribee Research Farm. The exhibition was 

 under the supervision of Mr. IT. C. "Wilson, manager of the Research 

 Parm, who has submitted the following report of the trials to the Royal 

 Agricultural Society :— 



As your Committee decided that the tractors and implements entered 

 were to be shown for exhibition purposes only, it is somewhat difficult 

 to give a full report on the two days' activities. 



Implemeis^ts Workikg on Fallowed Ground. 



The implements specified hereunder were tried out on 2-acre allot- 

 ments of fallowed land each, day of the trials : — - 



1. Gribbins and (company's Combined Stump Jump Skimmed Plough 

 and Drill. This was drawn 'by six horses, and appeared to be a very 

 good implement for^ lighter soils or fallow land to be sown in early 

 autumn. 



2. Mitchell and Company's Patent Driven Tine Harrows, drawn by 

 .*ix horses. This harrow is an improvement on the ordinary one by 

 the addition of strengthening steel studs on the back teeth. It did good 

 work on the fallow. 



3. H. V. McKay's Sunder Cut Stump Jump Disc Cultivator, drawn 

 by six horses. This is a first-class machine for working up fallows 

 that are weedy and set by heavy rain. 



4. H. V. McKay's Suntyne Drill, which, combines spring-tooth culti- 

 vation of fallows and seeding of grain in one operation. It was drawn 

 by six horses. It is a very useful drill to save labour at seeding time 

 on ploughed land. 



.5. H. V. McKay's Suncleave Disc Cultivator drawn by six horses. 

 A good disc implement for working up fallows set by heavy rain. 



6. The International Harvester Company's Tractor Disc Harrow, 

 drawn by I.H.C. Titan Tractor, with patent peg-tooth lever harrows 

 attached. It proved a particularly good soil pulverizer. 



7. The International Harvester Company's Combined Spring Tooth 

 Cultivator and Seed Drill, drawn by four horses. This is a very useful 

 combined cultivator and drill for seeding fallows in the autumn. 



8. The International Harvester Company's Twelve-foot Spring Tooth 

 Cultivator, drawn by I.H.C. Titan Tractor. A large implement that 

 does efficient work on fallows not badly infested with weeds. It would 

 require eight horses to draw it. 



9. T. Robinson and Company's Thirteen Disc Forbes One-way Culti- 

 vator. This is a very good machine for working up fallow ground in 

 late spring or autumn. 



10. The John Kerr Ideal Harrow, drawn by three horses. The draft 

 of this implement is so designed that the front set of teeth of the harrow 

 will not be forced deeper into the soil than those of the back. It proved 

 to be a good soil tiller. 



