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THE TRIALS OF POTATO DIGGERS AND 

 POTATO SORTERS. 



Considering the very large amount of labour required for 

 digging and afterwards sorting potatoes, and the great cost 

 when a large acreage is grown, the Council of the Royal 

 A.gricultural Society did well in arranging that substantial 

 prizes should be offered for " Potato Diggers " and " Potato 

 Sorters," in connection with the Norwich Meeting, and that 

 field trials should be held later in the year when the tubers 

 ripened. 



A first prize of 20/. and a second prize of 101. brought 

 a good entry of fourteen potato diggers, all except No. 5 making 

 an appearance on the appointed day. 



The Judges appointed were : Mr. Harry Hope, M.P., 

 Barney Hill, Dunbar, N.B. ; Mr. Joseph Bettinson, Needham 

 Lodge, Elm, Wisbech ; Mr. William Coulman Brown, Appleby, 

 Lincolnshire (North). 



Printed instructions were sent to the competitors. Among 

 other things, they were requested to make their own arrange- 

 ments for any preliminary trials. 



Class I. — Potato Diggers. 

 First Prize, 201. Second Prize, 101. 



LIST OF ENTRIES. 



Blackstone & Co., Ltd., Stamford. 



1 . — Potato Digger, of the kind in which the potatoes are moved to the side 

 of the row by a number of forks revolving behind a share, 151. 



Alexr. Jack & Sons, Ltd., Maybole, Ayrshire. 



2. — "Caledonian" Potato Digger, R.A.S.E. First Prize, Leicester, 189G, 

 fitted with ball bearings, lit. lOs. If with detachable seat, 10s. extra. 



3. — New improved " Empire" Potato Digger, 16^. lOs. If with detachable 

 seat, 10s. extra. 



4. — New "Imperial" Potato Digger, 16Z. lOs. If with detachable seat, 

 10*. extra. 



KUXMANN & Co., 23 Bucklersbury, London, E.C. 

 5. — " Kuxmann " Potato Digger, 161. 5.?. 



Mabtin's Cultivator Company, Ltd., Lincolnshire Iron Works, 

 Stamfortl. 



6. — Martin's Patent Potato Digger, HI. 

 7.— Martin's Patent Potato Digger, \5l. 



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