344 Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Imj)Iements 



"We awarded the Prize of 3?. to article 2, stand 144, exhibited by Griffiths 

 and Co. ; the apparatus invented and patented by K. Keevil, of Lacock, 

 Wilts, and manufactured by the exhibitor. This has already received a prize 

 from the Society, and its arrangements and improvements been duly reported 

 upon. 



We at the same time awarded a Silver Medal to the apparatus exhibited by 

 Beeves (article 10, stand 96), which, although a close imitation of Keevil's 

 patent, contained an improvement on it in the shape of an arrangement for 

 regulating the temperature of the milk and curd. 



Paring Plough. 



We also awarded a Silver INIedal to a new Paring Plough, article 1, stand 

 124, Woofe. It was an extremely well-made and efficient implement, and in 

 ti-ials both on the light land and the heavy laud at Blacon, it performed 

 quite to our satisfaction ; paring slices of the surface from 12 to 18 in. 

 broad, by 1 in. thick, and turning them well over. It has an arrangement 

 for cutting these longitudinally in 2 ft. lengths to facilitate burning, and also 

 for clearing away the soil that may accumulate on the turn-furrow by means 

 of a slide movement. It is made entirely of iron. Price 6?. 6s. complete. 



Joseph Druce, Eynsham, Oxon. 



John Hicken, Bourtou-on-Dunsmore, Eugby. 



John Wilson, Edinburgh. 



Mills, Churns, and Miscellaneous Articles. 



The portion of the Prize List allotted to us comprised " Bone Mills," 

 " Bonedust Mills," "Grinding Mills" (steel or stone), "Churns," "Cheese- 

 Presses," and the Miscellaneous Department. The statistics of the Society 

 will show the vast increase in the number of implements that were exhibited 

 Jit the Chester Meeting, and we are enabled to report favourably of the con- 

 tinued improvements made from year to year. With regard to the " Miscel- 

 laneous Department," it is a matter of some difficult)' to award the medals, 

 there being under this head many implements varying so r ich in the jiur- 

 poses for which they are intended, that in our ojiinion it would be better 

 to class them under different heads, so that the Judges might come to a more 

 satisfactory conclusion as to the merits of each. We have, however, endea- 

 voured to exercise our best judgment in the matter. 



Churns. 



Bone Mills and Bonedust Mills came next under our observation. In this 

 class we were most anxious to arrive at a sound conclusion, and, assisted 

 by Mr. Amos, we tested these mills both as to the goodness of their manu- 

 facture and the efficiency of their ^vork. There were five competitors. 



