KN(iLISII I'llil.lCAl IONS. 55 



of a jury of Clcvclaiul farmers. Jt would have a fair, honest, impar- 

 tial trial; and what more could an I^nu^li.shman desire. (Applause.) 

 He thanked the company for the honor which the\' had conferred upon 

 their visitors from a distance, and wished continued «5uccess to their 

 flourishing^ society. (Applause.) 



Mr. Hussey was next called uiion, and said that he had for many 

 years been buildint.j machines in America. If he had had the least 

 idea of the interest which lui^land would take in the reapint:^ of crops 

 b\' niachiner)', it would liave been a difficult thinir to keep him on the 

 other side of the Atlantic; and he knew n(jt, now, after the rece])tion 

 which he had met with, liow he should ever get home aj^ain. ( .\p- 

 plause and laughter.) 



Mr. Steevens, Dray & Co.'s engineer, was also called upon to rise, 

 and stated that his employers had purchased Mr. Hussey's machine 

 because they saw it to be the best, and they would meet every com- 

 petitor in the three kingdoms, fearless of the result. (Cheers.) 



[It should be statetl that Messrs. Fowler, Burgess. Samuelson,* Src. 

 had by this time left the hall, and therefore could not be called upon.] 



Mr. Parrington, having read the award, announced that a second 

 trial of McCormick's and Hussey's reaping machines would be made, 

 if the weather were favorable, on the following morning (Saturday ), 

 at 9 o'clock, at Mr. Fawcitt's farm. — The jury, appointed by the com- 

 mittee, would give no opinion on the trial of the previous day (Thurs- 

 da\-.) That would go for nothing. They would devote the whole of 

 next da\', if necessary, to a full, fair, and satisfactory trial of the two 

 machines. (Applause.) 



On Saturday morning, the weather was so far favorable that there 

 was no rain. The trial, therefore, took place. There was a numerous 

 gathering of land-owners, farmers, laborers, &c., but not so crowxied a 

 muster as to obstruct the experiment. 



The foreman of the jury, Mr. Thompson, being unavoidably absent, 

 his place was sup()lied by the Rev. W. F. Wharton, of Birmingham. 

 Messrs. Lister, Outhwaite, (J. and T. P.) Booth, Wethercll, Phillip-, 

 and Dobson, were also absent. Their places were filled b\' Mr. Will 

 iam Morley, Dishforth; Mr. Thomas Parrington, Marton; Mr. J. T. 

 Wharton. Shelton Castle; Mr. Wm. llill. Staunton; Mr. Joseph Coul- 

 son. Sexhow; Mr. Joseph Harrison, White House; Mr. Joh.n Mason 

 Hopper, Marton. 



The trial commenced in a level enclosure, adjoining the road from 

 Stockton and Middlesbrough to Ormesby Hall, (the residence of Sir 

 Wm. Pennyman, Bart.) The wheat was laid. We have seen a crop in 

 worse condition, but not often. The straw was damp and soft. The 

 soil was loamy and light, and the field free from wet; it was to Mr. 

 Fawcitt's credit that he was able to place such a field at the service of 

 the society under the circumstances; still, the earth was in a state to 

 clog the wheels of the reapers. Altogether, the test was a severe one 

 for the competitors. Mr. Samuelson. Mr. Burgess, and Mr. D. C. 



*McCormick's aiients. 



