any perceptible difference in 
I am thankful to acknowledge 
ety of foo d taken 
met with i it, but without 
* or strength, w which 
rience would 
for D extra cost of the pork 
Sorieties. 
HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’S MEETING 
pie ready for pane 
the 
credit 
to implements and dairy p 
85 — only by o 
crusher, invented by Matthew Gibson 
U, 
and Richardson, Newcastle. It consists of two axle s, each of | 
hi 
iro ex es a rwegian har — 
na cast-iron pny fluted roller in empa ay rapa aer 
—— „ vd aham — — off the pris 
d . lun. "The xin ng of Sud = 
t of eee g 
mp erie invente ted 
exhibited | in seed 
ee 
out on stony 5 A set 
by the late Mr. Smith, of Dea 
section. Ww 
harrow. The set 
a KERER who has improved 
use 
t under review was exhibited by Mr. L 
them, and rendered them more 
m 1 Broa cast sowing machines ee" grain and Grass 
s awarded to John 1 
ists o 
is furnished w 
hg h the orifi 
tage in us 
with great regularity, 
Thirty acres a day í can 
y one man, 
bition of stock, toi and on Friday — ad 925 be a Section 17.— Dr ill sowing aay serra Tin this section there 
auction, whio hw ili terminate the proc: machines, three on the English er seed-cup principle ana 
IMPLE ee upon the Scotch or toothed- -pinion pr 3 load pe 
EMEN 18. 
Wednesday.—The show of implements is greatly inferior in 
point of Caner 19 that of Glasgow in 1850; nee: 1 oe 
of the workm: and utility of the articles ar way 
ba —— 115 fact, the tne ical part is in every hey a 
better th y former s 
In See Ñ there were "a two-horse ploughs - them 
ical uses to 
ary importa ey apni a š 
contrivances for combining strength with lightnes 
ea . Onefeature characterised nearly all 
the — viz., 8 — of beam and gr 
am 
The absence of wheels in — Seo ot 
rage, and — command over the implem 
5 one plough = ee in the yard, which wa 
exhibited by Mr. James Kirkwood, Tranent, The prize in this 
section was 8 = George 8 Crongfoot, Linlithgow, 
ough with oe The 
only peculiarity ma — 
xt ag 
=~ pointer of one of these indices makes one complete revolu- 
n for th while the other 
oa es e revolution when it has passed over acres; 
but this canes: bein ng divided into 20 parts, 3 3 — ground 
s | passed over is exactly indicated at a any per f the > This 
is decidedly one of the most ingenious ee we have 
ever yet seen for cheat * bem: e quantity of grain sown, and the 
extent of ground passe 
In Section 18 there are three oe for corn. The prize 
r the upper aan; se Which! is 88 constructed 
defend the sheath and lower part of the left handle from 
Section 5 consisted of 9 1 ploughs, most 
which were remarkable for aga 
po cartl without pressing 
mn and consolidating th a 
Part of the drill, John = dating the raise 
exhibited a plo 
meer E e 3 
w for 
hi 
of | do 
ponies < 7 
was awarded to Thomas Sherriff, West Barns, Dunbar. This 
machine is all of iron, atis the exception of the steering rod, 
he scrapers or cutters are all rigid, and 
An the motion, 
the. English horse-hoes, which are provided with 8 
motion oe shifting the whole of the cutters at once in a lateral | 
direc 
In Tarnip. -sowing machine 
= 3 Corstorphine, 
there several novelties. 
3 “exhibits a very 
he seed is 1 8 holes in a 
The number of holes are increa 85 
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z 
te 
a 
8 
1 
a 
oe 
2. 
we 
E 
8 
. 
E 
a 
Q 
2 
2 
P 
S 
e 
- 
the grou ted 
like a mimic dredging wheel), working in a box full of seed, 
town, Fowlis, for a a, 3 or the 
length of the different parts, of — and 
3 me also from its cans 8 l. 12s, 
11 two-horse grubbers or cultivators for 
working tg = the "Ea. The i a in this 5 was gained by 
Law ttles lasgow, for 
Robert She e breadth, so that only the part next the spout e 
e 
registered in June, 1851, 4 bis is a very strong, simply- con- | 33 to it, while the p= is carried 8 in ho buckets, 
te imp! = either as a common grub- Section 24 contains ral straw. ers, the prize being 
for preparing 1 ‘or green ated or, shifting the | carried off, as gen by | Hichisond 2 4 Chandler, Manchester. 
tines, as a grubber for ärile — hh as a acarifier for | This machine s been so often a and is s kncwn 
stubbe land. Few bers, we believe, have given greater | that any — * is unnecessa Or Tarni eure there 
2 this; and the judges have added are four varieties — Gardiner's cylinder, 1 with radial 
Me 72 — ais by awarding t ze to it. This | knives, horizontal grating and knives, and pe mmon lever 
grubber described in the Practical Mechanics’ Journal’ 5 The 5 was gained by 3 Kirkwood, 
as possessing a gru action for disi A cent an , for one on the same principle as yrs exhibited at 
22 land, simplicity and strength of parts, the tion . — and for which he also then got the prize, 5 can 
on tee g oil upon **. baer of the adjustable bit ting ater as a stationary machine for driving by hand, or 
This im r into the w —5 ngs.” | it may be dragged behind a cart when the semi are 4 by 
e L - = earrying-wheels ; but when used as 
ensation 
its 
ard; the premium pA the Oat 2 was awarded to 
ss more adapted, . — W Smith and Co., Paisley ; roc and 
W. Sı dey y; a linseed — ‘the 
‘it is piece) on som . — — than two, which | premium was carried off by Richmond and Chandler. er 
each bucket lifting up a quantity of seed, and pitching into a 
spout, vege conveys it to the ground, 
bar cag hat ya „slip of tin placed at right angles to the sced 
uckets 
Lewis Potter, pimpen Falke 
e 
pass t betwee: 
is pulverised to the highest degree. Th 
implement, and the 4 8 it gt to perform, ade bey To = g 
Spry 
and Co., 8 and as the merits of both 
about e eer ig the judges gave a premium to — T 
a number of very excellent ; ome-horso | 
ll-grubbers, all of which — 5 
ered so devoid f- merit that 1 * e has 
amarded, gai tms hrie commended; and t o far 
juðgment goes, about the worst of tlis DE Mr. 10 ned h 
avery good drill-grubber — the tines Dec in ton exhibits 
1 and so far a apart, as not only to cover the whole 
ia! 
a 
f a prize; but A. and 
— ae commendation ticket attached to 
— u land A reseh s for 8 ced. bed fo grain), 
there go gt oe ement, which was exhibited 1 wh David 
Galloway, n Aige shire, oe — consisted o 
frame presser ê, and having a 
Wea se ee all kinds of grain in the rong 
a be 3 The great weight of the machine 
renders i 8 for level land of a light e. 
Section E co d rollers, 
marta, e ti was awarded to Alex. rym geour, 
Me chve erth, for a very plain substantial ~ i 
paeng of — were of solid wood — — . thee — the 
ano fixed to teen frontof t 
ye here is in having the p ipae 
of th t sheath abou! 1 3 
more alen — the 
cart less liable 8 wear from j Al 
mpro 
rest upon two points 
* that the strain is 
the 
feet; exhibited by Charles D. Young, at 0 d 
of ve ry superior — and so — — that, with 
i nag ttenti Po removing props from th ks after 
bein, „they may be said to be vermin- There is 
illars, mad 90 — 
clay ; ee by John Quarten, een e Viteshives which 
is somewhat ot a novelty, 1 3 1 prefer —_ 
iro ve being agr urable. There 
our-horse stubble 8 the prem 
was awarded to Ae done — 
‘Mes 
provement ! 
improved in the axle by the 
clod | consists merely in carrying the 
axle about 18 inches inward, | 
it to 
by Arbro 
for mplemen 
number of material: ‘ee 2 3 “The 
yo escape from the flyers a A ge N 
ntre, 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
and exhibited by Gibson and boltin g the end of it to a cross- 
the end bar itself, — is the . bracket inat 
ere are only 
Section 46, thus showing s a want of s 
and makers, 
The 
1 of 
e wit! 73 bolting 
three or four vith Smit ace 
spirit among the milwr gha 
ae 
. 
0 Robert 
whic 
fall ca upon a siev 
required. 
ho opper can be n ee by a rack and 
is easily 
de 1 by another ‘ack Ages dns nion o 
the whole, this is est 
remember seeing at the Highland Society’s s 
is age Meti low. 
In 
form, — the prize was — to C. D. — 
Ed dinburgh, for r churn * 
The 
an 
saath 
e, and coming out Pr eith 
qae of corn to be 5 i E 
ought. The 
fhas 
ever 
prica 
2 
one — we 
hows, The 
department there are only four 2 
driven by 9 — — 
e large oblong tub, diy pome. 
centre by a board with “perforated | holes 1 fh 
a common dash works, and when 
n ot 
the columns 
idod 
an 
also are 
TOO oved 
iron well rounde 
of this kind will not merely be inating — i will ite de an 
excellent preventive of erib-bitin 
f . there are Bell 
4 — s are to be 
Muirton, when the farmers will hav 
f 
and Hu 
y Mr. George Bell, E lL Errol | Perth. 
shire, brother | the inventor, the Rev. Patrick Bell, Carmyllie 
and the o e exhibite skill, Bevér. 
nd C. D. Young and (er Edinburgh. These 
ried t day) on the farm of 
ve an opportunity of 
There is a great variety of 
Ag. ee ve 
he show of stock is 
YORKSHIRE ÅGRICULTURAL.—The ann eeting of 
this Society was held last week at Sheffield. We ean ot! 
publish the awards of prizes, our s ing 
take by the report of the Highland Society's meeting 
at Perth. A very interesting discussion took place the 
Wednesday, upon an ono 
encouragin 
were brought deere, 
or fitting the poate: vil ry ls 
to receive the * hi Tuag m 
d off at the edge e. 
‘anes 
corn, at which some very 
Suse of the reaping machine 
"a 2 n e, 
Drill t the most weve 
To Mr. Horasby—cake m 
Fixed steam 
M 
vee £ 
sby a : eee 
for light land, Mr, Stead... 3 
M ag Stamfi ford... w le 
9 Kettering 1 4 
on the mt u Di A Ji ; 
_ Horas y oe ' j 
Hor 4 à 
wit a Mr, ‘forasby 5 
1, Mr. Hornsby oo 
mill ra 
ine, Messrs. Tuxford and Sons I 
‘Cormick’s — machina, Burgess and Ke 
1 Highly 5155 
Single-horse car Mr, Belle 
-eng 
„Ditto, Crosski 
Mie, Gou 
Patent metal meal rida Se . — 
To Mr. 3 5 me of bang; am 
To Mr. Cogan—Dairy u 
To Mr. a PE gaad 
and Key— 
To Mr, Busby—Chaff-cu 
2 Mr. Barker Subso 
To Burges 
o Mr. Merias 
| struction of — — 
To Mr. Awdas—Im 
WA © ý 8 
11 
Best bull, of any a 
103., T. gree Gainford, 
B 
Catterick ; 
5l, R. B 
Towne 
Best cow 
4 entries. 
chester. 
, R. 
Best — b deter, 
Best heifer calf, upwar 
eley Park. 
CATTLE OF a Bee Gerdes, Leal Mu- 
dairy purposes, 
10 Ne w wOOLLED paan, ge PY purk; 
ley, Towne: 
for 
we 
ood . 
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1 in parts for aan een 
and a 
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oe one 
sa ump + E 
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r the 
jough 
od 
ingenuity ô sei schine 
— — 
“ain ite 
ji 2 
FOR CA 12 5 ; 
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