844 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[DECEMBER 12,1857) 
Colonel Charles Townele en 8in,, girth 8 ft. 8 in. | century, aren substantial improvements—for instance, a ‘the u drill was scarcely used out ; Of 
102., Sir Thom aa Whichocts ele length 5 5 ft. 5 in., Sas | iron shares, case-hardened on the sole, which were not oò: fordshire,. In 1851 it was Sion Nor GA ENE 
8 ft. 7 in. rs Ed ward Wortley, Uppingham ; ee ngth 5ft. 6 much peste boi wine tke ge shares, but wes the essential Lehane and a Norf ey er has been on 
žirth 8 ft. 5 advantage of sharpen selves when be sree ng machine fi “topdoeuiee om ne to ; 
Class XU Su St Oxen, of any age.—20l., Edward | cast-iron sides wore peme bem ro Yapuily than t ih With antiga? 
biases Berwick, Lewes; , Charles Neame & Sons, Ferer- pe er But in the then state of agricultural erfia and De "Hor se-hoes.—The h h 
nion, the Messrs. Ransomes made as many as 80 differ ei atir the soil bet horse- oe, to ent ee Feis 
Class X XIV. Sussex Heifers or Cows, of any age,—10l., | kinds of ploughshares, of which some were good and s e a eas or a a ad 
KR unih Staplehurst; 5l., Cha oe Neame & Sons, d to accommodate the local prejdi a 
or Suffolk Polled Steers or Oxen, of any 
ptt XV. Norfolk 
age.—101., Lord Baiiian. Thetford. 
Class 
XVI. Norfolk o go ffolk Polled Heifers or Cows, of any 
age.—10L, G. pswich. 
Class XVII. Londstegnat Steers or Oxen, of any age.—10/., 
R. H. Chapman, of Upton, near Nuneaton 
gg wth Long-horned ty = Cows, y age.—1 
of an 
J. H. Burbery, Kenilworth ; J. Burbery, niy Fis 12 
Zouch, 
Class XIX, Seotch-horned Steers or Oxen, of any age.— 
orney, Cambridge; 10l., 
uae ey. 
cotch-horned Heifers or Cows, of any age.—10/., 
the Duke of Beaufort? BL, J. patior, Welshpool. 
Class XX ed Ste rs or Oxen, of any age—20/., 
L., W. M‘Combie, of Tillyfour, 
n, 
Class XXV. Welch Steers or Mo Liege of any age. ot 
hl mear Pembroke. t, Bangor; 5l., I. Williamson, of Gre 
J. E. 
20l., 
Welch Heifers or por of any age.—10l., 
Bennett, S Bosworth Grange, Rug 
Class X Cross or Mikea ‘pred Steers, u 
nder 3 year: 
—151., the Ta of Radnor; 10l., Li 
H. Bone, Ringwood, 
the | 
15l, R. Thomas, Dorrington, Salop; 5l., 
Southam ton. 
Class XXIX. E uia Heifers, under 4 years.—10l., 
Duke of Beaufi 
SHEE 
XXX. Fat Wether Sheep, of any Long-woolled Breed, 
months eat, G. S. Foljambe, of Tat Oak ‘Halt, 
under 22 
lgo 00 Lord. Berners; SBs yi Newman, e E T aa 
; 5l., G. S. Foljambe, Osberton Hall. 
Class XXXII. Fat Wether Sheep, of any Long-woo 
not Leicesters, under 22 months.—15l., William Hower, Bevon 
m; ighw worth; 10L, the Royal Agricultural College, 
Cirences 5 
Class XXXIII. Long and_Short-woolled Cross-bred Fat 
Wether Sheep, pa 29 ge —I5L, G. Hine, jun., Oakley, 
Bedf C. Keep, W ollaston, Wellingborough ; ök, 
£. pa e ps iaig Bedford. 
XXXIV. Cross-bred Fat Wether Sheep, under 22 
months (each Sheep not to exceed 220 lbs. live weight).—101, 
J. Overman, Burnham Market; 5l, Charles How ard, B Bid- 
‘Class XXXV. Fat Wether Sheep, Short-woolled Breed, under 
a ceva ay —201., the Duke of Hichmond, 1 K¢ G.; 102., the Earl 
rs Sl, William Rigden, Hove, B ton. 
wot Fat Wether shoo Short-woolled Breed, 
hs, each Sheep not to exceed 200 Ibs. live 
J. Kent, 
weight cit“ i the tee S Richmond, K.G. ; 5l, 
ee “Wether s Sheep, Short-woolled Breed, 
above $8 and ws and Maa ag months.—20/., the Earl of Radnor ; 10l., 
Lord Wa ; 5l, th tany ety mond, K.G 
Class XXXVIII. Fat W years wine — 
not Sou: we sge = ‘No ES nid 
am, Henley; i go owe Hous ton i Manor, 
Stock idge ; 5l., W. B. vee 
XXXIX. pitilin eei under 4 months.—101., G. B. 
ga Morland, of Chilton Farm, near Eei ander a 5l., G. H, Bascomb, 
Wells, Berks; 5l, Sir J. B. 
I. Pigs, o f any Broed above 8 and under 12 months, 
nige th, Bart, 
Class L. Pigs, of pond add ea under 18 months. 
201, G: B; Morland, A bingdon ; 5l., E. L. Betts, Preston Hall, 
GOLD MEDALS. 
hates Ge bacitn any of the Classes, Edward 
pE the best 
S For the 
e ke na renee of Leng-woolteii Sheep in any of the Classes, 
For the best Pen of 1-year ol Short-woolled Sheep in the 
Soth, 30h, or th Case, the Duke of Richmond rts 
— hiii of Pigs in of the classes, G. B. Morland, 
i enie ae 
„For the best Beast in Extra Stock, H H.R.H. the Prinze Con- 
5 _ For the best eth 
Long-woolled wW er Sheep in Extra Stock, 
~ For the best Long-woolled Ewe in Extra Stock, C. J. Brad- 
For the best Cross-bred Sheep in Extra Stock, Adam Corrie 
; Sies the best Short-woolled Wether Sheep in Extra Stock, the 
, For the best Short-woolled Ewe in SEE G. 8. Fol- 
" For the best Pig in Extra Stock, William Davey, jun. 
Supers : and Long-wootled Sheep.—Joun BUCKLEY, 
penn ate B. Thorson, Sanur eer “Crove-bred and l Short- 
Ae, Dee On Progress of the 
SOCIETY op the 
Agricultural Implement Trade during the last 20 | art 
tgs B: eS —The following are extracts from 
popoi we ot is not only 
weeds and nen ye 
move, wo Sure 
| 
T. Duckworth, of | 
al indeed up to 
old 
eutenant-Colonel Charles | 
ey XXVIII. Cross or Mixed-bred Oxen, above 3 ycars.— | 
took p 
| favour of the So otch swing plov igh is 
roles Xis T ; rS Breod, above 4 and undor S months — | 
ees Enea or Cow in any of the Classes, Lieut.- a 
pe e bad, in order 
of 
every county into which they sent travellers. At present, 
drill, as a matter of course i aleat = 
straight jes of biiinn nong by 
s 
| in EA with all firs t-class a os ag waker they decline 
to make an istomer, 
In 1839, ra at trials for rhs: made ‘at the 1 meetings of the T56 rliest horse-hoe was Jethro Tull’s, but 
Society at Liverpool’'and Cambridge in 1841 and 1842, the | of plough, not the least like the invaluable im lement 
greater number of ploughs tried were of wood, with the n Boi entified with the name of G ett, the “ p ment wit 
ception of me share and the cov aita a Tanac the Sha | board The ori nal of this implement is to pa erted Horse. 
, | was also o £ woo he gre eate ern were swing ploughs Dorii horse-hoe, invent br late Prt ia a 
| (in which, being w eels, th dain th is regulated by the | nearly 50 years ago, when ie cea agent of the 
line of Senet ko ie skal of tha Plopginan) ; some of them | of Leicester, to home the rude dri ready menting eat 
sma gono ae others had two high wheels, of equal size, an as one of the very many valuable ta sol Ts 
arrangement Say ee old Tehecled ote of our | tural progress made by Mr. Blaikie cava 
while two counties only, | landlord whose extraor Service of 5 
3 
a 
qep 
Fe 
jarai heey 
a 
ig 
gfe 
ip 
in al the b best eal 
Tigland, the SARA in 
almost all Somerii on one principle, with more 
cellence of detail, according to the cage tt the Shayari 
plou, 
modern horse-hoes, . 
pen travel close betw 
and stirri e 
a 
i; 
ay 
hg os 
=f 
with vith is implement can 
‘or Sot and Norfolke, in 
The last | was exhibited ary rewarded a 
chow at Liverpool. othe o dril, the use of the 
has site stimulus 
— 
5 
SA 
pog 
Q 
ies 
BS 
a 
Be 
£ 
no 
at local ploughing matches. 
lace in 1855 at Carlisle, where the local prejudice in 
still strong. the 
Foner Agricultural Society’s A erat at oe ssar 1855, the swing 
ploughs, which local Legon still retains use there, as it 
ae in Scotland, wer ally defeated. 
. The Harrow is as a ae if not an older implement 
Fah > the plough. 
rn harrow is required for covering seed, fi king 
the arzek clods of rough ploughed ape Rt oosening U she 
po aed of the soil, and thus allowing the 
of the bags growing on it, and for miea 
aif On the Continent, where iron is mee costly for the 
ae per special] 
rphosphate of lime, in 1844-5, than 
ir or ao In the drill = the 
suc 
we te; not ore a eee 
costly to be mararian distributed, buta 
war Sigo weeds, which under the system of 
often sown with the seed, and there filled the place and 
hausted ferti RER due to food- -produ 
the oldest English agricultural works in which harrows ea Machines— fi eh: Died : 
delineated, we find the teeth of iron, a e frame work o tl 7. oie gie he Ro al. A The Daya m 
of wood, and that was the construction almost universal peters 1e shows O 0y gricultural was 
e exhibition pyal AgHoultarel Society commenced, | exhibited at Liverpool, in 1841, by phir de and 
rew: rhe with 3}, but- there was no great demand 
o 1850; since that date the iag tarsan 4 
e leading traders 
looking at their efficiency and durability, more economical etery: show, greater than the 
than wooden frames, but even K. in a f spite of the oes easily execute, i 
L protective mere on iron. The ak of iron harrow mo e pe 
is that first introduced l by Mes oward— Vert peel to th arx I ker stand next in tim mi ee 
| the teeth so ppt ote that cuts tet t equal | t0 the oe 
ert 
distances, and fu urnished with joints in the. centre, wich allows 
3. Cultivators.—In addition to harrows, there are a 
number of implements, under _the mes of 
ors, curved t eof i iron or 
Mi’ Cy 
ve A sariin a irk oi pauras and har- 
and, if needed, scarified or r dragged, rollers come | 
into use, n 
Our rollers are ow almost invariably made of cast iron, The 
first inven ted, an: most celebrated and most univers: jadiy | op 
osetia is Grosskills clod- crusher, which consists of “a 
mber es wih ien discs of t zes, placed side hg 
Ade upo: axle, to 6 feet in length, so 
as to revolve: independently of each other. The outer surface 
of each roller surface being serrated with a series of p lods | A 
projeoting teeth, which cut ant 2 in i breaking clods.” 
s roller is used, — Agam 4S posean 
3d, for yelling Wheat « u 
frosts and pon, 
— each, ire ng off ipek 
te of from to fifteen 
enable See 
from 5 
ont land in the 
bare ; 
spring, after and winds have left the plants bare; 4th, patud bron iad 
for stepping 1 the ravages of the wire-w. onii sed grabs 5th, for | mony oftenant farm eae ‘Cormick, Cros 
rolling Turnips in the rough leaf mier hoeing, when the 0 Bu and Key’s, M Cor turn been’ 
plants are attacked by the wire-worm or grub, and for man e Dray’s Hussey, which have all apei 
in try and on the Continent. It was | by the Society, must nec ails, 1 
by the merest accident that this valuable implement was not | which modern iron-wheel “EIA 
broken Bie ok old iron, after being three times exhibited with- | clod-crushers have 
ue nei notice or honorary reward. But having at| $, Threshi hg gia -Within the at See 
en, n f enterprisi t 
t we oinik ak a cousin of the late | the whole system for preparing corn tions et 
Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Pusey pu a chapter of testim i tee = changed by the inveni on 
to the value of the clod-crusher, and in the same year Ts. 
ety e inventor gold medal. “Without 
c cast-iron aa construction of the clod- was im- 
possible—withou! k chap conveyance an extended for an 
implement : 80 heavy and bulky was still more impossible, 
% ing Machines having wi e pl 
harrows, searifi and rollers, reduced the soil, whether 
ng clay, rich loam, or light sand, to a condition fit 
receive the atere is the n ration. 
More than a hundred ae have elapsed since the ingenious and 
unfortunate ~~ hi ted . para for sowing corn in 
for 0 t the use of his 
hoe. Drills Tess Poki favour until Byt 
inssi culture, portable manures, was int which I shall presently allge; € 
duced into Norfolk, in order to economise Ra e, the only dyad to Wheat fit ae = 
ificial ure. é-and-twenty y the drill, manu- | the , is performed at we of 28. 
as now, by the since widely-known es of | 1200 bushels} per day, at the orate 0 1 
Garrett of Leiston, Sn of Peasenhall, and Hornsby of | thresh and dress the same quani by 
Grantham, was only to be found beyo: Norfolk, Suffolk, and 
Beds, and in a fi unties where the Norfolk rotation had 
ex was t exclusively used for sowing Turnips. 
of 
7 
ein AMS owed 
oy EPRA ‘ol 
ed Ë the” Royal P rento wa 
most every agricul- 
