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Tractor Trials, 1920. 



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included in the pen score for competition purposes. The eggs 

 for which no score value was allowed were placed in Grade 3. 



The food during the test consisted of grain fed in the litter 

 each morning, dry mash in hoppers at the manager's discretion, 

 and wet mash in the afternoon. 



The three highest scores in each section, over a period of 

 48 weeks, were as follows : — 



Total Eggs. Score Value. 

 1,144 



Section 1 (White 

 Leghorns) 



Section 2 (White 

 Wyandottes) 



Section 

 other 



3 (any 

 variety) 



Section 4 (small 

 breeders) 



fist 



< 2nd . . . . 1,091 

 (3rd . . . . 996 

 fist .. .. 1,099 



< 2nd . . . . 909 

 (3rd . . . . 920 

 ist (Rhode Island 966 

 Red) 



2nd (Black Leg- 1,015 

 horns) 



3rd (Anconas) . . 791 

 f ist (White Wyan- 947 



dottes) 

 2nd (White Leg- 921 



horns) 



3rd (White Wyan- 907 



dottes) 

 c * * 



1,082 



996 

 916 

 909 

 863 

 966 



962 



791 

 947 



921 



907 



Tractor Trials are being promoted by the Royal 

 Agricultural Society and the Society of Motor Manufacturers 



and Traders. The entries are divided 

 Tractor Trials, 1920. into seven classes. Three of these are for 



internal combustion tractors, one for steam 

 tractors, two for cable ploughing sets (steam and internal 

 combustion engines respectively) and one for " self-propelled 

 ploughs.' 1 For each class a first prize of a gold medal and £20, 

 and a second prize of a bronze medal and £10 are offered. The 

 competitive aspect of the trials is, therefore, very pronounced, 

 and the conditions of the trials will necessarily be in sharp 

 contrast to those in force at Lincoln last year.* It remains 

 to be seen whether the present method has any advantage 

 over that adopted last year by the Society of Motor Manu- 

 facturers and Traders ; but in any case opportunity will be 

 provided for testing the two most obvious methods of 

 conducting trials of short duration. 



* The general principles in regard to the judging at these trials are stated 

 in the Report on the Lincoln Tractor Trials for 1919, a note on which 

 appeared in last month's issue, p. 11 74. An account of the trials was 

 published in this Journal, October, 191 9, p. 686. 



