Agricultural Implements : Conditions. 



XXV 



Conditions. 



Prize 



No. 6. — The Drill for General Purposes will be preferred which shall pos- 

 sess the most approved method of distributing compost or other 

 manure, iu a moist or dry state — quantity being especially con- 

 sidered. Other qualities being equal, the preference will be given 

 to the drill which may be best adapted to cover the manure with 

 soil before the seed is deposited. 

 No. 9. — The SmaU-occtipation Seed and Manure Drill will not compete with 

 the drill of a higher price, as its cheapness to the purchaser will be 

 a material consideration. 

 Nos. 10, 11. — The Turnip Drills on the Flat and Ridge, respectively, will be 

 preferred which shall possess the most approved method of dis- 

 tributing compost or other manure in a moist or dry state — 

 quantity being especially considered. Other qualities being equal, 

 the preference will be given to the drill which may be best adapted 

 to cover the manure with soil before the seed is deposited. 



No. 13. — The Manure Distributor will be preferred which is best adapted for 

 distributing broad-cast any kind of compost or hand-tillage, when 

 in a moist or dry state ; and which is capable of adjustment for 

 the delivery of any quantity from 2 to 20 bushels per acre. 



No, 14. — The Portable Steam- Engine must not be more than six-horse nominal 

 power ; the diameter of the cylinder not to exceed 8^ inches. The 

 Exhibitor will be required to furnish to the Society, along with the 

 specification, a longitudinal and transverse sectional plan of the 

 boiler, showing the action of the fire upon the flues ; and also to state 

 in writing the thickness and quality of the boiler plates, as well as 

 the diameter of the cylinder, the length of stroke of the piston, the 

 number of revolutions of the crank -shaft (with its diameter, and 

 whether made of wrought or cast iron), the diameter and weight 

 of the fly-wheel, the diameter of the driving pulley (which should 

 not be less than inches wide, nor move at a rate less than 1600 feet 

 per minute), the number of horse-power the engine is calculated 

 to work at, the probable time it will require to generate the 

 steam (taking water at 60-) and raise it up to the working pres- 

 , sure (not to exceed 45 lbs. on the square inch), the quantity of fuel 

 it will consume in getting up the steam, and the consumption of 

 fuel for every hour it is in full work. The engine must be pro- 

 vided with a good water-gauge, and with a short piece of pipe 

 fitted with a cock having a thread to fit the |-inoh gas-pipe, for the 

 purpose of fixing a pressure-gauge. Also a 2-inch cock must be 

 attached to the steam-chest of the boiler, such cock to have the 

 usual gas thread for the purpose of taking steam from the boiler, 

 should the Society require to do so. The Society will be em- 

 powered to select any engine for the purpose of driving other 

 machinery under trial, and will pay the Exhibitor \l. a-day for 

 the use of the engine and a competent attendant, during the time 

 the services of such engine may be required. 



No. 15. — The Fixed Steam- Engine must not be more than 8-horse power, the 

 diameter of the cylinder not to exceed IO5 inches ; the Exhibitor 

 will not be required to bring a boiler, as steam will be furnished 

 by boilers supplied by the Society ; but he will be required to fix 

 the engine, also to find the materials for doing so, at his own 

 expense, and in such a position in the trial -yard as may be pointed 

 out to him. He must also furnish the Society with plans and 

 specifications, describing fully the boiler and fittings that he would 

 supply to his customer with the engine he exhibits. The drawings 

 must show fully the form of the flues, and the mode of setting the 

 boiler ; and the specification must describe the quality of the iron 



