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floor. The construction, however, of the machine was extremely 

 incomplete; and the bruised matter produced too insufficient to 

 entitle the machine to reward in its present state. There was one 

 other^ manufactured by Messrs. Hurwood and Co., of Ipswich, 

 and to be worked by two men ; by this machine the gorse was 

 well bruised, but the labour of the two men was too great to be 

 long sustained, and the quantity produced less by much than that 

 of Dell's. 



Of the Drills there was a great variety. The judges especially 

 commended two : one, made by Messrs. Garrett and Sons, calcu- 

 lated for sowing either corn or turnips. The improvement effected 

 in this drill seemed to consist in having a moveable axle, whereby, 

 when used for sowing turnips on ridges, the wheels may be ex- 

 tended at pleasure, and thus adjusted to the exact width of the 

 ridges. The other drill was made by Mr. Grounsell, of Louth ; 

 and, although rewarded last year by the Society's medal, was 

 considered to be entitled to a similar distinction again, on account 

 of an improvement recently introduced into it; viz., the being 

 made capable of delivering manure, especially when in a damp 

 state, with greater facility and less liability to clog than hereto- 

 fore. In this respect — and no practical farmer will under-rate its 

 importance — the various other drills w hich came under the judges' 

 notice were deemed to be deficient. Upon the dropping prin- 

 ciple they do not thmk it necessary to pronounce an opinion far- 

 ther than to state that it does not yet seem to have arrived at that 

 degree of precision by which alone the principle can be brought 

 into advantageous practice. 



The Straw- Cutting machines were very numerous : the principal 

 implement-makers contributing each their several varieties, from 

 the large one, cutting straw from 1* 16 to 2 inches in length, and 

 worked by two horses, to the small one, cutting one length only^ 

 and worked by one man. The judges, however, did not discover 

 any one of a novel principle ; regretting very much that Ran- 

 somes' patent chaff-engine, marked A in their catalogue, and for 

 which a patent has recently been taken out, did not fall under 

 their inspection. 



