cx Report of Implements shown at Liverpool. 



ground in a manner eflfectually to move the couch, or weeds, before they 

 arise from the gromid, and to leave them unbroken on the surface. 

 The teeth, five in number, are so arranged, that although drawing lines 

 only 8 inches apart, they are 2 feet asunder, which, with their curved 

 shape, and length, and their being suspended on wheels 3 feet 4 inches 

 in diameter, renders it impossible for the implement to choke, however 

 foul and encumbered the soil may be. The depth to which the teeth 

 are let into the soil is readily determined by a winch acting on a worm 

 and wheel; and by the same means they are raised clear of the 

 ground. For the preparation of light soils for barley, the teeth are pro- 

 vided with cast-iron shares, which effectually shallow-plough the surface 

 without reversing it. Points of different widths, and also steel blades 

 for paring, are furnished to fit on the tines without pins or other 

 fastenings. 



Biddell's Extirpating Harrow, exhibited by Messrs. Ransome, is well 

 adapted for preparing pea and bean stubbles for the efficacious working 

 of the common harrow. As the teeth or tines of this implement are 

 only 4 inches asunder, it is eminently calculated for the raising of short 

 couch to the surface, as well as for the general purposes of pulverization. 



The horse-hoes were very numerous, and several were constructed 

 upon original or greatly improved principles ; the judges selected four of 

 great and deserving merit for reward. 



Messrs. Garrett and Son's hoe deserves the notice of the agricultur- 

 ist as an implement that will greatly tend to give an horticultural finish 

 to field operations. It is adapted to all the prevailing methods of drill 

 culture, either for the cleansing of corn crops, drilled at narrow intervals, 

 or for turnip crops drilled upon the level surface or on ridges ; the axle 

 of the wheels being moveable at both ends, to suit the varied intervals 

 between the rows of plants, and as each hoe works by a separate lever, 

 the weeds are effectually destroyed however uneven the surface of the 

 ground, each hoe being kept at an uniform depth by means of regulat- 

 ing keys. The swing steerage, adapted to this implement, is a valuable 

 addition to horse-hoes, as they may thereby be guided with the greatest 

 precision, perfectly scarifying the intervals without the possibility of 

 injuring the corn or plants. 



Mr. Hamilton of Torthorwald, near Dumfries, N. B., has 

 added an improvement to his expanding turnip-hoe, by placing skim 

 coulters to the hoes, working the nearest to the rows of plants, turning 

 the weeds and loose soil from the young plants, the covering of which at 

 an early stage of their growth is injurious to them. 



A hoe, invented by Mr. Huckvale of Over-Norton, Oxon, attracted 

 the attention of the Judges as a novel implement displaying considerable 

 ingenuity, and promising to be a valuable acquisition to the cultivator 

 of turnips upon light soils. The originality of the invention consists in 

 working a hoe on each side of a row of turnips, instead of between two 

 rows as is usual, enabling the weeds to be cut nearer to the plants 

 without injury than can be effected by hoes on the common principle. 

 Also in the addition of revolving knives for thinning the turnips in the 

 rows, motion for which is derived from the axle of the wheels by means 

 of bevilled gear. These knives can be so regulated as to leave the 



