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XXVIII. — Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements at 

 the Norwich Meeting, 1849. By H. S. Thompson. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introductory Remarks ...... 527 



Prizes offered by the Society . i . . . .532 



Judges and Consulting Engineer, Names and Addresses of . 534 

 Awards . ; * * . 4 534 



Ploughs. . . . . . ^••i^/mf ^i,o|ww- 54Q 



Skim or Paring Ploughs . . . . . . .541 



Draining Ploughs . . . . . . . .541 



Drills 542 



Hand -drilling Machines ....... 543 



Broadcast Manure Distributor ...... 543 



Horse Seed-Dibblers . . 543 



Scarifiers or Grubbers ....... 545 



Harrows ......... 545 



Norwegian Harrows ....... 545 



Horse-Hoes on the flat . ...... 546 



Horse-Hoes on the ridge ....... 546 



Horse-Rakes ......... 546 



Drain Tile or Pipe Machines 547 

 Steam-Engines . ........ 549 



Threshing Machines . . . . . . .553 



Steaming Apparatus ........ 559 



Corn-Dressing Machines . . . . . . . 560 



Grinding Mills . . . . . , .561 



Chaff-Cutters 562 



Linseed and Corn-Crushers ...... 563 



Carts and Waggons ........ 564 



Haymaking Machines . . . * i . .566 

 Gorse-Bruisers . . . . . . . .566 



Cake-Breakers ......... 567 



Portable Railway ........ 568 



Miscellaneous Articles . ...... 568 



Amos's Machine for testing Hand Power .... 569 



