540 Report on the Exhibition of Implements 



AWARDS. 



Description of Implement and Name of 



Prize. 



Reference to Catalogue. 



Exhibitor. 



Stand. 



Article. 



Price. 



To Thomas Scragg, of Calveley, near Tar-" 

 porley, for his improvements in cutting wires 

 and die-plates, as exhibited in his Single- 

 action Tile-Pipe and Brick-making Machine; 

 invented and improved by the exhibitor, and 

 manufactured by James Hewetr, of Calveley 



Silver Medal. 



39 



2 



£. S. 



22 0 



d. 

 0 



COMMENDATIONS. 



To Thomas Scragg, of Calveley, near Tar-j 

 porley, for his Single-action Tile-Pipe andl 

 Brick-making Machine ; invented and im- \ 

 proved by the exhibitor, and manufactured 1 

 by James Hewetr, of Calveley . . . } 



Highly 

 commended. 



39 



2 



22 0 



0 



To Hurwoodand Turner, of St. Peter's Foundry,"] 

 Ipswich, for their Portable Threshing Ma- 1 

 chine ; invented and manufactured by the | 

 exhibitors . . . . . , J 



Commended, 



107 



2 



60 0 



0 



To Ransomes and May y of Ipswich, for their] 

 Universal Patent Trussed-Beam Iron Plough, 1 

 marked YUL; invented by John Clarke, \ 

 of Long Sutton, improved and manufactured 

 by. the exhibitors . . . . «, ' 



Commended. 



116 



95 

 96 

 97 

 98 



6 0 



0 



To Richard Downs, of Ryhall, near Stamford, \ 

 for his Plough for general purposes, with! 

 Subsoil attached to it ; invented and manu- 1 

 factured by the exhibitor . . . .J 



Commended. 



125 



1 



6 10 



0 



Ploughs. — The following is the Judges' Report of the trial of 

 these implements: — 



Heavy Land Plough. — - <f This prize was awarded to Messrs. 

 Williams and Taylor,, for their plough, Art. 11. The judges 

 particularly commend this plough, for it was almost the only 

 one that could make decent work when ploughing 9 inches 

 deep, which was the depth first attempted. Owing, however, 

 to the hardness of the ground, the whole were altered to 6 

 inches, and at that depth it preserved the same superiority." 



Light Land Plough. — " The prize for this implement was 

 awarded to Messrs. Howard and Son, for their champion plough. 

 In reference to this prize the judges wish to remark that the 

 land upon which the ploughs were tried was of so hard and 

 stubborn a character, that it was by no means a fair trial for 

 them. They do not wish to infer that the result would have been 



