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carried out than they had before seen it. and they consider it the 

 best method of subsoiling, as the treading by the horses after the 

 subsoil plough is by this means obviated." 



Drills for General Purposes. — (Judges' Report.) " Mr. Hornsby 

 obtained this prize for his ten-coulter corn, seed, and manure 

 drill. This drill did its work in a very effective manner; a 

 valuable addition has been made to insure a uniform de- 

 livery of seed : the slides which regulate the supply from the 

 pigeon-holes all move simultaneously; they are attached to a 

 light bar, which is raised in an exact horizontal position by two 

 small racks and pinions ; the feed of every coulter can by this 

 means be increased or diminished at pleasure without even stop- 

 ping- the drill." 



Corn-Drills. — " The prize offered for this implement was 

 awarded to Mr. Garrett for his eleven-coulter drill. It has an 

 improved parallel steerage, — a great improvement on the swing 

 principle, as it remains in one position, without being touched, 

 the whole length of a field ; and yet at the ends, where a 

 steerage is so important, possesses the most perfect movement. 

 The seed was deposited in good style on very rough ground. 

 Mr. Hornsby had a very good corn-drill, but, having no steerage, 

 it was not considered so generally useful. Mr. Busby, of Newton- 

 le- Willows, had a new implement, a ribbing-drill, to which a 

 medal was awarded, and which promises well to compete with 

 any of its more costly rivals ; the working of this implement was 

 quite astonishing, there certainly being nothing in its appearance 

 to recommend it." 



Turnip-Drill on the Flat. — " Mr. Hornsby's six-row drill for 

 turnips and manure did its work in a most satisfactory manner. 

 That exhibited by Mr. Garrett also performed well, but the 

 manure was not exactly of the description to test the powers of 

 these drills. Mr. Hornsby's buried the manure the best, and 

 the coulters appear most capable of a large delivery of tillage of 

 a rough description. We accordingly awarded him the prize." 



Turnip-Drills on the Ridge. — " Mr. Garrett obtained this prize, 

 and, we think, for the most perfect implement of the description 

 ever produced ; a large amount of manure was deposited in front 

 of the fore-rollers, which effectually covered it and again pro- 

 duced a beautifully formed ridge to receive the seed coulters ; 

 after which a second pair of concave rollers finished the work 

 in a style most creditable to the maker. The plan of fixing the 

 manure- coulters before the concave rollers having originated with 

 Mr. Hornsby, we also awarded his drill a medal." 



Drop- Drills. — " Mr. Garrett was awarded the prize for his 

 drop-drill. It worked with the greatest exactness at the trial 

 depositing any reasonable quantity of manure, covering it beau- 



