at the Norwich Meeting, 1849. 



565 



(e Inasmuch as we found all these advantages carried out most 

 in Mr. Crosskill's cart, Stand 26, Article 38, we felt justified in 

 awarding 1 it the prize, not only as the best cart for general pur- 

 poses, but also as the best harvest-cart, seeing that when the 

 harvest-frame was placed upon this cart, it was only six inches 

 higher than Hannam's harvest-cart (exhibited by Messrs. Strat- 

 ton, Hughes, and Co.) ; and the frame being 1 1 feet long by 

 6 feet wide, gave sufficient surface to build upon, thus realizing 

 the principal advantages of Hannam's cart, at the small expense 

 of 27. The mode of altering the cart for general purposes 

 into a harvest-cart is also simple and easy. In Hannam's 

 and Morton's (both exhibited by Messrs. Stratton, Hughes, 

 and Co.), the whole body has to be taken off the wheels, and 

 another put on every time a change of work takes place ; whereas 

 in Crosskill's the harvest-frame only has to be put on or taken 

 off. Lastly, the expense of this frame is but a little more 

 than a third of the price of either Hannam's or Morton's harvest 

 bodies. 



"We recommended to Mr. Crosskill to raise the ends of his 

 harvest-frame at least two feet higher than the top of the wheels, 

 for which improvement we thought he would be justified in 

 charging 13 guineas instead of 13/. for the complete cart. 



" To parties who are in the habit of carting any sort of soft sub- 

 stance, such as road or street scrapings in a wet state, night-soil, 

 &c, we would highly recommend Mr. Stratton's tumbler-cart, 

 Article 18, Stand 3, as truly adapted for scavengers. The 

 body of this cart can be always kept level, whether the horse 

 be ascending or descending a hill, thus preventing any loss of 

 manure or soiling of the street or road. It is also very low, and 

 turns completely over, so that there is no difficulty in either filling 

 or emptying it, whatever be the nature of its contents. 



" As a cart exclusively for carting hay and straw, or for harvest 

 work, we recommend Messrs. Stratton, Hughes, and Co.'s im- 

 proved Hannam's cart, Stand 3, Article 2, and Mr. Eaton's cart, 

 Article 6, Stand 7." 



Waggons (Judges' Report). — " In this class, as in that of carts, 

 we found the elevation of the body by bolstering up was greatly 

 done away with; but with regard to the simplifying of their con- 

 struction, the advance was but very meagre, except by Mr. 

 Crosskill, who seems to have quite stolen a march upon the 

 other exhibitors in simplicity, with its attendant cheapness. We 

 regret that the other makers did not think the waggons worthy of 

 being mounted upon a set of wheels made on the principles best 

 adapted for bearing hard work and running straight forward, and 

 it is to be hoped that this will not be the case another year. 



" We highly recommend Mr. Crosskill's break as a great im- 



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