at the Gloucester Meeting^ 1853. 



347 



£. s. d. 



4 Horses at 4s. a-day . . 0 16 0 



4 Men at 3s. do. . . . 0 12 0 



2 Boys at Is. do. . . . 0 2 0 



Hire of machine, per day . . 0 10 0 



Total . .£200 



If the Judges are permitted to throw out any hint or sugges- 

 tion to the inventor, it would be to double or treble the length 

 of the mole, to prevent, as far as practicable, the immediate re- 

 action of the compressed clay upon the tile. A short mole will 

 not accomplish this so fully as a longer mole : for it follows, the 

 longer the mole is in going through the clay, or whatever strata 

 it may be, the longer will it be before reaction takes place, and 

 then in reduced force. For the successful working of this im- 

 portant im.plement, it is necessary there should be an uniformity 

 of soil and surface. Trifling obstructions are of little importance, 

 such as small loose stones and roots ; these are readily removed 

 by the mole, which pursues its straight and undeviating course ; 

 but where the subsoil rests on occasional rock the implement 

 would not be available. It well deserves the medal it has 

 obtained.* 



Henry Brimsmead, of St. Giles, near Torrington, Devonshire, 

 received the Society's silver medal, for an improved and simple 

 method of shaking straw from a thrashing-machine. This im- 

 plement will in all probability supersede the present shaker now 

 in general use. It requires very little room, and can be so placed 

 as to convey the straw to any required height or distance, while 

 it will effectually shake the corn out of it. 



Thompson's telescope drainage -level and staff is simple in con- 

 trivance, light and portable, and will answer all the purposes of 

 the higher-priced articles in use, giving, without any calculation, 

 the elevations and depressions. It requires the greatest care and 

 exactness in the manufacture. 



Gillam's seed-separator and seed-cleaning machine causes the 

 seeds to pass over a large surface of wire screens, the openings of 

 which increase in width as the seeds progress downwards. The 

 machine is capable of some improvement in the mode of applying 

 the power, and will be offered at considerably less money than 

 the price named in the Catalogue. 



The foregoing remarks affecting generally the Gloucester 

 Meeting, as well as a Report of adjudications on " The Mis- 



* I understand that an important improvement has since been 

 made in this implement by the adaptation to it of steam-power. 

 — Ph. Pusey. 



