at the Gloucester Meeting^ 1853. 



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of these implementSj and the prize was awarded to Messrs. 

 Howard. 



Paring Ploughs. — The implements of Comins and Glover 

 were the only two that started for this premium ; of which Mr. 

 Glover's was decidedly the best. 



Heavy Harrows. — These harrows were tested on some re- 

 markably hard set furrows ; and Williams's by the side of 

 Howard's and Coleman's stood to their work in a most steady and 

 efficient manner, and obtained the prize. 



Light Harrows. — In light-land work Mr. Howard's principle 

 of joints adapted itself admirably to ridge or furrow, while they 

 can be made fast for level ground, if requisite. Carson's and 

 Seaman's were a series of half-harrows, each with an independent 

 draught, and therefore not well calculated to perform the steady, 

 -Straight, equidistant series of lines requisite for good harrowing. 

 But Seaman's appeared to possess a valuable stiff-jointed coupling. 

 The work after Coleman's harrows had a good finished appear- 

 ance, but the expanding and contracting principle would bespeak 

 .an irregularity of stroke. 



Cultivator^ Gruhher^ or Scarifier. — The implement which is 

 eligible for a premium under this head is one which is arranged 

 for performing the two operations of grubbing and scarifying, 

 that is, for grubbing, dragging, or by what other terms working 

 -a cross-ploughed ground with tines, or points, is called ; and for 

 paring, or scarifying, whole ground with shares fitted on in the 

 place of points. A considerable number of this description were 

 put on trial, and most of them were good and effective. Some 

 few, as Hart's and Crosskill's " Uley," possessed a leverage 

 which enabled them to be adapted to their work while in motion ; 

 ^nd two, Coleman's and Ransome's " Biddle," had a leverage for 

 raising or lowering either wheel in the vicinity of a ridge or 

 furrow, Ransome's being much the most ready. Some, arranged 

 with fore and hind wheels at a distance apart, were unable to 

 Teach their proper depth in the furrows of the high-ridged lands 

 (or stretches) ; they had to work across, while they stuck fast at 

 the ridge. The state of the soil from the falling rain was not 

 favourable for trying the shares. Messrs. Ransomes and Sims' 

 Biddle " obtained the prize. 



Pair- Horse Scarifiers. — Mr. Coleman's implement, upon the 

 same principle as his four-horse cultivator, obtained the prize in 

 this class, which is well adapted for stetch-work or uneven sur- 

 faces, the frame- work being short. Mr. Hart's pair-horse scari- 

 fier was commended for level lands, and well calculated to grub 

 light soils, sands, &c. 



. Horse-Hoe on the Ridge. — Where a considerable depth or 

 much cleaning is required, it is probable that a heavier imple- 



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