366 Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements 



Tn both classes of engines for the farmer's use, no other expan- 

 sion is admissible than that which may be obtained by a lap on 

 the common slide. 



The department of thrashing machines included many good 

 implements, and several might have received higher marks for 

 their performance, had the exhibitors been more intent upon 

 doing their work well, than upon finishing it in the shortest 

 possible time. 



It will be to the interest of exhibitors to perceive, that as 

 steam-thrashing machines will be most generally used, the power 

 required to work them being so cheaply obtained is not of the 

 same importance as when the machine had to be worked by 

 horses; they may therefore calculate upon the judges paying 

 more attention in future to the manner in which the work is 

 done, than to the power required to do it : of course when two 

 machines are equal in performance in every other respect, the 

 lightest working machine should take the pre-eminence. 



In grinding-mills there was not much competition. Clayton 

 and Co.'s did its work the best ; and when they carry out the 

 plan suggested, for raising and falling the stones, the implement 

 will be more useful, as with the present arrangement it is too 

 limited in its range for all kinds of grain : this must have been 

 an oversight, and no doubt will be attended to in future. 



The metal mill exhibited by Thurwood is capable of doing a 

 great deal of work in a short time, and with little power to work 

 it. This mill does not grind the produce so fine as stones do, 

 but many farmers do not object to this. It appears not very 

 likel}^ to get out of order, and a miller's services are not required. 

 Probably it would be well to give a second prize expressly for 

 mills of this class. 



The new implement invented by Biddle, and exhibited by 

 Ransome and Co., for splitting beans, &c., is a very ingenious 

 contrivance, and will be found useful for many other than agri- 

 cultural purposes. 



The reaping-machines had this year a thorough trial of their 

 capabilities, and every means was taken to ascertain their respec- 

 tive merits : the decision of the judges is fully in accordance 

 with my opinion. 



The machine invented by Bell, and exhibited by Crosskill, is 

 an effective implement. It possesses great facility for cutting 

 crops in the most tangled state, lays the cut corn well, and, in 

 commencing its operations, requires no scythe-man to pioneer its 

 way. The objections to this machine appear in its great weight, 

 the heavy draught to the horses, and its cumbrous character, 

 rendering it difficult for a common labourer to steer and manage. 

 The great weight, and consequent heavy draught on the horses, 



