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ReiJort on the Exhibition of Iwj^lements 



2. For laying Pipes in Friable Land . . Five Sovereigns. 



3. For General Draining Five Sovereigns. 



For the best Portable or Fixed Steam Engine, appli- 

 cable to Thrashing, and other Agricultural pur- 

 poses Fifty Sovereii^ns. 



For the most approved Model of a Permanent Rick- 

 yard, regard being had to economy, durability, 

 and protection from vermin. Given by the Pre- 

 sident Twenty-five Sovs. 



For the best Drain-Plough to cut out at one, two, or 

 three cuts, to the greatest depth, with not more 

 than four horses, so as to prepare a drain so far 

 for deeper cutting {including 10/. added by Mr. 

 Slct7iey) Twenty-five Suvs. 



For the best Plough to fill in the soil cast out of 

 drains, with not more than 4 horses (two and two 

 abreast), and not to exceed bl. in cost. Given by 

 Mr. Sidney Ten Sovereigns. 



For the best Corn-dressing Machine Fifteen Sovs. 



For the set of Harness best adapted for Agricultural 



purposes • . Five Sovereigns. 



For the best Gorse-Bruiser Ten Sovereigns. 



For the best Implement for distributing pulverized 



Manures broad-cast Ten Sovereigns. 



For the best Grinding-mill for breaking Agricultural 



Produce into fine meal Fifteen Sovs. 



Miscellaneous Awards Ten Sovereigns. 



For the invention of any new Implement, such sum 

 as the Council may think proper to award. 

 The Judges selected bj the Council were — 



John Morton, Whitfield, Thornbury. T. P. Outhwaite, Bainesse, Cattcrick. 



Peter Love, Naseby, Welford. Isaac Everett, Caple, Ipswich. 



Weston Tuxford, Boston. William Hesseltine, Worlaby, Barton. 



Henry Taylor, Dilham, Norfolk. Thos. Crisp, Gedgrave, Woodbridge. 



But on the Stewards arriving- at Northampton on the Thurs- 

 day preceding the show, Mr. Tuxford, of Boston, was objected 

 to as being himself an implement-maker, and having a machine 

 in the yard for exhibition made by himself, but exhibited by an- 

 other implement-maker. The Stewards, having taken the objection 

 into consideration, determined not to employ Mr. Tuxford as a 

 Judge, and selected Mr. Shaw, of Far Cotton, near Northamp- 

 ton, to act in his place. The division of work assigned to the 

 Judges was as follows : — 



To Messrs. Morton and Love . . { Steam-engines and Barn-machinery of 



I every kind. 



To Messrs. Outhwaite and Hesseltine . Ploughs and general field-implements. 



Dressing-machines, Tile-machines, 



To Messrs. Everett and Taylor . \ Drills, Carts, Steaming-machines, 



and Dibblers. 



To Messrs. Crisp and Shaw • . . Miscellaneous. 



