at the Northampton Meeting^ 1847. 



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The price of Mr. John Kcad's subsoil pulverizer is 5/. 55., and 

 it obtained the prize of 10/. at Southain])ton, Shrewsbury, and 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It works immediately after the common 

 plough, and is of easy draught. 



Mr. James Comins's subsoil pulverizer is made very light, 

 combined with great strength, and is light in draught. It will 

 pulverize from 1 to 13 inches in depth below the common furrow. 

 The pulverizers can be worked one below the other, or all three 

 can be worked at one depth : this is an advantage, as it will pul- 

 verize the furrow^ on the top very much, and will work with the 

 mould-share under, and the land will be laid open much longer 

 by working the hind or mould pulverizer 4 or 6 inches below the 

 two front pulverizers. This pulverizer can be worked with two, 

 three, or four horses, according to the depth or roughness of the 

 land. Price 3Z. IO5. 



Drain Ploughs.^ — Of this description of implement exhibited, 

 the Judges selected 4 for trial ; but as the land was in a dry 

 crumbling state, there was no possibility of testing their merits. 

 The Judges would recommend to the Society^ should they offer a 

 prize at future meetings for this implement, to select a more 

 proper season for the trial of them : the months of November or 

 December, when the land has absorbed a great quantity of mois- 

 ture, is the best time for trying them ; and the report could be 

 published in time for the information of persons desirous of using 

 them during the winter and spring months, when they are worked 

 to the greatest advantage. Under the circumstances this prize 

 was withheld. 



Ploughs for filling in Drains. — The quantity of the soil re- 

 moved to the surface by the drain-ploughs was so small, that the 

 .Judges thought it unnecessary to try these implements ; they there- 

 fore recommended them to be kept for a deferred trial, when they 

 may be enabled to test them more efficiently. 



Machines for Haymaking. — Although no prize ^vas offered for 

 this description of implement, the Judges considered Messrs. 

 Smith and Co.'s, of Stamford, the most complete machine; it is 

 raised and lowered to the ground as the crop may require by 

 means of a screw, which is very simply adjusted^ and may be 

 altered most expeditiously. 



Horse Hoes. — No prize offered ; but the Judges awarded a 

 silver medal to the Messrs. Garrett for their patent horse-hoe, one 

 of the most valuable implements used in agriculture. Price 18/.; 

 a smaller description, 16/. This implement was awarded prizes 



* ' I very much regret that the Society has been induced to offer rewards 

 for these implements, which never can be used economically in draining. 

 The prize will only lead to expense on the part of the manufacturers, and 

 disappointment to all.— J. Parkes.' 



