at the Northampton Meeting, 1847. 



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ridge tiles for buildings, and coplier-drain tiles. It is constructed 

 entirely of iron ; and, being mounted on four wheels, may easily 

 be drawn from place to place, and worked in the sheds wherever 

 the tiles are required to be laid. The machine is made with 

 two cylinders vibrating on their centres, out of which the clay is 

 alternately forced, by means of horizontal pistons, through the 

 dies that are attached to them. When the cylinders are emptied, 

 they fall from their horizontal into an upright position, for the 

 convenience of filling. The machine is worked by a man and 

 boy, with a lever purchase. Price, including two dies, with 

 tables and mandrills complete, 25/. 



Draining Tools for Clay Land. — Prize awarded to Mr. Clay- 

 ton. Price: polished blades, 2/.; black blades, \l. \bs. 



Draining Tools for Friable Land. — Prize given to Messrs. 

 Mapplebeck and Lowe. Price, for whole set, 35^. 6cZ. 



Draining Tools for general Draining. — Prize carried off by 

 the same firm. Price per set IZ. 35. 



The Judges generally reported of these implements, that they 

 were well-made, good, and serviceable tools, and adapted for 

 working upon the different soils to which they were applicable. 



Miscellaneous Department. 



The Judges of this department report that, in reference to the 

 ^154 miscellaneous articles exhibited, for v.hich only six medals 

 were allowed (and some of those were granted by other Judges), 

 much might be said ; particularly as to the policy of having 

 Judges to go through them at all, and disappointing the hopes of 

 those exhibitors who really had some useful articles ; and they 

 suggest that, for the future, it would be better either to leave it 

 to the Judges to award such medals as they may think fit, to 

 give a greater sum at their disposal, or to withdraw medals alto- 

 gether for miscellaneous articles ; either course of proceeding 

 would in their conception be more satisfactory to the Judges and 

 useful to the Society. With regard to the character of the mis- 

 cellaneous articles, there were many, very many, useful ; and they 

 regretted that, after three days of hard work, they had so few and 

 such small rewards or distinctions to distribute. The few they 

 were enabled to give were strictly of an agricultural character, 

 viz. to a horse dray-rake, turnip-cutter, fire-engine, an oil-cake 

 breaker, and a clover and rye-grass distributor, the two latter of 

 which only presented novelty as W' ell as merit. 



Silver Medals were distributed to — 



Mr. Smith, for the best clover-seed and rye-grass barroic, upon 

 a new construction, admitting the two kinds of seeds to be sown 

 at the same time by the delivery of them from chambers, thereby 

 remedying the defect hitherto existing from the two sorts of 



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