574 Report of the Trials of Ploughs, Harrows, ^-c, at Hull. 
certainly there were no potatoes provided for earthing-up ; but the 
Judges were able to satisfy themselves as to the merits of the 
different ploughs, by the way they raised ridges from the flat. 
There were half-a-dozen competitors. A table was made, and the 
following particulars were kindly supplied by that experienced 
Judge, Mr. J. Hemsley. 
Plot 1. Corhett andPeele. No. 2848. — Price 4?. 17s. 6<7., indudiiig two pairs 
of mouldboavds and three points; marking-iron, 8s. 6c/. extra. Strong-land 
boards, 3 feet Ql inches long ; light-land boards, 3 feet 4§ inches ; length of 
sole or slade, 2 feet 7 inches ; expansion of wings from 18 to 28 inches ; has 
two front wheels, diameter 17 inches. The width of these wheels apart can 
be altered by a slot and set screw. The beam is 2^ inches by -| inch. 
The plough was not steady in work, and the ridges were inditferently made. 
Plot 2. Murray and Co. No. 3507. — Price bl. 5s. ; marker, 7s. 6(/. extra; 
steel breasts, 12s. Qd. extra ; length of sole, 3 feet 11 inches; beam, 2^ inches 
by inch, where the body is attached, tapering to 1'^ by f inch ; whole length, 
11 feet 9 inches. The form of the moiild- 
-"S- boards is i")cculiar; the breasts, instead of 
^ being convex, are angular, and present from 
behind the appearance shown in Fig. G7. 
The mouldboards, inchuling point, are 4 ft. 
4i inches long; the point being 11 inches. 
The width of the mouldboards is altered by 
means of a screw tapped into the beam, a 
clumsy arrangement, liable to get out of 
order after a time. The iilough works on 
the swing principle, and there is no provision for applying wheels ; this was 
a great drawback in the ojiinion of the Judges, who, nevertheless, were so 
jileased with the performance, steadiness in work, and excellence of con- 
struction, that they gave the plough a high commendation, which, as there was 
only one prize, brings it into second place. 
Plot No. 3 was occupied by Mdlard's Plourjlt^ No. 4321. — Price 4Z. 7s. Q>d. ; 
15s. extra, if with steel instead of iron mouldboards. The latter was 2 feet 
Fis. 68. 
riff. G9. 
a. Screw. 
6 b. Arms, the angles of which 
are ailjustuble by the 
screw, 
c c. Wings. 
d. I'uint. 
