Report of the Trials of Ploughs, Harroics, ^c, at Hull. 575 
•8| inches long;, exclusive of the point, which is 10 inches; giving a total 
length of 3 feet Gi inclics ; the beam, 3 inches by | inch ; slade, 3 feet 3 inches 
long ; whole length of plough, 10 feet. The mouldboards expand from 21 to 
25 inches. No marker was supplied ; work very luistcady. 
Plot No. 4. Hunt. No. 1634. — Price, Al.ls.Gd.; marker, 7s. Qd. extra. 
Length of mouldboard, 2 feet 11 inches ; front, 13 inches ; total, 4 feet. Slade, 
3 feet 1 inch ; diameter of wheels, 10 inches. The mouldboards expand from 
13 to 25 inches, and can be altered whilst tlie plough is in motion. This is 
done by means of an endless screw acting upon two wrought-iron arms shown 
in Fig. G9. The action will be understood by a glance at Figs. G8 and G9. 
This implement is ingenious rather than particularly useful, as the great 
object of such an operation as ridging is to obtain parallel lines tor the recep- 
tion of the seed ; and save in the case of earthing-up potatoes, and that very 
rarely, one cannot imagine the necessity arising for any alteration during work. 
The plough head or body is trussed into the beam (yic/e Fig. G8). Like all 
Mr. Hunt's implements which competed at Hull, the workmanship is very 
-good, but the Judges considered the implement not sufficiently strong for all 
sorts of land. 
Plot No. 5. Ball and Son. No. 1472. — Price, 4Z. 10s., including cast-steel 
breasts, marker, and one point. This is a reasonable, well-made plough ; and 
.as it made the best work, the Judges considered it fairly entitled to the prize, 
especially as it made the best water farrow. For this purpose a particular 
jioiut was used — namely, 4j inches wide in front and 9 inches across the 
wings. The sole measures 3 feet ; the length of the mouldboard, exclusive of the 
point, is 3 feet 2 inches ; depth, 12 inches. It has two front wheels, 17 inches 
diameter, 16 inches apart, and not alterable. The mouldboards expand from 
15 to 24 inches ; the stays for the mouldboards are fixed direct through 
the plough-head ; they are a little too forward in position, but secure rigidity. 
The ridge was well formed, the soil being brought well up along the face of 
-the breast ; the width of the point, at its widest part during the operation, 
was 7 inches. 
E. Page and Co. No. 2G32. — Entered, but did not come to trial. 
The prize of 5/. was awarded to William Ball and Son, 
Rothwell, Kettering, for No. 1472 ; and G. W. Murray and Co., 
of Banff, N.B., were highly commended for No. 3507. 
Class 14. — Paeing Ploughs. 
There were three entries. Messrs. Hill and Smith's excellent 
implement, having none of the ordinary arrangements of a plough, 
"was regarded as ineligible for competition, and as having been 
entered in a wrong class, being in all respects a broadshare. 
This implement has been before the public for many years, and 
its merits are well known. The frame is jointed, that portion 
carrying the two broadshare bodies is raised out of work by 
pressure on the handles. The two blades cut a width of 2 feet 
1 inch. The depth is regulated by raising or lowering the 
wheel arms. The shares have steel points welded in between 
two pieces of iron, and the wearing of the iron tends to keep the 
steel bright. The frames made of |- X ^ wrought-iron plates, 
and the cost, with grubbing coulters, is 11. This implement is 
open to the same objection as other broadshares, viz., that 
whilst effectually cutting the surface, the severed soil is not 
