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in Motion department, and to add still further to the difficulties 
of the Surveyor ; but the Stewards think that the alteration is 
an improvement which does not interfere with the interests of 
the Society. 
The Implement Yard and Working Dairy were visited by His 
Royal Highness the President of the Society, who was pleased 
to express his appreciation of the machinery brought under 
his notice, and to make a practical trial of the butter and soft 
cheese produced in the Dairy. 
I regret to have to report that the prizes offered for harness 
in this, the second year in succession, have failed to produce 
a single set of harness which the Judges could pronounce to be 
worthy of the prizes offered by the Society. Although the 
material and workmanship of some of the harness was good, 
the weight was excessive, and the design antiquated. We are 
all prepared to admit that there is nothing like leather ; but in 
the interests of the horses we may fairly ask the makers to give 
us a little less of it, and to try if, by a judicious use of steel, of 
india-rubber, and of other modern materials, they can reduce 
the weight while retaining the strength and large bearing surface 
so necessary for farm- harness. 
While there was but one competitor in the class of Thatch- 
making Machines, I am glad to be able to report that the 
machine (No. 1917) of Messrs. Barnard and Lake, to which the 
prize of 25/. was awarded, appears in every way to meet the 
requirements of the Society ; it is moderate in price, and simple 
and easy in action, while the thatch produced can be used for 
a variety of purposes, both in the garden and on the farm. 
The prize of 15/. offered for a substitute for straw-thatch 
other than metal produced one exhibit, which the Judges did 
not consider to be of sufficient merit to entitle the maker to 
the prize. 
Silver medals were awarded to Messrs. Ransome, Sims, and 
Jefferies ; Rainforth and Sons ; Smith and Grace ; the Aylesbury 
Dairy Company ; and the Dairy Supply Company, whose 
exhibits will be fully described by the Judges of Implements; 
but as the Delaiteuse, or Centrifugal Butter Worker, came 
more immediately under my notice as Steward of the Working 
Dairy, I may be allowed to say that, when the butter to be 
worked was cool and sufficiently set to retain its granular form, 
the water or butter-milk was thoroughly extracted without in any 
way injuring the grain of the butter. It is much to be desired 
that some English makers should undertake its manufacture, 
so as to produce an equally efficient machine at such a price 
as to bring it within reach of the smaller dairies of this country. 
I have to record a new department at the Norwich Show 
