XXIII.- — Report on the Exhibition of Implements at BiTminqham. 
By Jabez Turner, of Haddon Grange, Hunts, Senior 
Steward. 
The task of writing a General Report on the Exhibition of 
Implements in the Show-grounds of the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England becomes more difficult each year, as the 
Stewards employ different modes of expression, and the actual 
Shows are in their main features identical. It seems to me that 
I am especially unfortunate in following so accomplished a 
writer as my immediate predecessor. 
It was generally admitted by the most experienced officials of 
the Society that never since its inauguration has the Exhibition 
been held in a Showyard so picturesque in itself, so fortunate 
in its accessories and surroundings, and so well adapted for the 
purposes for which it was intended. The expenses attending 
the levelling, drainage, road-making, &c., must have been very 
considerable ; the works were carried out by the Local Com- 
mittee in the most thorough manner, and the general appearance 
of the yard, when viewed from the main entrance, elicited from 
all classes of visitors expressions of pleasure and admiration as 
they gazed over a scene not easily to be forgotten by those who 
saw it on the two last days of the Show, when very nearly 
120,000 persons paid for admission. The weather was all 
that could be desired, and it was most interesting to watch the 
crowds as they entered proceed in different directions towards 
the objects which possessed attractions for them individually. 
I was somewhat surprised to see vast numbers turn off to the 
left, and go at once to the steam-engines in motion, the hum 
of which appeared to be irresistible ; and the intelligent appre- 
ciation they showed of the different machines was gratifying 
and remarkable. But the sight of the yard on the last day 
was the parade of horses, as viewed from the horse-ring. In 
every direction from the centre a vast sea of faces, filling what 
may fairly be termed the amphitheatre, met the eyes of the 
officials — laces radiant with pleasure and good-humour, as was 
clearly evinced by the applause freely given when any of the 
animals did anything not strictly according to programme. 
The Showyard was arranged in a somewhat irregular fashion, 
in my opinion a great improvement on the rectilineal plan 
which has prevailed on previous occasions. This irregularity, 
combined with the boundless look of the place, owing to the 
outside hoarding not being visible in any direction from the 
main entrance, gave, in conjunction with the noble mansion of 
Aston Hall, and the trees and fountains of the lower park and 
