at. the Derhj Meet i in/, 1843. 
Reference to 
Catalogue. 
AwABD 01-' Premiums. 
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Medal 
113 
106 
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£2 
114 
109 
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To Andrew Notman, of Painswick, Gloucester- 
shire, ior his improved Drainer's Jjcvel ; liis 
Sdver 
Medal. 
115 
111 
1 
To Messrs. J. R. and A. Ransome, of Ipswich, 
1 
for their general Collection of Implements, and 
Gold 
to 
Medal. 
15 
66 
58 
Ploiu/hs. — A chasm will this ^ ear appear in the record of the 
draught and performance of the general collection of ploughs, 
first commenced at Liverpool. This is the more to be regretted, 
since at no previous Meeting had the exhibitors exerted them- 
selves so strenuously to present this implement in a state of high 
perfection, and adapted to so many varieties of soil. A great 
number of ploughs were put to work on Mr. White's farm at 
Rough Heanor, and inspected by the Judges; many of them with 
unqualified satisfaction. They would particularize, as worthy of 
high commendation, those produced from the manufactory of 
Messrs. Ransome, composed entirely of iron and steel. The 
beams of these ploughs are constructed on the truss principle, 
which, though novel in its application to the plough, has long 
been appreciated by mechanics as possessing the greatest stiffness 
combined with lightness. It is this consideration ^^■hich has in- 
duced those makers to abandon the use of wood, heretofore chiefly 
used by them for this part of the plough in preference to a beam 
of solid metal. The structure of their improved iron beam is 
such as to destroy lateral vibration, particularly at its root or 
junction with the body of the plough; it admits also of a neat 
and powerful fixing, as well as ready adjustment of the coulter. 
Tremor in mechanism is well known to consume power use- 
lessly ; and, in the case of the plough, vibration in the beam, 
though it be insensible to the eye, renders the guidance of the im- 
plement more difficult, and its work less exact. The circum- 
stance of increased stiffness attending mere weight of matter, may 
have been one cause why the heavier ploughs have not unfre- 
