Report on the Trials of Implements at Wolverhampton. 503 
wave followinf; wave when tlio tide is coming in. Next, the red clay with 
l^ebbles was torn up by the 7-tined turning-cultivator, making good work at 
7^ inches depth ; the bottom, however, was slightly ribbed. 
Messrs. Fowlefs Vl-Horsc Clip-Drum and Travelling- Anchor Set was 
worked on July 5th, ou Plot 12, in a field of two-years-old grass, having a 
strong clay loam soil. The 4-furrovv digging at Gi inches depth was well 
done. The 5-tinc cultivating at 7i inches depth, was also good work, but 
the land was in too moist a condition for the operation. During this tough 
work the disc-auclior was dragged once from its i^osition. 
Messrs. Fowler''s 8-JJoi-se Double-Drum and Travelling-Anchor Set was tried 
T^pon riot 10 in a field of eight-years-old turf; the soil a strong loam on a 
pebbly bottom. The 4-furrow digging was very good, the bottom level ; the 
4-furrow ploughing was also exceedingly well done, the furrow slices being 
beautifully turned. The cultivating with the 5-tine implement was well 
done, considering the strength of the turf. 
The liavensthorpe Company's High-Sp)eed Bope-TacMe o?i the " Fisken" 
System was tried on Plot 14, in the field of two-years-old grass. The 4-furrow 
digging of this strong clay-loam at 7 inches depth was very good work ; the 
cultivating also was good, and the ground well broken up. 
Messrs. Burrows and Stewarts Vl-IIorse Stationary Engine and Windlass- 
Tackle, worked upon Plot 4, a two-years-old turf, on a strong clay loam with 
fast bottom ; the piece, however, being specially difficult, owing to the 
undulations. The 9-tine cultivator, at 82 inches depth made fair work, but 
left a very uneven bottom. The 5-tine cultivating was very inferior work ; 
and the ploughing, with a Fowler 4-furrow balance implement, was also 
inlerior work, but with a level bottom. 
The Judges awarded the first prize of lOOL to Messrs. John Fowler and 
Co., for their 12-horse-ioower double-engine set ; and the second prize of 501. to 
Messrs. John Fowler and Co., for their 20-horse-power double-engine set. J 
Class II. 
For the " best combination of machinery for the cultivation of the soil by 
steam-power, the weight of the steam-engine not to exceed 10 tons," there 
were six entries : four sets of apparatus with single stationary engine, and 
two with single movable engines and anchors. At Barnhm-st, the trials in 
this class were made on June 28th and 29th. 
Plot A in Field No. XII, Mesrs. J. and F. Howard's 12-Eorse Doiihle- 
Brum and Anchor Set, working on the " Skew " pZa?i ; consisting of 12-horsc 
double-cylinder self-moving engine, fitted with two drums, 1600 yards of 
steel-wire |-inch rope, snatch-blocks, claw-anchors, rope-porters, 5-tined 
reversible cultivator, &c. (Catalogue No., 1168). Price 660?. A great peculi- 
arity in the construction of the engine is that the boiler, of the locomotive type, 
is placed transversely upon a plate-iron framing, which is mounted upon three 
wheels : thus longitudinal inclination of the boiler in ascending or descending 
gradients is avoided. The cylinders, of 82 inches diameter with 12 inches 
stroke, are placed, also transversely, underneath the boiler ; and the crank- 
shaft, at a similarly low level, is extended from the fly-wheel at the rear of 
the engine nearly to the steerage-wheel in front. This arrangement enables 
the two vertical rope-drums — one at the rear of the engine and the other 
between the boiler and the steerage-wheel — to be driven directly from pinions 
upon the crank-shaft below them, while bevel gear is requisite for communi- 
cating motion to the travelling or driving wheels. The mode of working on 
the " skew " system is represented in Fig. 15. The engine moves forward at 
intervals in the direction of the arrow ; the snatch-block and claw-anchor A 
are shifted along the headland by hand in the usual manner 5 and the pulley 
