G6(i Report of the Senior Steward of Implements at Newcastle. 
McLaren of Leeds ran a good second to this remarkable per- 
formance. I fully believe that the determination of the Council 
to persevere in their Engine trials, notwithstanding much oppo- 
sition, will be amply justified by the report of this competition 
prepared by Sir Frederick Bramwell and the Engineers of the 
Society. 
The trials of Potato-planting machines which took place at 
Gosforth, a short distance from the ground, did not exhibit any 
important improvements in the manufacture of these imple- 
ments, and in consequence of the extreme irregularity with 
which the sets were deposited by the whole of the machines, 
the Judges unanimously declined to award the prizes announced. 
The Potato-raising machines were tried on the same ground on 
October 4th. The weather was favourable and the land very 
suitable for the purpose. The First Prize in Class 6 was 
gained by Powell Bros, and Whitaker, Cambrian Iron Works, 
Wrexham ; and in Class 7 by John Gregory, Westoe, South 
Shields. A Report on the trials has been prepared by Mr. John 
Coleman, one of the Judges, but its publication is unavoidably 
held over until the next number of the ' Journal.' The Stewards 
received much assistance from Mr. Henry Wallace in the pre- 
liminary arrangements for these trials, and their thanks are due 
to him for his ready and efficient help on that and other 
occasions. 
The Cattle and Sheep Weighing Machines, strange to state, 
excited no competition, and Messrs. David Hart and Co. had a 
walk-over with their exhibits. These machines were of a useful 
character, but it would have been more pleasing to have seen 
some other competitors enter the list, especially at a time when 
so much interest was being displayed in the matter, and when a 
Bill was actually before Parliament on the subject of compulsory 
weighing at markets. 
The Working Dairy has now become an established institu- 
tion at our Shows, and for the first time this year had a 
Steward of its own, in the person of Sir John Thorold. The 
Cream Separator trials were therefore conducted under his 
supervision in a shed attached to the Dairy. In consequence 
of the withdrawal of one machine and the accidental breakage 
of another, the Laval Separator of the Dairy Supply Company 
was the only one which came before the Judges. The great 
heat which prevailed at the lime prevented the milk being so 
entirely satisfactory in condition as it should be in such trials, 
but the machine was effectively worked by one man, and 
appears likely to prove useful in small dairies. 
I have already alluded to the compactness of the Show-ground. 
This was in part owing to the largeness of the space available, 
