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barley or oats after turnips fed on the land, for wheat after teans or peas, or 
for cross-cultivating and drilling beans on land that has been smashed in the 
autumn. It can be used as a cultivator only, and is the most effective on 
liglit land. The power required to work it is about the same as that required 
to work No. 3." 
The steam-engine was made by Butlin, nominally of lO-horse 
power, fitted up with an apparatus for superheating the steam. 
The whole of his appliances were of good practical character, 
with a view to general utility. One of the hardest and roughest 
of the plots fell to Mr. Smith's lot, notwithstanding which his 
implements worked in a very satisfactory manner. Mr. Smith 
certainly is deserving of great credit for his skill and perse- 
verance, in demonstrating the practicability of cultivating the 
soil, with profit to the agriculturist. 
John Fowler, jun., of 28, Cornhill, London, exhibited several 
articles for steam-cultivation. He showed three sets at work at 
Farningham. 
The principal set consisted of a 14-horse -power self-moving 
steam-engine, fitted with his patent winding " grip " pulley and 
anchor. Moved by the action of the traction-rope, it drew occa- 
sionally a four-furrow plough with a peculiar kind of breast, 
which in that form he terms a " digger." Having shown the 
digger, he then put one of his common four-furrow ploughs in 
operation. The work done by both these implements was very 
good, although the land upon which they operated was too light. 
Had it been heavier, the result shown would have been still more 
to the advantage of the implements. 
The second set consisted of a 10-horse power steam-engine, 
which gave motion to the winding " grip " pulley, and, by an 
ingenious mechanical movement, to one of the anchors which 
moved both the anchor and the engine of the ordinary construc- 
tion along the headland. This arrangement enables the farmer to 
work this set with facility with any engine he may have in his 
possession. The land in this instance was better adapted for 
showing the work done by the implements, which Avas good. 
The implements used were similar to those worked by the 
former or principal set. 
The mechanical arrangements of both the foregoing sets 
demonstrate the ability and care of the exhibitor, and, had the 
trials been competitive, he would probably have retained the 
position he has gained on former occasions. 
He also showed a third set at work, consisting of an 8-horse 
engine, which drove a stationary windlass, moving winding 
drums placed horizontally. It worked a five-tined cultivator, 
and appeai'ed to do a great deal of work ; but the mechanical 
arrangement of the windlass was not pleasing. This set did not 
