492 
Agricultural Patents for the year 1861. 
1982. Charles Peters Moody, of Gorton Denham, Somerset, Improvements l» 
construction of (jutes. Application dated 9th August ; provisional 
protection, 23rd August; notice, 17th December. 
2007. Joseph Humpagc, of Balsall Heath, near Birmingham, A new or im- 
proved reaping and mowing macJiine. Application dated 13th August ; 
provisional protection, 23rd August. 
2060. William Firth, of Leeds, Improvements in machinery for digging or 
turning up soil, mowing, reaping, and other agricultural purposes. 
Application dated 19th August ; provisional protection, 30th August ; 
notice, 24th December. 
2078. Kicholas Fisher, of Milton, near Ellsworth, Northamptonshire, Iraprove- 
ments in implements for c/ruhbing and cultivating land. Application 
dated 20th August ; provisional protection, 13th September ; notice, 
22nd October. 
2081. Thomas Lambert, of Thomcroft Farm, Essex, Improved implement for 
rolling ridges and furrows or straight wo'rk. Aj^plication dated 
21st August. 
2097. Bernhard Samuelson, of Banbury, Improvements in harvesting machines. 
Application dated 22nd August ; notice, 8th October. 
2106. Joseph Dunn, of Alnwick, Impirovements in reaping-machines. Apjili- 
cation dated 23rd August ; provisional protection, 13th September, 
2155. Lemuel Dow Owen, of 481, New Oxford-street, Improvements in ploughs. 
A commimication from the United States. Application dated 30th 
August ; provisional protection, 18th October. 
2159. Alexander Taille, of Agen, France, An improved manufacture of 
manure. Application dated 30th August; provisional protection, 
13th September, 
2160. William E. Gedge (Gedge and Son, patent agents), Wellington-street, 
Strand, Improvements in thrashing-machines. A communication from 
France. Application dated 30th August ; provisional protection, 20th 
September. 
2169. William Hensman, of Woburn, Beds, and William Hensman, jun., of 
Linslade, Bucks, Impiruvements in apparatus for tilling land ly steam. 
Application dated 31st August ; provisional protection, 18th October ; 
notice, 22nd October. 
2229. Charles Fenton Kirkman, of Lambeth, Improvements in obtaining 
manure from sewerage and in apparatus employed therein. Applica- 
tion dated 6th September ; provisional protection, 20th September. 
2264. William Stevens, of Hammersmith, Improvements in mechanism, or 
apjparatus for ploughing and cultivating land by steam and other 
power. Application dated 12th September ; provisional protectiou, 
27th September. 
2283. Henry Dixon, of Pendleton, Lancashire, and John E. Renner, of Liver- 
pool, Improvements in carbonising sawdust and other vegetable sub- 
stances. Application dated 13th September; provisional protection, 
1st November. 
2302. William Edward Gedge (Gedge and Son, patent agents). Improved ap- 
paratus for drying grain. A communication from France. Ajjplica- 
tion dated 16th September. 
