246 Report on the Trials of Rcaping-Machincs at Leamington, 
the return of the Viscount to his native country. I am hopeful 
that the results will be successful. 
The number of applications for advice has somewhat in- 
creased during the past year, amounting to thirty-six in all. 
XIV. — Report on the Trials of Reaping Machines at Leamington, 
and on Miscellaneous Inventions at the Birmingham Shoiv. By 
John Algernon Clarke. 
In a brief General Report on the Exhibition of Implements at 
Birmingham (in the last Part of the Society's ' Journal ') Mr. 
Jabez Turner, as Senior Steward, referred to the magnitude of 
the Show, which comprised 6414 entries of articles upon 420 
stands. The machinery, implements, and goods filled 1500 
railway trucks, yet all were promptly delivered on the Show- 
ground with few cases of damage. The awards of silver medals 
were recorded, the proceedings in the trials of reaping-machines 
on the Earl of Warwick's Sewage Farm were sketched in a few 
words, and regret was expressed that several eminent firms had 
abstained from entering into competition. It remains now to- 
give a detailed description of the various machines entered for 
trial, and to record their respective performances in the field. 
Reaping Machines. 
The prizes offered were for four different classes of reaping- 
machines, as follows : 
£ 
Class 1. — For the best reaping-machine, with self-delivery in 
sheaf, clear of the horse-track 30 
For the second best 20 
For the third best 10 
Class 2. — For the best reaping-machine, with self-delivery in 
swathe, clear of the horse-track 20 
For the second best 10 
Class 3. — For the best combined reaping- and mowing-machine, 
without self-delivery 15' 
For the second best 10 
For the third best 5 
Class 4. — For the best one-horse reaping-machine 15 
For the second best 10 
For the third best 5 
A limitation was placed upon machines in Class 4, namely,, 
that the power required to work them must not exceed 33,000 foot- 
pounds per minute, at or about the speed of 2^ miles per hour. 
Exhibitors might enter duplicate machines in two different 
