25-i Report on the Trials of Rcaping-Machines at Leamington, 
by the Consulting Engineers, it will be seen in what proportion 
the points of merit under the several heads were awarded to 
«ach machine in all the classes ; but to exemplify the effect of 
judging by the points laid down, it will suffice here to take 
Class 1, Reapers with Self-Delivery in Sheaf. The points deter- 
mined principally, though not entirely, by inspection, were : 
(1) Mechanical construction, workmanship, quality of materials, 
and their adaptation to the purpose. (2) Arrangement of gearing- 
crank and its connections, form of knife and bar, with make 
and position of fingers. (3) Mode of delivery, action and effi- 
ciency of mechanism employed. (4) Position of driver's seat 
with reference to balance, and specially with regard to driver's 
safety and general command of machine. (7) Price. These 
points were not entirely determined by inspection, because the 
award of points (3) and (4) was to some extent guided by obser- 
vations made during the working of the machines in the field ; 
while (7) merit in respect of price was decided last of all, not 
according to the absolute figure charged for each machine, but 
giving the highest number to that machine which both under 
inspection and in performance possessed the greatest number 
of points of merit in proportion to its selling price. The points 
determined by performance were (5) lightness of draught in 
and out of work, and (6) general perfection of work. Arranging 
the points gained by the several sheaf-delivery reapers into 
these two groups, the achievements of each under the respective 
divisions appear as in the following Table : — 
Name of Exhibitor. 
logue Number. 
Description of Machine. 
ts determined 
incipally by 
spection. 
ts determined 
■ Performance. 
.1 Points of 
Merit. 
Honour Awarded. 
Cata 
o ^ 
Tott 
Perfection being 
575 
425 
1000 
Hornsby and Sons 
464 
Six rakes con Irollable . . 
567 
390 
957 
First Prize. 
Ilornsby and Sons 
463 
Five rakes controllable 
557 
381 
938 
Second Prize. 
Hornsby and Sons 
4C6 
Six rakes controllable . . 
550 
375 
925 
Third Prize. 
Hornsby and Sons 
463 
542 
382 
924 
Highly Commended. 
Hornsby and Sons 
467 
Five rakes controllable 
550 
358 
908 
Highly Commended. 
Johnston Harvester (J<i. 
378 
Five rakes controllable 
440 
395 
835 
Commended. 
It will be seen that the first, second, and third-prize machines 
were first, second, and third in merit according to the points 
chiefly determined by inspection ; and that, as compared with 
each other, they stood in the same order for excellence of per- 
formance. Nevertheless, the machine, namely that of The 
Johnston Harvester Company, which gained the highest number 
