872 = 606" Tlie Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
2000Z. per annum, while the cost to the numerous competitor 
must have been enormous. In itself, the cost of a public benefi 
is regarded by the Society as of secondary importance ; but it i 
essential that, as trustees for the public, the Council see that tin 
benefit obtained is commensurate with the outlay which it ha 
entailed. Of late years, it has become increasingly evident tha 
the quality of certain classes of agricultural implements hac 
become so uniform that no public advantage could be derive( 
by submitting them to further competitive trials, until, at least 
the expiration of several years ; therefore in 1875 it was decideMn 
that the trials should, for the present, be confined to the follow 
ing classes of Implements : — Machinery for cultivating the lane 
by Steam-power, Double Ploughs, Root-thinners, IManure-dis 
tributors. Mowing Machines, Horse-rakes, Haymakers, Reaping 
Machines, Sheaf-binders, Stacking Machines, Thatch-makinj 
Machines, Agricultural Locomotives and Waggons suitable t<|| 
be drawn by them. This list is not classified, but, according t(| 
circumstances, ihe Council selects certain classes of the imple 
ments contained in it for special encouragement in each yeai^ 
and this has recently been done three years consecutively in tlwl 
case of sheaf-binders. The agricultural wants of the locality irf 
which the Exhibition is to be held also receive attention;*! 
* For instance, at Bristol, which is in the centre of a large dairy districl 
the following prizes are this year (1878) offered for dairy appliances : — 
Prizes. 
Class 
1. For the best Milk-can, suitable for conveying milk long distances by 
road or rail without injury 1( 
2. For the best Cliurn for churning a sufficient quantity of milk to 
produce not more than 20 lbs. of butter 1( 
3. For the best Churn for churning a sufficient quantity of cream to 
produce not more than 20 lbs. of butter H\ 
4. For the best mechanical or automatic Butter-worker, suitable for 
large dairies and for factories II 
5. For the best mechanical or automatic Butter-worker, suitable for 
small dairies ; price to l)c specially considered ll 
6. For the best Cheese-tub ; economy of labour to be specially^ considered 11 
7. For the best Curd-knife I 
8. For the best Curd-mill I 
9. For the best Cheese-turning apparatus ll 
10. For the best mechanical means of cleansing churns and other dairy 
utensils ll 
11. For the best automatic means of preventing the rising of Cream .. 1* 
12. For the best Milk-cooler ." .. H 
13. For the best method of keeping a large quantity of milk at a tempe- 
rature under 40° Fahr., for a period of not less than twelve hours, 
sufiiciently economical for practical purposes .. .. .. .. 2< 
14. For the best Milking-machine, to be tested during six consecutive 
months of the spring and summer of 1879 f>* 
