at the Carlisle Meeting, 1855. 
509 
Reapinq- Machines. — It is always necessary to have extended 
trials of reaping-machines at a proper season for thoroughly 
testing their respective merits when the corn is fit for harvest. 
These trials have this year been carried out most effectually, 
through the liberality of our President, at Abbot's Leigh, near 
Bristol ; and they have proved the progress already made in that 
yet imperfect but very important agricultural machine. Its 
completeness, I fear, is only to be effected by the combination in 
a single machine of those principles of construction in which 
different parties, under the present patent-law, claim individual 
right. The Archimedian platform (with side-delivery), forming 
part of the first-prize reaping-machine of Messrs. Burgess and 
Key, is a decided improvement. The machine exhibited had 
been badly manufactured, but I am glad to learn that their 
machines will in future be made by manufacturers of established 
reputation. 
Reports of the Judges. 
Steam-Exgikes. 
We have the pleasure to report the results of the trials made by us of 
steam-engines at tlie meeting of the Society held at Carlisle in July last, 
which were as follows : — 
Portable Engines . 
Getting up 
<=-s 
9 
Steam. 
C I. u 
Name. 
3 — 
lu 
j Horse-pi 
e 
< 
Price. 
•3 
O 
o 
O 
s 
'C, 
f!i 
^ CJ o 
.9 P--e 
Coals b 
Horse 
1 pertt 
£. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
min. 
Tuxford . 
€1 
\ 
250 
Eiglit. 
24 
28 
tO 
£9-584 
3-698 
First Prize. 
Clayton . 
31 
3 
2G0 
Ei^ht. 
24 
18i 
4-1 i 
32-432 
4-054 
Second Prize. 
Barrett 
3U 
2 
215 
Six. 
18 
18i 
65 
26-526 
4-421 
Highly commended 
Hornsby . 
2R 
1 
255 
Ei^■ht. 
24 
34i 
39 
38-712 
4-839 
Do. 
Ransomes 
95 
59 
230 
Seven. 
21 
26i 
55* 
35-338 
5-054 
Do. 
Garrett 
19 
17 
235 
.^even. 
21 
26 
44 
39-242 
5-606 
Do. 
Crosskill . 
23 
33 
220 
Six. 
18 
30 
66 
48-480 
8-OSO 
Commended. 
Lee 
92 
1 
180 
Seven. 
21 
35 
4o+ 
70-000 
10-000 
Do. 
The first prize for these, it will be seen, we awarded to Messrs. Tuxford 
and Sons, of Boston ; the consumption of fuel during the trial was most fa- 
vourable, while the workmanship and price were satisfactory. 
To Messrs. Clayton and Shuttlewortli, of Lincoln, we awarded the- second 
Prize, being second in consumption of fuel, while the arrangement and work- 
manship were equally satisfactory. 
We highly commended those by Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Co., of Read- 
ing ; Messrs. Homsby and Son, of Grantham ; Messrs. Eansome and Sims, 
of Ipswich ; and Messrs. Garrett and Son, of Leiston, as being economical in 
their working, and of good workmanship and arrangements. 
We commended those by Alfred Crosskill, of Beverley, and Joseph Lee, 
of Stounall, as being useful plain engines. 
We think it fair to state that the four last-named were not fitted with ex- 
pansive valves. 
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