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which all enquiries were answered tended to lighten their 
labours, and the courtesy with which they were invariably met 
helped to make those labours pleasant. 
IV. — Report on the Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at the 
Nottingham Meeting. By Dan. Pidgeon, Assoc.Inst.C.E., 
Reporting Judge. 
Jadffcs. 
Thomas Bell, Hedley Hall, Marley Hill, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
J. W. KiMBER, Fyfield Wick, Abingdon. 
Uan. Pidgeon, Holinwood, Putney Hill, S.W, 
The Show of Implements at Nottingham was characterised by 
one very agreeable feature. Although the entries were more 
numerous by a thousand than in 1887, the arrangement of 
machinery into various classes was so perfect, and the imple- 
ments themselves so representative, that it was easier than 
usual to take in the display as a whole, and to find what was 
wanted without trouble. A new plan adopted by the Secretary 
of separately cataloguing such implements as were entered as 
novelties proved very convenient, and was much appreciated by 
the Judges. 
As anticipated in the report on the implements at New- 
castle, the makers have returned to their old habits, and the 
entries included, not, indeed, as many implements as in earlier 
days, but enough to make a thoroughly typical display. A few 
words dropped from one of the competitors in the trials of hay 
and straw presses illustrates how little makers can afford to be 
absent from the Royal Agricultural Society's Shows, and how 
much they sometimes gain by their presence. " I have learned 
more about how to make a hay-press during these trials than I 
could possibly have done in any other way."' So spoke a hay- 
press maker, at sea as to principles, like so many others, in this 
new branch of industry. 
The number of entries for the Society's silver medals was 
unusually large. Sixty-nine implements of various kinds put 
in an appearance ; but, of these, some twenty only were con- 
sidered by the Judges worthy either of description or reward. 
These may conveniently be grouped together under the fol- 
lowing headings : — 
I. Articles to which Silver Medals were awarded. 
II. Dairy Implements. 
III. Steam Diggers. 
IV. Miscellaneous Implements. 
