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Reiiort on the Tmptemenis 
extent, passed out of the hands of the vinag;e plou»hwrip;lit and hedge- 
carpenter, and been transferred to makers possessed of greater intelligence, 
skill, and capital." (Vol. II. 1841, p. ciii.) 
This engine was afterwards converted into a locomotive, and 
again tried at the Bristol Meeting in 1842, in conjunction with 
a travelling engine by Mr. Cambridge. A prize of SOL was 
awarded to Messrs. Kansome, and one of 15?. to Mr. Cambridge. 
" The Judges consider it questionable whether the substitution of steam 
for horses, as the force employed to move portable agricultural steam-engines 
from place to place, will be found either convenient or economical ; they 
cannot, however, but highly commend the simplicity and effectiveness of the 
machinery applied by Messrs. Ransome to accomplish this purpose. The 
engine travelled at the rate of from four to six miles per hour, and was guided 
and manoeuvred so as to fix it in any particular spot with much ease. It 
also turned in a very small compass." (Vol. III. 1842, p. 3->l.) 
Great results have come from this beginning. There still 
remains, however, a large field open for invention, and also for 
improvements in existing implements and machines. There 
were many labour-saving machines shown at Windsor which are 
not found in practical use throughout the country, though it 
may be that they are not yet sufficiently perfected. 
Electricity has already been applied to agricultural machinery, 
but I am not aware that anything of this kind has ever been 
exhibited at a Show of the Society. The first fifty years of the 
Society have been passed in what may be termed the age of 
steam. The next fifty will doubtle.ss see electricity developed in 
a way hitherto little thought of, and we may feel sure that agri- 
culture will take its place upon the list of industries which must 
be benefited. 
The perusal of the eai"ly numbers of the Journal shows that 
amongst our landowners and leading agriculturists many of the 
names which are now well known in the Showyards were equally 
well known when the Society was in its infancy. It is interest- 
ing to note, in view of Lord Moreton being the President of the 
Society for the ensuing year, that in an article in the first 
volume, by Mr. Philip Pusey, M.P., on draught in ploughing, 
there is a description and illustration of an " improved Scotch 
swing-plough from Lord Moreton's example farm." 
The following prizes for Implements were offered by the 
Society at the Windsor Meeting ; — 
Class 1. — Fruit and vegetable evaporator, suitable for use on a farm — 
First Prize £30 
Second Prize 1^20 
ClAss 2. — Paring and coring machine — 
First Prize £10 
Second Prize 5 
