494 
Iteport on tJie Tmplemenfs 
closed some interesting particulars — 553 stands and 7,446 
articles (including seeds, manures, &c.), of which no less than 
133 were implements classed for the special examination of the 
Judges as " New Implements for Agricultural and Estate Pur- 
poses," competing for the Society's Silver Medals. These figures 
are eloquent when put side by side with those at earlier Meet- 
ings of the Society : — 
1839. Oxford 54 implements. 
1840. Cambridge 115 
1841. Liverpool 312 
1842. Bristol 455 
1843. Derby 508 
1844. Southampton 948 
1845. Shrewsbury 942 
The articles in the Catalogue extended over a wide range — 
from the Royal Pavilion to the ornate rustic houses of Messrs. 
Cfesar, of Knutsford, Cheshire ; from the powerful traction 
engine to the two-and-ninepenny apple-parer ; from the electric 
carriage to the tiny electric working model (Art. 4366), (which, 
I believe, share between them the honour of being the first 
electric motors exhibited at a Royal Show) ; from the finest old 
Highland whisky fi'om Perth (Art. 6670) to the pure aerated 
water from the Cwm Dale Spring, Stretton Hills, Shropshire 
(Art. 6442) ; and last, but not to be passed over in silence 
(Art. 6654), Neurasthenipponskelesterizo. To each and all of 
these the Judges were courteously asked to give at least a 
passing recognition. 
It may be convenient to deal with the awards and notices in 
the following order, taking all according to their numbers in the 
catalogue :— 
I. Articles to which Prizos were awarded. 
II. Articles to which Silver Medals were awarded. * 
III. Steam-engines. 
IV. Dairy implements. 
V. Miscellaneous. 
I. Prizes. 
Ph. Mai/fartJb & Co., Frankfort-on-]\Iain, Germany (Art. 
No. 1104-7). — The only competitors for the special prizes 
offered for fruit and vegetable evaporators by the Society were 
Messrs. Mayfarth & Co., who exhibited four different-sized 
evaporators, Ryder Patents,"' numbered from 0 to No. 3, ac- 
cording to size. 
These machines were similar to the Ryder Patent Evapora- 
tor, exhibited last year by Messrs. Robinson & Allen, of Liver- 
pool, and fully described and illustrated in Part I. page 107, of 
