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Beport on ihe Implements 
each, fitted with four brass pipes about ^-inch bore, for delivering 
the vertical spray. Each branch has an india-rubber pipe armed 
with a regulating cock, which connects it to the centre pipe 
issuing from the cistern, and also governed by a cock which can 
be operated by a lever placed at the driver's side. The road 
wheels of this implement are only 3 feet diameter by 4 inches 
wide, to accommodate it better to the contracted space in which 
it would have to work. 
The Judges commenced work with trials of this machine on 
Saturday morning, June 22, upon the Flemish Farm. It was 
arranged that, in order to save time in changing fittings, four 
machines should be tried, two fitted for broadcasting solids and 
two for distributing liquids. The same machine can, however, 
be arranged so as to effectually distribute both solids and liquids. 
A machine was first charged with 56 lbs. of common salt. In 
order to judge of the distribution, large sheets of cardboard 
covered with wet black varnish were laid down. From these 
it was seen that the salt was spread upon a track about 
23 feet wide, which was covered with a very regular and finely 
distributed coating of the salt. It was exactly what a gunmaker 
would term a perfectly regular " pattern " ; no bunches or 
vacant spaces, but the whole covered with white pellets, or 
particles of salt, much more evenly than I have ever seen done 
by any other means when dealing with so small a dressing. 
The distance over which the machine travelled was then marked 
and measured, and found to be 665 yards 1 foot ; the width 
being taken, rather under than over, at 20 feet, would show that 
3 r. 26 p. of land had been covered by the 56 lbs. of salt, or at the 
rate of 61 lbs. per acre. If the machine travelled from 2^ to 3 
miles per hour it would cover from 6 to 7 acres per hour. 
During this trial the Judges were honoured by a visit from 
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Acting President, 
accompanied by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. 
The Prince of "Wales, having dismounted, examined the ma- 
chines, and watched the trial with great interest. Two pecks 
of barley were next put into another machine, similar to the 
last, except that it had a smooth roller to deliver the barley 
instead of the serrated one used for the salt. A large cloth was 
laid down to show the distribution, which was quite as regular 
as the salt. The distance covered by the machine whilst sowing 
the barley was 209 yards 2 feet ; taking the width at 18 feet, 
this would show that 1 r. 1 p. was sown with the two pecks of 
barley, or at the rate of two imperial bushels per acre. Supposing 
the machine travelled at the rate of 2^ or 3 miles an hour, and 
covered a track 18 feet wide, it would sow 5^ to 6 J acres per hour. 
