3G8 Rgport on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements 
A Engine. 
a Large drum. 
Small drum. 
13 B I Snatch blocks. 
C Anchor. 
f Large rope. 
S Pulley attached to plough. 
P Draining plough. 
G Small rope. 
H Anchor and sheave for small rope. 
STEAM DRAINING APPARATUS. 
The engine A, a six-horse, is anchored in one corner of tlic field to be 
drained, and usually on the liighcst side, in a parallel line with the hedge, at 
the to]) of the field. Attached to the engine, and turned by it by means of 
cog-gear, arc two drums A A" to which two ropes are fastened, as shown in 
the drawing. These ropes, each 500 yards long, are carried singly along the 
headland, and round the snatch-blocks B B', fastened to the anchor C, set 
opposite the line of drain to be laid. The ropes arc from thence taken down 
the field, the larger one / being carried round the pulley S attached to the 
front of the |)!ough P, and the end brought back to the anchor C. The 
smaller rope G is also run down the field, and round another sheave anchored 
at II, and the end fastened to the back of the {)lough P. The plough, as will 
be seen from the drawing, commences work at the opposite corner of the field 
to the engine. When stuck in the ground, and ready for work, the larger 
rope/ is wound up, and draws the plough u]) to the anchor C, at the same 
time unwinding the rope G. When one drain is com])leted the smaller rope 
G is wound up by the engine, and takes back the plough to the anchor H, 
■which is the position required for the next drain, at the same time unwinding 
the rope/. The snatch-blocks B B' are then moved to an anchor fixed at 
the head of the next drain, and the same operation repeated. 
Attached to the plough is a new principle of adjusting the coulter to the 
inequalities of the surface of the land. The motion of the front wheel of the 
plough is used for raising and lowering the coulter, and the S])ced is regulated 
by passing this power through a ])air of cones, the position of the strap on 
these cones regulating the speed, and the proper ])Osition of the strap on the 
cones being indicated by a pendulum hung upon the plough. The draining- 
