376 Rejwrt on the Exiiihition and Trial of Implements 
Prize 6. — For the best corn and seed drill five were selected for trial ; the 
prize was awarded to Messrs. Ilornsby and Son, although in this class Messrs, 
Garrett were powerful competitors. 
Prize 7. — For the best and most economical corn-drill for small occupations 
there were four competitors ; the prize was awarded to Messrs. Smyth and 
Sons, theirs being deemed the best drill, quality and price considered. 
Prize 8. — For the best and most economical small-occupation seed and 
manure drill for flat or ridged work there were five competitors. 
Prize 9.— For the best turnip-drill on the flat with manure, Messrs. 
Ilornsby and Son carried the prize against six competitor', although Messrs. 
Garrett again came in the closest competition. These two drills were very 
superior ; the delivering and covering of manure was perfect ; and though 
tried with manure in a rough and damp state, the moveable front to the 
manure-box prevented the smallest lodgment of manure. 
Prize 10. — Messrs. Hornsby and Son also obtained the prize for the best 
turnip-chill on the ridge, with manure, against three competitors ; although 
the drill exhibited by Messrs. Garrett in this class deserves the highest com- 
mendation. 
Prize 11. — The pi-ize for the best liquid-manuie or water-drill was awarded 
to Mr. Hugh Carson, which was most eflicient in its work. Tlie drill ex- 
hibited by Messrs. Tasker and Fovvle also performed well. But the separate 
arrangement for drilling water, seed, and manure from distinct compartments 
was not so much approved of. 
Prize 12. — For the best manure-distributor the prize was awarded to Mr. 
Thomas Chambers against lour competitors. This is a new implement, the 
invention of a tenant-farmer. It is unqucstionabl}' the best machine yet 
known for distributing highly-concentrated manures in small quantities. The 
machine is of easy draught, simple in construction, not liable to derangement, 
and capable of delivering with accuracy, and distributing evenly, as small a 
quautity of manure as 3 bushels per acre. 
J. Druce. 
TlIOS. HtlSKINSON. 
The Water-drill appears to be making its way in public estima- 
tion. I have lieard of good results from its use this season, particu- 
larly in bringing the mangold-vvurzel to the hoe. 
Manure Distributors. — The use of manures for top-dressing 
has become so important a feature in the cultivation of land, more 
particularly in the light and chalk districts, that the means of 
distributing, evenly and regularly, so small a quantity as from 3 
to 5 bushels per acre, has been anxiously looked for by the Norfolk 
and Wold farmer. I do not overstate when I say that from 
1000 to 1200 tons of nitrate of soda, 3000 tons of Peruvian guano, 
6000 tons of superphosphate, in addition to rape-cake and other 
manures, were consumed, principally in West Norfolk, last year. 
No wonder then that, of the four manure-distributors that were 
exhibited, three came from that district. 
Tlie prize machine by Mr. Chambers, the ingenious son of a 
tenant farmer, distributed at the rate of 3 bushels per acre with 
great regularity. 
