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wheels,  an  even  depth  of  work  is  secured.  The  Catalogue  price 
of  this  machine  is  600/. 
It  is  not  usual  to  notice  in  the  Report  the  admirable 
display  made  by  our  leading  seedsmen,  a display  which,  as 
a rule,  has  hitherto  been  more  striking  than  instructive, 
especially  as  regards  the  specimens  of  growing  grasses.  We 
see  most  verdant  plots,  which  we  are  told  comprise  such  and 
such  mixtures,  but  it  is  quite  impossible  to  distinguish  the  com- 
ponent parts,  and  beyond  an  impression  of  great  luxuriance  and 
rapid  growth,  there  is  really  nothing  to  be  learnt  from  such  speci- 
mens, which  in  their  preparation  have  doubtless  occupied  time 
and  attention.  Dried  specimens  of  the  grasses  are  little  better,  for 
they  do  not  show  accurately  distinctive  features.  Messrs.  Carter 
and  Co.  deserve  recognition  for  a distinct  advance  in  the  art  of 
exhibiting,  inasmuch  as  they  showed  plots  of  all  the  leading 
nutritious  grasses  as  nearly  as  possible  at  the  flowering  stage, 
when  their  distinctive  characteristics  are  most  marked,  clearly 
labelled,  and  in  such  quantities  as  allowed  of  easy  study.  At 
another  part  of  the  stand  were  similar  specimens  of  undesirable 
grasses  and  weeds  of  pastures,  also  shown  in  a flowering  stage. 
Messrs.  Carter  and  Co.  commenced  this  innovation  at  the 
Reading  Show  last  year,  but  have  considerably  developed  the 
features  of  the  system. 
The  Scarborough  Grain  Dryer  and  Purifier  (invented  by 
Edward  Keighley'),  occupied  much  of  the  Judges’  attention,  as 
they  were  anxious  that  a thorough  trial  of  so  novel  an  apparatus 
should  be  made.  Unfortunately,  anything  like  definite  results 
were  impossible,  in  consequence  of  difficulties  in  working,  due 
in  great  measure  to  the  fact,  that  a new  motive  power  had  to 
be  used,  as  that  provided  by  the  patentee  was  condemned  by 
the  Superintendent  Engineer  as  unsafe.  In  this  engine  the 
revolving  cylinder  was  driven  by  rope-gear,  and  it  was  found 
difficult  to  rig  up  the  necessary  pulleys  to  fit  the  fly-wheel  of 
an  ordinary  portable  engine,  which  was  afterwards  adopted. 
The  whole  affair  was  very  imperfectly  constructed  ; but  it  is 
probable  that,  if  properly'  made,  it  is  capable  of  efficiently 
dealing  with  damp  grain,  and  that  at  a cost  that  might  allow 
of  profitable  use  on  a large  scale ; but  it  is  rather  a merchant's 
than  a farmer’s  implement.  Foreign  grain  that  has  been  under 
water  is  frequently  on  sale  at  our  large  ports ; the  drying  of 
such  might  be  carried  out  in  Keighley’s  machine,  a short 
description  of  which  brings  this  Report  to  a conclusion. 
This  apparatus  consists  of  a double-conical  cylinder  (pen- 
tagonal), B and  C.  The  two  portions  are  joined  together  by 
means  of  angle  irons,  D,  riveted  on  the  parts,  B and  C,  and 
bolted  together.  Through  the  centre  of  this  cylinder  is  a 
