684 Report of the Senior Steward of Implements at Preston. 
another xindemeatli, the upper one rather deep so as to hold a fair quantity 
of water, which may be sujiplied either from a tank at a higher level or by 
hand. When in use the upper tray is filled, and the water conducted by 
means of a tap and spreader do^vn one end of the trough, which is covered 
with zinc, into the lower tray, where, after again running the whole length of 
the box, it is discharged through a waste pipe. The butter is placed inside 
the box on a movable wood grating resting on a ledge about a couple of 
inches from the perforated bottom, so as not oulj- to admic of drainage from 
the butter, but also to allow a current of air to sweep beneath, as well as 
above, and around it. Price, £4 4s. 
The engine which worked the machines in the Dairy was 
JNIessrs. Hathorn &. Davey's " Domestic Motor," of four-horse 
power, which they kindly lent, and of which a description will 
be found elsewhere. Needless to say, it did the work required 
efficiently and noiselessly. 
Fewer novelties than usual presented themselves to the visitors 
this year. 
The Stewards and Judges have remarked an increasing ten - 
dency on the part of exhibitors to enter some of their articles 
as New Implements, without considering their claim to rank as 
such, and without taking into account the waste of time of the 
Stewards and Judges, and the additional expense necessarily in- 
curred by the Society for no useful purpose. The Judges naturally 
complained last year in having to visit one stand, where three 
grindstones and a wheelbarrow were exhibited ; to all of which, 
the words " New Implement " were prefixed in the Catalogue. 
This year a new rule was enacted, on the recommendation of 
the Stewards of Implements, at Shrewsbury, in accordance with 
Avhich a deposit of one pound must accompany each entry of a 
" New Implement." This deposit is returned if the Judges cer- 
tify that the implement is new, within the Society's definition. 
To show how very necessary this rule was, although more 
than one hundred implements were entered as new (less than 
one-third the number so entered at Shrewsbury), a considerable 
proportion could not pass muster, although the rule has heen 
verv liberally interpreted in this the first year of its operation. 
The Judges awarded four Silver Medals as follows : — 
To Messrs. Hathorn & Davey, of Leeds, for their " Domestic Motor." 
To Messrs. Hornsby, of Grantham, for their Drainage Plough. 
To Messrs. W. Itaiuforth & Sons, of Lincoln, for their Flat Adjustable Corn- 
Screen. 
To Messrs. Maynard, of Cambridge, for their Patent Automatic Feeder for 
Chaff-cutters. 
At present this feeder can only be attached to the chart- 
cutters manufactured by Messrs. Maynard, but no doubt a plan 
will soon be devised to attach it to ordinary chaff-cutters. 
The Society ortercd three Prizes for Harness and Gears ; it 
