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to the ordinary conditions of tillage, was not equal to this very severe test, 
and, after two or three turns, during which the ploughs were with great diiii- 
culty held in the soil, the work was discontinued. Eddingtoa's system of 
ploughing requires an engine and winding-tackle at each end of the field ; 
this arrangement possesses the great advantage that no anchors or snatch- 
blocks are required, and that, when once on the ground, the work may be 
commenced forthwith. In this case, however, the extreme gradient of the 
field presented such difficulties that the engine could not be got to its station 
at the upper end of the land until the trials were too far advanced to render it 
desirable to proceed, and it was accordingly withdrawn from competition. 
Section of Arable Field, adjoining Folly Farm, as worked by 
the Steam Ploughs, July 7, 1860. 
TABDS. YARDS. 
Section taken ou laud worked by Fowler's Engine. 
(XY. Profile as shown according to the practice of engineers, the horizontal scale being 
In yards, the vertical in feet. 
XZ. Outline as it would appear to the eye when a scale of yards is taken In each 
direction. — P. H. F.) 
The area assigned to each was exactly IJ acre. The portion allotted to 
Fowler was completed at 1 h. 34 m. The work was done in an admirable 
manner by the same plough-frame as had been used in the first trials. la 
this, however, 3 furrows only were taken up tlie ascent, and 4 when returning 
down. Kobey and Co. completed their portion at 4 p.m. ; but, owing to the 
extreme tenacity and indurated condition of the subsoil, combined with the 
great inclination of the surface, the power of the apparatus appeared to be 
overtaxed, and the work done was not equal to that performed by the same 
2)loughs in the former trials. 
The results of the day's work may be thus given : — 
Names. 
Lighted up. 
Took up 
Station. 
Commenced 
Ploughing. 
Finished 
Ploughing. 
Area 
Ploughed. 
Robey and Co 
9-12 
9-10 
10'13 
10-20 
11' 
U'25 
1-34 
4- 
1| 
The actual resistance of the soil was tested by the dynamometer attached to 
an iron ])lough (Busby's) and drawn by Fowler's engine. This showed an 
average draught of 1375'39 lbs. up, and 1220-8 lbs. doivn, the hill ; or a mean 
of 1298-09 lbs., equivalent to the traction-force of 7f horses. According to 
the calculations already referred to (Morton's), this would cost 23s. per acre ; 
indeed, the estimates for the work done, given by practical farmers on tlic 
