Conditions relating to Machinery, 
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CONDITIONS KELATING TO MACHINEKY. 
Steam-engines. 
All engines must be fitted with a steam-indicator, in addition to the 
ordinary spring-balance. The actual power used during the respective trials 
will be correctly ascertained. 
Drills. 
The General-Purpose Drills, both for large and small occupations, must be 
adapted for all kinds of corn and seeds, manures dry and moist, in quantities 
varying from 3 to 40 bushels per acre, and to have either fore or hind 
steerage. 
The Small Occupation Seed and Manure Drill will not compete wilh the 
drill of a higher price, as its price to the purchaser will be a material con- 
sideration. 
Tlie Turnip Drills must be adapted for the ridge and flat, and for manures 
both dry and moist, in quantities varying from 3 to 40 bushels per acre. 
Horse-Hoes. 
The Horse-Hoes in Class 3 should be adapted to set out turnips at various 
widths, and leave the plants in such a state that they can ultimately be 
singled by hand. 
Horse-Hocs should be adapted to ridge and flat work, and to work in widths 
from 8 to 27 inches. 
The Manuee Distributor will be preferred which is best adapted for dis- 
tributing any kind of artificial manure when in a moist or dry state, and which 
is capable of adjustment for the delivery of any quantity from 3 to 40 bushels 
per acre. 
Forms of Certificate for entry, as well as Prize-Sheets for the Leeds- 
Meeting, containing the whole of the conditions and regulations, may be 
obtained at the Office of the Society, Zs^o. 12, Hanover Square, Loudon. 
DATES OF ENTRY. 
Certificates for the entry of Implements, Cheese, Butter, Wool, and Flax, 
for the Leeds Meeting must be forwarded to the Secretary of the Society, 
No. 12, Hanover Square, London (W.), by the 1st of May, and Certificates 
for the entry of Live Stock by the 1st of June. Certificates received after 
those respective dates will not be accepted, but returned to the persons by 
whom they have been sent. 
The Prizes of the Eoyal Agricultural Society of England are open to general 
competition. 
