Report on the Exhihitioii and Trials of Implements at Leeds. 451 
power to field culture lias been brought to a most satisfactory 
issue. 
That perfection has been attained I certainly will not venture 
to assert, especially after witnessing the great improvement made 
during the last year ; but that great progress has been made is 
fully j)rove(l by the surprise and satisfaction ex])rcssed at the 
great advance made in the working of the several Implements 
by the practical men who came from all parts of Great Britain 
as well as from abroa,d to witness our trials. 
From the trials at Garforth the farmer must draw his own 
conclusions on the adaptability of steam to the cultivation of the 
soil, but it is my firm conviction that the " scarifier " of Mr. 
l'\)wler, as well as the " smasher-up " of Mr. Howard, when 
worked at their full depth, are of inestimable benefit to stiff clay- 
lands which have been properly drained. This was proved on the 
stiff and well under-drained clay which they severally pulled up 
during their trials at Leeds, to much greater depth than the 
machines were set for. 
The Judges' Report will, I hope, prove a good guide to pur- 
chasers as to the capabilities of the different systems ; and as 
rope-traction requires so little power, it must, until some great 
change occurs, be the prevailing system for dragging the imple- 
ments through the soil. 
All the arrangements made for these trials were carried out with 
perfect success, and great thanks are due to the Railway Company, 
which kept trains constantly running for the convenience of 
every one who wished to see the proceedings at Garforth. 
In my Report last year I intended to allude to the scanty 
show of implements at Canterbury, but I refrained from doing 
so out of deference to the wishes of others, being told that 
a good understanding had been come to between the Society and 
the several exhibitors, and that all was to be right this year at 
Leeds. Still we had secessionists, but, T am happy to add, so 
good a show, that they must regret their own absence, which pro- 
bably caused a greater loss to themselves than to purchasers, who 
could doubtless find, among the goodly rows of implements 
exhibited, tried implements to suit the requirements of any farm. 
Our trials of Implements, however carefully and impartially 
conducted, cannot quite escape the imperfection common to all 
things, nevertheless they are the best guide within the reach of 
the ordinary farmer, Avho must necessarily turn to some adviser 
for assistance. 
The benefits which we have received from the Society's Exhi- 
bitions of Implements have resulted from the prize system, and 
the often abused judges have suggested many improvements, for 
which they receive little thanks from the makers who have pro- 
fited by them. The attempt now seems to be to make a bazaar 
