636 Report on the Trials of Implements at Taunton. 
After these seven were tried for quality of work at a heighl 
of cut varying from l-J- to inch, No. 76 was dismissed by th<| 
Judges, and the remaining six were put to the dynamometer 
Table I. (facing p. 634) will show the result. 
On [Monday, the 12th July, after the two-horse machines ha( j 
been disposed of, these six were once more tried in a light cro] 
of meadow grass very little over 20 cwts. per acre ; they were al 
set in the same manner as the two-horse machines, at a cut o 
inch, with an open side of grass cut, and put to the dyna 
mometer ; the result of this trial is also shown in the Table. 
It may here be remarked that the Judges could not entertai)! 
any question what power was required to cut 1 inch or 1 foci 
of grass ; here was a machine intended to be drawn by one horse I 
taking its full width of cut ; was that machine within the limitel 
power, or was it not? and upon this point the Judges had nl 
discretion but to disqualify all, with the exception of No. 57n 
having a width of cut of 2 feet 9 inches. 
AWAED. 
First Prize of 20Z., to Messrs. Hornsby and Sons, of Grantham (578), f | 
tlieir One-horse Mowing Machine. 
All other machines in this Class disqualified from being overdraught. 
Some erroneous figures as to the draughts of these machinn 
having been published in some of the newspapers, the followin 
statements from the engineers' notes was posted up in the Shovl 
yard, with a view to prevent further wrong impressions. 
Class I. — One-horse Mowing Machines. 
ExHIBITOK'b !Name. 
Catalogue 
Number. 
Draught in lbs. ■n hen 'WorkiDg. 
Draug 
wlier 
Unload 
in 
Final Ti 
Firsit 
Trial. 
Set at IJ;;". 
Second 
Trial; 
Set at 1}". 
Third 
Trial. 
Fourth 
Trial. 
Set at 
Siimuclson . . 
182 
185-9 
152-1 
194-4 
201-8 
87- 
AValter A. Wood . . 
2436 
193- 
168-1 
173-6 
169-6 
70- 
W. Anson Wood .. 
192 
208-0 
173-2 
179-3 
176-3 
80- 
Harrison & M'Gregor 
738 
227-5 
178-3 
189-4 
189- 
76- 
Hornsby 
578 
150-5 
123-0 
148-8 
ir,3-5 
45- 
Homsby 
579 
184-9 
134-5 
166-2 
161-8 
70- 
Class II. — Two-horse Mowing Machines. 
The prizes offered in this Class were — 
£ 
For the best Two-horse Mowing Machine 80 
For the second best 20 
For the third best 10 
