Report on the Trials of Implements at Taunton. 6G7 
rig. 37. — Uluslrations of the loorkinj parts of Messrs. Nicholson and 
Son's Horse-rahe, not Self-acting, No. 1034. 
A. Side view op a Tooth. B. Plan of Hand. 
C. Section of Tooih. 
Class VI. — The Society offered as a prize for the best system of 
rying hay in wet weather, sufficiently economical for practical 
urposes, the large Gold Medal ; for the second best, the large 
silver Medal ; under the following conditions : — " The drying 
)Owers of an apparatus will be ascertained by noting the time 
equired for the treatment of a given weight of green hay, and 
he weight of moisture removed from it during treatment. For 
conomy, these results will be further compared with the con- 
umption of fuel or power required for effecting the work." 
This offer failed to produce any entry. 
Special Prizes. — Class A. 
In reference to the prize offered at Bedford last year " for 
he best appliance or Guard to a Drum of a Threshing-Machine 
ar preventing accidents to the people employed," the Judges 
/^ithheld the prize, upon the ground that none of the guards 
