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the future any of the inventions which have competed for 
Mr. Martin J. Sutton's prize will greatly change the conditions 
under which hay and corn crops have to be secured. 
Final Report of the Judges. 
We, the Judges appointed to test the merits of the different 
appliances adopted by the competitors for the prize offered by 
Mr. Martin J. Sutton for " the most efficient and economical 
method of drying hay or corn crops artificially, either before or 
after being stacked," report that the undermentioned exhibitors 
entered into competition for the prize, the different methods 
adopted being shown by the classification : — 
Exhibitors. 
No. of 
Article in 
tlie Cata- 
logue. 
Method 
adopted. 
W. W. Champion, Heading 
Agricultural and Horticultural! I T 
Association, Limited, Loudou / \ 
A. C. Bamlett, Thirsk 
James Coultas, Grantham . 
"W. A. Gibbs, Chingford, Essex | 
R. A. Lister and Co., Dursley 
C. D. Phillips, Newport, Mon. 
C. Kite and Co., London .. 
6094 
4394\ 
4395 
4025 
402G 
2224 
3855 
3856 
376 
5232 
to 
5244/ 
4000 
Hot air : 
Gibbs' 
method. 
Exhaust 
Fans, 
Neilson's 
system. 
I Ventilation 
assisted by 
hot air. 
A. — Mr. Gibbs' machine, exhibited by Mr. W. VY. Champion, 
was tried on meadow hay and afterwards on sewage rye-grass. 
In the first trial, which was made under fairly favourable con- 
ditions, the exhibitor failed to make hay of as good quality as 
might have been made in similar weather without any artificial 
means. The result of the second trial, which was upon sewage 
rye-grass, was more satisfactory, and we are of opinion that on 
sewage farms, where rye-grass has to be converted into hay, the 
machine might be a useful auxiliary, but that, even if the 
results obtained were more certainly and completely effectual 
than they have proved to be, the prime cost of the machine 
would place it beyond the reach of ordinary farmers, while the 
difficulty of its removal would be a serious obstacle to its 
general use. 
