702 Report on the Trials of Implements at Reading. 
B. — The various adaptations of the Neilson system exhibited 
have been tried on meadow haj in the stack, and three of the 
most powerful fans exhibited by Mr. Coultas, Messrs. Lister 
and Co., and Mr. Phillips, were afterwards tested upon barley 
stacks. The result, as regards hay, can in no case be considered 
satisfactory, taking into consideration all the circumstances 
under which the hay was put together. None of the exhibitors 
proved that they were able to make good hay in wet weather. 
In a few instances where fairly good hay was obtained, equally 
good if not better hay might have been secured without the 
application of fans. The trials of the three selected fans upon 
corn were even less satisfactory than those upon hay, none of 
the machines having succeeded in effectually drying the corn in 
the stack. 
C. ^ — Mr. Kite's system of ventilation in the stack was not 
successful in its application, nor do we think that it has any 
practical value. 
Under these circumstances we do not feel justified in awarding 
the prize. 
! Mason Cook. 
William C. Little. 
Geo. H. Sanday. 
In the course of this discursive and somewhat prolix Report, 
opportunities have been taken to record the obligations of the 
Society to Messrs. Hornsby and Sons, Nicholson and Son, and 
Samuelson and Co., for the use of various implements ; to Messrs. 
Sutton and Sons, for storing and delivering the barley and testing 
the vitality of the grain ; and to Mr. Champion, manager of the 
Sewage Farm, for the great assistance which he gave during the 
trials on hay, by placing at the disposal of the Stewards nearly 
the whole staff of men and horses engaged on the farm. 
The Judges have to thank the Stewards of the Society for the 
readiness with which they met their somewhat exacting require- 
ments, and to Mr. Box, Assistant Steward, for his indefatigable 
attention to the work. They cannot conclude without acknow- 
ledging the good temper with which the exhibitors bore the 
strain of these long trials, which, for some of them, extended 
over ten weeks, during which time the demands upon their 
patience and forbearance must have been very great. 
And finally, the Reporting Judge may be permitted to thank 
his colleagues for the assistance and counsel which they have 
given him in the preparation of this Report. 
