at the York Meeting, 1848. 
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A similar principle has been introduced into the liquid manure- 
carts exhibited by Mr. Stratton. All those hitherto exhibited 
have been found fault with, from the circumstance of their de- 
livering their contents with great irregularity when the liquid got 
low ; and this was greatly aggravated if the surface of the land 
was at all uneven, so that the alternative was presented of taking 
home a fourth or fifth of the contents whenever the cart returned 
to the tank to fill, or to water a portion of the ground in a very 
irregular way, the liquid sometimes rushing out in a full stream, 
and sometimes stopping altogether, according to the motion of the 
horse or the irregularitv of the land. (The writer has to complain 
this season of marked unevenness in a green crop for soiling from 
this cause.) This inconvenience is altogether avoided in Mr. 
Stratton's implement, which consists of a wooden or iron barrel 
revolving on its axle. One side of the barrel consists of a per- 
forated board, which is kept uppermost when not at work, and to 
set it to work it is only necessary to turn the barrel round. Thus 
valves and delivery-pipes are altogether unnecessary, and, however 
hilly the land, or however nearly empty the barrel may be, it will 
always adjust itself by its own weight, and deliver its contents at 
a uniform rate. As a natural consequence of this greater sim- 
plicity of construction, the price is considerably lower than that 
of any liquid manure-cart (if this can be called a cart) hitherto 
exhibited. 
The third head under which the advantages of implement- 
shows may be arranged consists of the assistance they render the 
Society in a financial point of view. A " Steward of Implements " 
may perhaps be excused for considering his own department the 
most attractive part of the show ; but, after making all due de- 
duction for the partiality of the writer, it is clear that the imple- 
ment-yard adds largely to the attraction of these meetings. This 
is a point of no small importance, as it should be borne in mind 
that the expense of the show-yard and other arrangements is so 
great, that, unless a considerable sum were raised by the sale of 
admission-tickets, the Society would be unable to continue the 
country meetings on their present liberal and comprehensive scale. 
This third head may therefore be considered as supplying the 
means of realizing the advantages pointed out in the first two 
divisions of the subject, viz. : — 
1. General diffusion of the best existing implements. 
2. Continued progress in their improvement. 
These remarks cannot .be more appropriately concluded than 
by the mention of a very gratifying incident of the York Meeting, 
viz., that a large proportion of the agricultural labourers who 
visited the show-yard, instead of paying Is. each for tickets-of- 
admission at 2 p.m. (as had been almost universally the practice of 
