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Report on the Exhibition of Implements 
Plonghs. — The following is the Judges' Report of the trial of 
the plouglis : — 
Plov(j]is for Heavy Land. — " The land was of excellent 
character for testing the merits of these ploughs; there were 
twenty-two in number, some with two wheels, some with one ; 
while others Morked as swings. We directed these ploughs not 
to work less than 8 inches deep, and what width of furrow the 
makers chose to take. Those with one wheel, and also the swings, 
gave us very little trouble in deciding where to place them. The 
land was strong, and whilst most of those with two wheels were 
doing their work pretty well, the former were working very 
indifferently, not one of them turning the furrows in the style we 
approved. We considered Mr, Busby, of Newton-le-Willows, 
to deserve the first prize. His plough worked 9 inches deep, 
with a 13-inch furrow-slice, four horses drawing it in very good 
style, whilst others, which were not ploughing either so deep or 
so wide a furrow by 1 or 2 inches, could scarcely be drawn at all 
by the same number of horses. This plough cut the land side 
clean, made a level sole, kept the furrow more together and 
turned it in belter style than any other in the field. The second 
best was Messrs. Barrett and Ashton's of Hull, marked T. S. 
This plough made very good work, ploughing 9 inches deep with 
a 13-mch furrow-slice; cut the land-side clean, and made a very 
good sole ; the horses drawing it with as much ease as one might 
imagine they well could do with that width and depth of furrow. 
The furrow was more broken than Mr. Busby's ; this we attri- 
buted to the shape of the furrow-turner, which was too hollow in 
the centre ; from this cause it did not turn the furrow soon enough^ 
but left too much work to be done at the last, and broke the 
furrow more than if it had been turned more gradually. We 
considered Messrs. Howard of Bedford's plough, marked J. A., 
the third best. This plough obtained the prize on the light land 
with the same furrow-turner. In our opinion Messrs. Howard 
were wrong in attempting to obtain the two prizes with the same 
furrow-turner : it is impossible, if a plough work well at a depth 
of 5 or 6 inches, that the same plough can work well when 9 inches 
deep. If the Society offered but one prize for the best plough 
for general purposes, and did not permit the mouldboard to be 
altered for different depths, the case would be very different. 
This plough worked very well up to 7 inches deep, but was not 
master of the furrow when deeper. We have no doubt that 
Mr. Howard saw his error and will be better prepared another 
year. Mr. John Bruce, of Tiddington, deserved credit for his 
plough, which was the fourth best. 
" Mr. John Bird, of Bridge Casterton, competed with the same 
plough, which was. highly commended for its work on the light 
land. It worked pretty well at 7 inches deep, but, like Mr. 
