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Report on the Exhibition of Implements 
prize had there been one allotted to this class. Mr. Crosskill 
has recently introduced some improvements in the mode of 
attaching: the horses, with a view to apportion the draujiht more 
equally between thorn. This he describes as an equalizing 
draught rod, with pulleys and chains, for regulating the working 
of the outside horses, and relieving the one in the shafts. By 
these alterations the horses are made to draw in a more direct 
line from the axle, especially where a fore-horse is required. 
Apparatus for steeping, hrealiinr/, and scutching Flax. (Judges' 
Report). — Mr. Robinson, of Belfast, exhibited a series of new 
and well-contrived machinery for the above purposes, which was 
driven by a steam-engine, and worked exceedingly well. A silver 
medal was awarded to it. 
The judges of the Miscellaneous Department made the following 
awards and commendations: — 
Cottage Grates. — The prize of 5Z. for the " best and cheapest 
grate or stove for cottages, combining safety and economy of 
fuel with effectual warmth and facility for cooking," was awarded 
to Mr. Nicholson, of Newark-on-Trent. Several other articles of 
this kind were exhibited, some of which were lower in price. 
But viewing its neat and substantial appearance, the simplicity and 
convenience of its arrangements, and the economy of fuel that it 
seemed to indicate, the Judges were of opinion that it was not 
only the best, but the cheapest article of the kind shown on that 
occasion, 
Calic-brealiers. — Mr. Nicholson, of Newark, exhibited a cake- 
breaking machine on the same principle as the one for which he 
received a medal last year at Northampt(m. The Judges on this 
occasion again awarded it a medal. It is strongly made, and 
seems capable of executing any quantity of work that can be 
required under ordinary circumstances, and seems as if, with fair 
treatment, it would never need repairs. One great advantage 
belonging to this article is a simple and ready mode of adjusting 
the rollers, which can be almost momentarily set to admit cakes 
of any thickness. This consists in shifting the moveable roller 
by a wedge-slide, which can be fixed at any given point by a 
thumb-screw placed for the purpose. 
Root-ivashers.- — Mr. Crosskill, of Beverley, obtained a medal 
for his Archimedean root-washer. The chief merit of this machine 
consists in its simplicity and convenience. The roots are delivered 
into a hopper, and pass thence into an inclined cylinder having two 
chambers, in the first of which they are confined and washed by 
turning the handles in one directitm ; and when thoroughly clean, 
by turning the handles the other way round, they pass into the 
second chamber: which is constructed in the form of a spiral, 
along which they pass until they drop into a spout outside. 
