at the Shrewsbury Meeting, 1845, 
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more suitable to hilly than flat districts. It is described fully in 
the last Report. 
Skim or Paring Ploughs. — The Society's prize for this class of 
implement was accorded to Mr. John Bruce, of Tiddington, near 
Stratford on Avon, who also received a premium from the judges 
at Southampton on its first introduction, and an account of which 
appeared in that report. Extended experience of its use has 
fully justified the good opinion then given of it. 
Subsoil Pulverizers. — Nine subsoil pulverizers were tested by 
the judges, and their merits carefully examined ; the result of the 
trial being that the Society's prize was adjudged to that produced 
by Mr. John Read, of 35, Regent Circus, Piccadilly, London; 
thereby confirming the judgment of the previous year. The 
writer refers to the Southampton Report for a full description of 
the nature and action of this simple implement, its efliciency 
having been proved bv most extensive practice. The one tried 
at Shrewsbury was entirely composed of iron, the beam being 
formed of a double flitch of light but very strong hollow iron, the 
invention of Benjamin Stratton of Bristol, which renders the im- 
plement particularlv well adapted for use in tropical climates, 
where it is already advantageously known. 
Clod- Crushers. — Mr. Crosskill's well known crusher and roller 
again proved itself to be superior to all competitors, and received 
the Society's prize. It was tried against one produced by Mr. 
Garrett and another by Mr. Cambridge. The judges observe 
that by reason of every rolling rim being separate and all re- 
volving on a round axle, Mr. Crosskill's implement possessed de- 
cided advantages over Mr. Garrett's; whdst Mr. Cambridge's 
might be considered as a fair I'oller, but was not entitled to bear 
the name of a clod-crusher. 
Scarifiers. — Eleven of these important implements were put to 
work, the Earl of Ducie's Uley cultivator obtaining the judges' 
preference, who once more awarded to it the Society's offered 
prize. The judges deemed the variety of work to which this 
scarifier is adapted to be one of its greatest advantages, and par- 
ticularly notice the precision with which it acts as a skim or 
paring-plough. They consider it, however, questionable whether 
it may not yet be improved by adapting a method of moie in- 
stantaneously raising the tines out of the ground. 
A scarifier was produced by Mr. Evan Thomas, of Keel 
Meiford, near Welchpool, which possessed a novel, simple, and 
powerlul leverage, and quickly adjustable ; for which leverage 
the judges awarded a premium of 2/. This scarifier acted well 
both in the ground and as a skim ; but its length was thought to be 
much too great, and therefore that it was not well fitted to work 
ridged lands. 
