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Society should be awarded, and it was accordingly given to Mr. 
Comes ; and never was a prize more fairly won, nor more correctly 
bestowed. In addition to this due regard to quantity of work 
done, and power employed, the judges put Mr. Corncs's imple- 
ment to the severest tests in respect of its liability to foul or choke, 
and it appeared that in whatever manner the straw was crammed 
into it, whether straight, or however knotted and entangled, the 
result was equally good as regards clearance. Smaller machines 
than the one submitted to this trial, and at less cost, are constructed 
by the same maker on similar principles. 
A premium of 5/. was awarded to Mr. Spencer of Hopton, for 
his very admirable chaff-cutter, which, though not equalling the 
foregoing in capability of work, is so excellent a machine, so well 
made, and so well adapted to real business — like all implements 
of his construction — that the Judges unanimously lesolved to 
confer upon it this stamp of merit and recommendation. 
Linseed Crusliers. — This was the first occasion on which the 
Society had offered a distinct prize for the best machine to crush 
linseed. It was awarded to Mr. Dean of Birmingham, after 
comparing the quality and quantity of work done by many other 
crushers in the yard. His machine bruised well 5 pecks per 
hour, and can be safely recommended as in every respect fitted 
for farm service ; it also bruised barley with linseed better than 
any of the other machines. 
The Earl of Ducie's oat and bean crusher, on the V principle, 
formerly prized and noticed, stands yet pre-eminent, in the opi- 
nion of the Judges, for work of that kind, but was thought not to 
be fully equal to Mr. Dean's, when crushing linseed alone, or 
linseed with barley. Mr. Cartwright of Shrewsbury, Mr. Rich- 
mond of Salford, and Mr. Spencer of Hopton, severally produced 
oat and bean crushers deserving high commendation and confi- 
dence. 
Steaminff Apparatus. — Four sets- of steamers for roots, &c., 
were carefully tried, and their merits examined, the Society's 
])rize being awarded to Mr. Richmond of Salford, for his very 
neat and compactly arranged furnace, boiler, and steaming- 
vessel ; Mr. Richmond undertaking to render the water-feed 
self-acting ; without which provision, and that made quite effi- 
cient, no steamer can be considered to be safe against explosion. 
Weir/hing-macldnes. — A multitude of implements, denominated 
by the exhibitors weicjhing machines, appeared to contest for the 
Society's prize ; but by far the greater number proved, on testing 
them, to be unworthy the appellation. This prize was adjudged 
to Mr. Janios, of London, whose machine is, as has been observed 
in former Reports, perfectly correct in principle, and practically 
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