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peared tj the jodg^es to be one of thijse prac:itai amd useful 
arrans'einents which would be suitable to macv farmers,, and they 
therefore awarded to Mr. ClTbum a premium of 5/. 
Mr. Crosskill's is a thoroughlr well made and cheap one-horse 
cart, having a particalarlj simple and safe tipping contriranoe. 
The especial reason for awarding to it a premium of 2/. was the 
introduction of a self-acting tail-board, which opens and shuts as 
the bodj is tipped, or broc^ht home, so that no time is lost by 
having to imsh^p and ship a tail-board, whether the contents of 
the cart hare to be discharged at once or at interrals. 
Horse-hoet. — !Mr. Garrett's often prized and excellent imple- 
ment for hoeing after drilled corn aixi seeds had no competitors. 
The ju - - e a premium of 2.1. to ilr. Harkes for his parallel 
ex pan . n-hoe, formerly prized and noticed, and which was 
remlereu a.... more steady and efiFectire by the application of 
coulters before the shares. This may be considered to be the 
■lost perfect tnmip-hoe e.\tant, price 3/. 10«. But there was 
another turnip horse-hoe produced by Mr. Dickon, of Caistor, 
price 1/. 10^., which was so good and so suitable for small 
farmers that the jiKiges thought fit to award a silver medal to 
Mr. Dickon. 
Cake Crushers. — The show-yard contained,, as usttal, a large 
assortment of these useful implements ; and, after a careful trial 
of them, the judges again considered Mr. Homsby, of Grantham, 
to have produced the best machine of the kind, and accordingly 
awarded him a premium of 3/. 
Tundp Cutters. — Mr. Gardner, of Banbory, has at length met 
with formidable rivals in Messrs. C. Pfciilips and Co., of Bristol, 
whose machine, on this occasion, was considered to excel that of 
Mr. Gardner, and to whom a premium of bl. was adjudged. 
Hcopmaking or Tedding JUachines. — The show-yard contained 
only two of these machines, and, after trial, a premicun of 3/. was 
again awarded to Messrs. Wediake and Thompson fur their well- 
known aod very excellent implement. 
Threshing ^lachiiies. — Several threshing machines were set to 
work, but the judges are compelled to rep«jrt the whole of those 
tried to be much below par, and imfit for go:>d bam service. It 
will be wise for exhibitors to look to the condition of these 
machines before bringing them to future meetings,, as they will 
doubtless be subjected to still more rigorous tests than on this 
occasiiw. 
The only machine to which the judges deem it necessary to 
advert as possessing merit or novelty, in this class, is the one 
produced by Elari Ducie, the invention of Messrs. Parsons and 
Clybum. It threshes, cleans, and finally sacks the grain. It 
