690 Report of the Senior Steward of Implements at Shrewshury. 
thorough that this or any other Society has ever held. The 
awards of the Judges were : — 
Section I. — Sheaf-bindikg Machinery. 
Class 1. — First Prize of 100?. for a Sheaf-binding Reaper, the binding ma- 
terial to be other than wire : awarded to Messrs. Hornsby and Sons, 
Limited, for No. 4568. 
Second Prize of 50?. for a Sheaf-binding Reaper, the binding material 
to be other than wire : awarded to Messrs. J. and F. Howard, for No. 47. 
Class 2. — Separate Sheaf-binder, the binding material to be other than wire. 
Prize withheld. 
Section II. — Ensilage. 
We have carefully tried the whole of the machines entered in this compe- 
tition ; we have not found any single machine that completely meets the 
condition mider which the prize was offered, viz. for an efficient machine for 
cutting and elevating materials to be preserved in silos. We consider, how- 
ever, that Messrs. Richmond and Chandler's machine, No. 1630, is deserving 
of high commendation for the efficiency of its arrangements for cutting the 
materials. 
Miscellaneous. 
Silver Medal to Burlingham, Innes, and Paternoster, Stand 87, for new 
patent self-feeding motion attached to Article No. 1709, as an efficient safety 
guard to the feeder of the machine. 
Silver Medal to Richard Hornsby and Sons, Limited, Stand No. 262, 
Article No. 4606, for Plough marked L. M., fitted as a gripping plough, with 
steel breasts. 
TnoMAS Bell. 
Mason Cooke. 
Wm. Scotson. 
I should like to take this opportunity of urging upon all 
exhibitors of implements the desirability of making a point of 
reading over the rules of the Society every year when making 
their entries. Many exhibitors seem to take it for granted that 
the rules and regulations relating to the exhibition of imple- 
ments are never altered, thereby giving themselves much 
unnecessary trouble, and adding very considerably to the work 
of the Stewards. 
In conclusion, I must heartily thank my brother Stewards and 
all others with whom my v/ork has brought me into contact, for 
the unvarying kindness I have experienced at their hands from 
the time 1 entered upon my stewardship at Reading till now, 
when I step aside and make way for my successor. 
