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ments and live stock, and would, no doubt, have been so as to 
visitors, if cheap trains had been run on the Friday from Bir- 
mingham and other places, as has usually been the case on 
former occasions. From my own observation, and the remarks 
of others, I have every reason to hope that the public were satis- 
fied with the anangements that were made ; and I must here 
express to my brother Stewards my most sincere thanks for their 
cordial and indefatigable co-operation, and I am certain they 
would wish to join their warmest expression of gratitude with 
mine to the Honorary Director of the Yard, B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, 
Esq., for his unparalleled exertions, to which the success of the 
meeting is mainly to be attributed. To the Judges also the best 
thanks of the Society, and I may also say of the public, are due ; 
and I was gratified to find that the accommodation afforded them 
gave them facilities in conducting their arduous duties which 
they fully appreciated. I would here take an opportunity of 
bearing my testimony to the necessity of carrying out their sug- 
gestion of having two permanent paid foremen : one for the yard 
and one for the field trials. To the Exhibitors also I feel that the 
thanks of the Stewards are due for their patience and good temper 
under the most severe trial they ever experienced, in consequence 
of the hardness, and, in some cases, unevenness of the ground, 
although I heard one Exhibitor considered that an advantage in 
his case. Some of my agricultural friends may think that my 
three years' experience as Steward ought to induce me to make 
some observations as to particular implements, but I do not con- 
sider that quite my province, as it might be looked upon as an 
advertisement ; but I will name the great advantage 1 have ex- 
perienced during the last year in being in possession of a small 
3-horse power steam-engine (mv occupation, 200 acres arable and 
200 pasture, not being sufficiently extensive to require one of 
more power) : 1 keep two less horses, and the others in much 
better condition; no afternoon work, grinding, cutting chaff, &c. 
&c. I can also, with a small thrashing-machine, at any time, in 
a few hours, have a journey of corn ready for market. It may be 
asked, Whose engine do you keep ? Aly advice on that point is, 
there being several makers of the same fame and respectability, 
to buy from the one nearest to you, as, in case of repairs being 
necessary, it is a saving both of time and money. In con- 
cluding these few remarks, I must express to Lord Leigh and the 
Magistrates of the county of Warwick the best thanks of the 
Stewards for the ample and comfortable accommodation afforded 
them at the .Judges' house, which tended much to lighten their 
fatigues during the excessively hot weather experienced at this 
meeting. 
Stratton Park, December, 1859. 
