at the Wanvick Meeting, 1859. 319 
GEyERAL-PUEPOSE PLOUGHS. 
Stand 
An. 
Exhibitor's 
Xame. 
Yards. 
Time. 
Traction. 
Price. 
Premium Awarded. 
39 
66 
98 
117 
129 
139 
142 
152 
159 
176 
188 
2 
1 
1 
5 
5 
1 
2 
2 
9 
4 
1 
Hitherley 
1 Hornsbv &1 
I Sous " ..J 
(Tasker &\ 
\ Sons ../ 
Goalding . . 
Page .. .. 
Ball . . . . 
Busby 
Eddy .. .. 
Hensman .. 
r Ran somes &1 
( Sims ../ 
Howard . . 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
M. s. 
1 40 
1 45 
1 30 
1 25 
1 10 
1 12 
1 20 
1 28 
1 8 
1 ^6 
1 35 
123-9 
120-2 
123-59 
127-05 
119-15 
115-9 
117- 1 
118- 95 
112-63 
117-85 
123-35 
£. s. d. 
5 2 6 
5 0 6 
5 9 6 
5 5 0 
5 0 0 
4 14 6 
4 17 6 
3 15 0 
5 6 0 
5 4 6 
5 0 6 
£. s. d. 
5 0 0 
Highly commended. 
2 0 0 
1 0 0 
4 0 0 
6 0 0 
Heatt-Laxd Ploughs. 
stand 
1 Exhibitor's 
1 Name. 
Yards. 
Time. 
Traction. 
Price. 
l"remium Awarded. 
188 
176 
66 
139 
142 
1 
15 1 Howard .. 
, URansomes&l 
^ j\ Sims ..f 
. jHomsby &i 
^ \ Sons ../ 
3 ; Ball .. .. 
1 1 Busby 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
jr. s. 
1 14 
0 45 
0 50 
0 50 
132-25 
138*475 
132-38 
127-33 
137-0 
£. s. d. 
6 16 6 
7 14 6 
6 12 6 
5 17 0 
5 17 6 
£. s. d. 
2 0 0 
2 0 0 
3 0 0 
1 10 0 
1 10 0 
The couditiou of tlie heavy land was (if possible) harder and -worse for the 
trial than the light land. I?ut the ploughs intended for this description of 
soil did their work in an admirable manner ; turning np, with the power of 
four horses, a furrow 12 inches by 9, the subsoil of which had not been moved 
at any antecedent period. The occupier of the field exjiressed his astonish- 
ment, and lookers-on were suri3rised, at the severe yet uiuform nature of the 
work so gallantly performed by the heavy-land ploughs. There were some 
breakages, as might be expected, considering the traction reqiiired, but they 
were of trivial importance, and did not affect the strong beams and bodies of 
the ploughs under trial, not one of these having given way. 
The general-purpose ploughs (perhaps the most useful under trial) stood 
the heavy land traction with good effect, and firmly met the resistance oflered 
— not giving way or yielding to the heavy pressure upon them. 
It may not be out of place to inqiiire of plough-makers how far convexity 
of the shelboard (turn-fun-ow) is desirable ? Perhaps a little may be useful - 
but inasmuch as the convex part, receiving the most pressure, would sooner 
wear away, some limit will have to be obser\-ed. Very likely it would assist 
in cleaning and polishing new ploughs. 
Snowden's (late Woofe) plough, having been placed in the miscellaneous de- 
partment as a new instrument, did not come on for trial. It is constructed on the 
principle of reducing the friction and draught by introducing a wheel to cany 
the plough and remove the pressure from the slade (plough lx)ttom). The prin- 
