Report on 3Iisccllaneous Implement Awards at Derby. fil3 
Pendant from the liand-lever is a link, F^, which is con- 
nected with a block that slides upon the lever F*, and carries a 
tooth that engages with the notched sector B^. By the depres- 
sion of the hand-lever F^ to take off the brakes, the tooth of the 
sliding-block is caused to take into the notched sector, and thus 
the plough is locked in its raised position. The hand-lever 
F* enables the attendant to lower the plough from its raised 
position to the ground, the disengagement of the catch from the 
sector being first effected by the raising of the hand-lever F^. 
Some general idea of the form of Cooke's Gang Plougli, which 
to English experience is an equally novel implement, will be 
gathered from Fig. 13, p. 614. The plough consists of a strong 
main beam, composed of angle-iron and wood, bolted and 
riveted together, and to this is attached by large screws another 
beam of iron, carrying the front frame. This secondary beam 
is thus adjustable according to the width of furrows that are 
desired. This is similar in character to the double plough 
made by this firm. Between and somewhat above the beams in 
front the pole is attached, being carried on a pivoted bar or 
plate about 2 feet from its lower end. The pole rocks loose 
and vertically on this plate, and the lower end terminates in an 
iron shoe and a bar, which is held in position horizontally in a 
wrought-iron pocket, by means of a pin dropped through holes 
in the pocket and corresponding slot-holes in the shoe. By this 
arrangement the pole can be adjusted sidewise to suit different 
horses, and for securing wide or narrow furrows. According to 
present arrangements, the pole is necessary in order to steer 
the plough. Two, three, or four horses can be yoked abreast, 
as required. 
Towards the front end of the frame the two large carrying- 
wheels are fixed on sliding bars across the frame in suitable 
clasps and holdfasts. They are similar in size, viz. 36 inches in 
diameter. The furrow-wheel is raised or lowered in the ordinary 
manner, or by means of a screw attached to the wheel-standard 
within the driver's reach. The land-wheel is raised and lowered 
by means of a lever actuated by the driver and provided with 
a spring-catch working in notches on a quadrant, so that 
the wheel can be held in any required position. This lever 
further serves to throw the plough in and out of the ground, and 
to raise it clear of the ground for travelling or turning at the 
land's end. All that is necessary in order to raise the frame 
clear of the ground is for the ploughman to push the lever down 
to the lowest notch of the quadrant, which so alters the crank- 
axle carrying the land-wheel that the latter is brought to a 
lower level than the share points. The same lever also ope- 
rates a cam or arm fixed on the cross-bar of the land-wheel, 
which depresses the lower end of the pole and throws up 
