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and bronze, with honourable mentions for exhibits of inferior 
merit. In the stock classes sums of money, varying from 
100 francs to 600 francs, were given in addition to medals. 
The articles exhibited in the first class (for outdoor use) 
were arranged under the following heads : — 
Ploughs ; subsoil-ploughs ; harrows ; rollers ; scarifiers, culti- 
vators ; sowing-machines ; horse-hoes ; moulding-ploughs ; mow- 
■ ing machines ; haymaking machines ; horse-rakes ; reaping- 
machines ; farm-carts, waggons : farm-harness ; manure-pumps ; 
beehives ; implements for manual use. 
The second class (for indoor use) comprised : — 
Pug-mills ; drain-tile making machines ; draining-tools ; horse 
works ; fixed steam-engines ; moveable steam-engines ; fixed 
threshing and finishing machines; moveable threshing and finish- 
ing machines ; fixed threshing and winnowing machines ; move- 
able threshing and winnowing machines ; fixed threshing- 
machines (simple) ; moveable threshing-machines (simple) ; 
corn-screens ; sieves and riddles ; grain-crushing machines ; 
root-cutting machines ; straw and chaff cutters ; cooking-appa- 
ratus ; churns ; weighing-machines ; instruments used in the in- 
door operations of the farm. 
The arrangements for testing the powers and efficiency of these 
several machines and implements were not so complete and satis- 
factory as those we are accustomed to find at our own great 
Shows. For the field-trials the area was too limited, and the 
crops not well suited to test fairly their capabilities. 
The Awards of the Jury which we venture to submit for 
record were as follows. In the first division or class : — 
Ploughs : — Messrs. Ransome and Sims .. .. 1st Prize, Gold Medal. 
Subsoil-Ploughs: — J. and F. Howard 1st Piize, Gold Medal. 
Harrows : — J. and F. Howard 1st Prize, Silver Medal. 
„ Ashby and Co 1 .. .. Honourable Mention. 
Rollers: — A. E. Crosskill 1st Prize, Silver Medal. 
,, Amies and Barford Honourable Mention. 
Scarifiers : — C. Clay 1st Prize, Silver Medal. 
,, Coleman and Son 2nd Prize, Bronze Medal. 
„ Underhill Honourable Mention. 
Sowing-Machines : — Smith and Sons 1st Prize, Gold Medal. 
,, Garrett and Son 1st Prize, Silver Medal. 
,, Reeves 2nd Prize, Bronze Medal. 
Horse-hoes: — Garrett and Son 1st Prize, Silver Medal. 
„ Underbill Honourable Mention. 
Moulding- Ploughs : — Underhill 1st Prize, Bronze Medal. 
„ J. and F. Howard .. .. Honourable Mention. 
Mowing-Machines : —Picksley and Co 1st Prize, Gold Medal. 
„ Walter A. Woods .. .. 2nd Prize, Silver Medal. 
Hay-making-Machines :— Nicholson 1st Prize, Gold Medal. 
„ J. and F. Howard .. 2nd Prize, Silver Medal. 
„ Ashby and Co Honourable Mention. 
„ Boby Honourable Mention. 
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