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in the classes was 18 inches, in broad locks of a bright, rich, 
yellow-lustre caste.'" 
Machinery and Implement Department. — In this depart- 
ment the only money prizes were given to the Steam-Plough 
competitors ; to all other successful exhibitors the awards were 
made in Medals in Gold, Silver, and Bronze. 
The Steam-Plough competition took place under the most 
unsatisfactory conditions ; indeed it would have been well-nigh 
impossible to have selected a piece of ground less suited to 
exhibit the great advantages which it possesses, as regards both 
economy and excellence of work. The fault of selection, how- 
ever, was not that of the Executive Committee, as, although every 
exertion was made by them, it was found impossible, owing to 
the nature and the occupation of the surface round the city, to 
obtain any other land, within a convenient distance, sufficiently 
large for the purposes of the trial. The costs the Committee 
were called upon to incur, for the temporary occupation and use 
even of this unsuitable land, were at the rate of about 25/. per acre. 
There were four competitors for the prizes — Messrs. Fowler and 
J. and F. Howard, who exhibited their well-known respective 
methods of Steam Cultivation ; and Messrs. Ransome and Sims, 
and Richardson and Darley, who used modifications of Fowler's 
arrangement. The 1st prize of 700 thalers (105/.) was awarded 
to Mr. Fowler, and the 2nd of 300 thalers (45/.) to Messrs. 
Howards for their different methods of applying steam-power 
to ploughs and the cultivation of the soil; and a "special" 
Gold Medal was given to each of the other competitors for their 
modifications of Fowler's apparatus. The trials excited the 
greatest interest ; and, notwithstanding the want of ready access 
to the ground, the spirited outlay of the Executive Committee 
was rewarded by a clear profit of 91/. from the proceeds of 
admission to the trial ground, although the expenses incurred for 
the land for these and the Reaping-machines' trials had been 
0177 marks = 368/. 15s. Qd.. 
The following awards of Medals were also made : — 
Gold Medal. — Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Andreves ; Garrett and* Son ; 
J. and F. Howard ; Ransome and Sims ; Clayton and Shuttleworth ; Hornsby 
and Sons. 
Large Silver Medal. — Messrs. B. Samuelson and Co. ; Aveling and Porter ; 
II. Clayton and Co.; E. R. andF. Turner; Woods and Cocksedge ; A. C. Barn- 
tell ; C. Burrell ; T. W. Ashby and Co. ; Burgess and Key ; W. N. Nicholson ; 
E. H. Bentall ; Priest and Woolnough ; Coleman and Sons ; Ruston, Procter, 
and Co. ; Marshall, Sons and Co. 
Small Silver Medal. — Messrs. W. C. Cambridge ; W. McCleman ; R. and 
J. Linneker; W.Wilkinson; James Powis and Co.; Spear and Jackson; 
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