3D2 
General Report on the Newcastle Meeting. 
entrusted prove either inefficient or lukewarm. The Society 
was fortunate in having secured the services of such energetic 
Assistant-Stewards as Mr. Christopher Stephenson and Mr. Gar- 
butt, to carry out the directions of Mr. Elphick, the experienced 
Manager of the Steam-Ploughing Department. Mr. Garbutt 
deserves especial notice for the great pains he took to provide 
horses for the various trials ; the splendid teams which were the 
admiration of the spectators, were procured and arranged by 
him. Neither should the exertions of the foremen be overlooked. 
Mr. Coxon, who had charge of the Show-yard, was most prompt 
in forwarding implements to the trial-grounds. Mr. Moore, fore- 
man of the Steam-ploughing, made excellent arrangement for 
victualling these voracious consumers. Mr. Gibson, foreman of 
Horse-ploughs, and Mr. Rogerson, foreman of Cultivators, &c, 
were equally efficient in their several departments. 
The Implement-makers had an opportunity of showing their 
good-will in a manner which was fully appreciated by the Stewards. 
The Society were under a promise to complete the cultivation of 
Mr. Dod's stubble-field reserved for the trial of Steam Cultivators 
in Class I., and Mr. Jamieson's field in which the preliminary 
trials took place, and the tenants were naturally very anxious 
that this should be done, as from the dry hard character of the 
land, which in places had been much trodden, horse-cultivation 
would have been very difficult, and comparatively inefficient. 
After the trials were concluded, a considerable area remained 
unmoved, and the exhibitors, at much inconvenience, divided it 
amongst them and completed the work. 
The police arrangements were excellent, and the success of the 
trials was in many instances secured by the assistance of the fine 
body of men under Mr. Wookey, whose courtesy and good 
temper under trying circumstances was very noticeable. 
The accommodation afforded by the North-Eastern Railway to 
enable live stock, implements, and visitors, to reach and leave 
the Show was most satisfactory. A siding and temporary 
station were constructed at Benton, close to the trial grounds, 
by which implements were delivered with great despatch, and 
the public were enabled to reach the scene of operations in the 
most comfortable manner. There was no line, as at Worcester, 
to the Show-yard ; nevertheless the carrying arrangements to and 
from the station were so good that stock, implements, and the 
public, were better provided for than on most former occasions. 
We are very pleased to hear on all sides the most satisfactory 
accounts as to the transfer of stock from the Show. Last year there 
were sad complaints. Many of the Shropshire sheep, for example, 
did not reach Shrewsbury until Monday and Tuesday following 
the Show, although the distance was so inconsiderable, whereas 
