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the strain, as proved by the fact that throughout these extended trials no 
serious accident occurred to either of these makers. Messrs. Garrett's Engines 
(on Savory's patent) are improved since last year. Their great weight, costli- 
ness, and heavy consumption of fuel, incline us to believe that they are 
capable of still greater improvement. 
We cannot conclude this Report without tendering our sincere thanks to the 
Stewards of our Department for their kindness and courtesy, and for the 
untiring energy they displayed in bringing these Trials to a successful con- 
clusion ; nor must we omit to offer our public thanks to Mr. Amos and 
his son, for the excellence of their arrangements, and for the courtesy and 
attention with which our suggestions were received and acted upon : the 
more interesting features of this Report, viz., the tabulated results of delicate 
dynamomctric tests, arc entirely the result of their exertions. 
D. K. Clark, O.E. 
H. B. Caldwell. 
Clare Sewell Read. 
Francis Sherborn, Jun. 
John Coleman. 
Report of the Judges on Horse Ploughs, $c. t at Newcastle. 
The prizes offered by the Royal Agricultural Society in this department 
were as follows : — 
£ 
For the Class of Wheel Ploughs .. .. 30 
„ „ Swing Ploughs . . . . 30 , 
„ „ Subsoil Ploughs .. .. 10 
„ „ Paring Ploughs .. .. 10 
Considering it desirable that the competition of Ploughs should be arranged 
in three divisions, viz., Light Land Ploughs, General Purpose Ploughs, and 
Ploughs for heavy land, we visited the stands of the various makers, and 
selected such implements as appeared most suitable for competition ; these 
came from all parts of the kingdom, from Huntley in the north, to Essex in 
the south, and included 
10 Wheel and 5 Swing Ploughs for light land 
10 „ 10 „ „ general purposes 
10 „ 2 „ ,, heavy land 
6 Subsoil, and 4 Taring Ploughs. 
Besides the above, we tested six Digging Ploughs and a Ridge Plough, and 
we also inspected the work of a combined Plough Drill and Harrow. 
The field selected for the trials was a clover stubble at Long Benton, 
presenting an even surface ; the soil, a strong clay loam, with stones inter- 
mixed, was uniform in character, and rested on a' stiff clay subsoil. The 
hard, dry condition of the soil caused the trials to be very severe, and well 
calculated to show the capabilities of the different implements under 
difficulties. 
