Award of Prizes for Implements at Nciccastlc-upon-Tync. Ixix 
Ploughs. 
.James and Frederick Howard : the Prize of Fifteen Pounds, for their 
Plough (marked B B) ; invented and manufactured by the exhibitors. 
Intended for general purposes and deep work. 
Ransomes and Sims, Ipswich, Suffolk : the Prize of Seven Pounds Ten 
Shillings, for their Iron Beam Plough (marked R N E), fitted with Two 
Wheels ; invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibitors. Has 
an improved solid beam trussed at its base, by which simplicity and 
strength are both attained. The wheels arc new in design, their wearing 
surfaces are hardened, and dirt excluded, whilst the protruding axle is 
superseded. Fitted to produce square-cut work. 
Ransomes and Sims : the Prize of Seven Pounds Ten Shillings, for their 
Iron Beam Plough (marked R N G), with Two Wheels ; invented, im- 
proved, and manufactured by the exhibitors. For deep work. Capable 
of ploughing 10 to 12 inches deep on any soil. Strong enough for 4 or 6 
horses. 
Ransomes and Sims : the Prize of Fifteen Pounds, for their Iron Beam 
Plough (marked R N F), Swing; invented, improved, and manufactured 
by the exhibitors. For square-cut work. 
Ransomes and Sims : the Prize of Seven Pounds Ten Shillings, for their 
Iron Beam Plough (marked RNE), Swing; invented, improved, and 
manufactured by the exhibitors. Has a short beam, and is fitted for 
swing-ploughing, suitable fqf light land. It will produce square-cut 
work. 
McGregor and Humphrey, Spring Garden Works, Aberdeen : the Prize of 
Seven Pounds Ten Shillings, for their Heavy Band or Deep Furrow 
Swing Plough ; invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibitors. 
Without wheels ; the share is of wrought-iron. 
Hunt and Pickering, Goulding Works, Aberdeen, the Prize of Ten Pounds, 
for their Turf and Stubble-paring Plough ; invented, improved, and ma- 
nufactured by the exhibitors. Adapted for paring any thickness from 1 to 
3 inches, cutting double the width of the ordinary plough, leaving the 
work done in an advantageous state for the action of the atmosphere ; all 
the cutting parts and shield-boards arc made of cast-steel. 
E. H. Bentall, Hey bridge, Maldon, Essex : the Prize of Ten Pounds for his 
Patent Subsoil Plough (marked BIBF); invented, improved, and ma- 
nufactured by the exhibitor. 
J. and F. Hancock. Dudley Port, Tipton, Staffordshire : a Silver Medal, for 
their Subsoil Pulverizer Plough ; invented and manufactured by the 
exhibitors. Will act as a plough and subsoiler, or subsoiler only, for 3 to 
12 inches deep. 
J. and F. Howard : Highly Commended for their Plough (marked B) ; 
invented and manufactured by the exhibitors. Medium size of new set 
that have been brought out with the utmost care, and after careful and 
protracted experiments ; the object sought being to combine the advan- 
tages of high-cutting ploughs, which lay the furrows at an acute angle, 
with those of the rectangular or low-cutting ones. 
Ransomes and Sims : Highly Commended for their Iron Beam Plough 
(marked R N F), fitted with Two Wheels ; invented, improved, and ma- 
nufactured by the exhibitors. The mould-board and share are the result 
of many and careful experiments, and will be found to do first-rate work. 
