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of the Society, and the more so by those who know the judges to 
liave been all drill-farmers, critical, and chary of praise. 
Mr. Ilornsby introduced a very important, though very simple, 
improvement in the arrangement and weighting of the coulter- 
levers, and his mode of fixing the levers was considered prefer- 
able to that of any other maker. In action, the seed and manure 
were very accurately deposited and covered. 
The prize given to Mr. Hunter for flat turnip-sowing was 
determined by the fact of his drill only — three others competing 
with it — being able to deposit and well cover the coarse manure 
provided by the Society; and tlie writer is enjoined by the judges 
to state their opinion that on future occasions the manure for 
these trials should be prepared by some accustomed drillman, so 
that its condition may be unexceptionable for the severest trials. 
The tilth of the soil for the ridge-work trial is reported by the 
judges to have been beautiful, and all that could be desired. 
Drills by Messrs. Hornsby, Garrett, Smyth, and Teasdale com- 
peted. Mr. Teasdale carried off the prize, distancing his oppo- 
nents in the appetite of his machine for manure, and in its power 
of passing and depositing it accurately. The experiment was 
made on very extreme and unnecessary quantities, but the judges 
observe on this faculty, as their predecessors have frequently done 
that in practice that drill proves at all times equal to deposit the 
less quantity more certainly, which will deposit the greatest 
quantity and cover it neatly on a particular trial. 
The form of the cone of Mr. Ttasdale's rollers proved admi- 
rable for the purpose, the ridge being scarcely flattened by them 
and the coulters were as well adapted to maintain deposition direct 
on the ridges, which preserved their true shape, although large 
quantities of manure and seed were sown and well covered with 
earth. 
The judges observe that all the drill exhibitors on this occasion 
merit the approbation of the Society for their efforts and success 
in improving these machines. 
A machine, termed by Mr. Garrett the "improved Kent drill,' 
was exhibited and tried to the complete satisfaction of the judges 
It is particularly well adapted for use by small farmers, embracing 
about 5 feet of ground at once, depositing and covering both 
manure and seed perfectly. The Silver Medal was worthily 
bestowed for this implement. 
Drill Pressors. — Mr. Hornsby was the only exhibitor of this 
article, but, although no comj)etition was offered, the judges did 
not hesitate to award the Society's prize of lOZ. for it, by reason 
of its superior construction and capital working qualities, being 
well adapted for all those soils which occupiers may consider 
better suited to the operation of the presser than the drill. 
