Implement Simo at Leicester. 
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Class I. — General Purpose Ploughs. 
Wlied Phughs.—Tv/c\vo were selected and chosen for trial in this Class ; 
each liavinp; allotted to it about the third part ol' an acre of land. 
The conditions witli reference to this important class of implements were 
that each plough should in three binits get to a depth of six inches ; four bouts 
at six inelies ; lour, at seven and a half ; and the remainder at nine inches. 
The laud on which this trial took place was i)retty even, and having been 
some time ago loosened and broken, the work was much better executed than 
could at first sight be expected ; but after careful inspection during its pro- 
gress it was quite evident that several plots were much better done than 
others, in the cuttings of furrows and levelness of bottom, and we therefore 
selected six for a second trial. The soil in this case was much tougher and 
more retentive than in the former instance ; the work being done at one uniform 
depth of seven inches. 
Messrs. Cooke and Co. (139), Hornsby (1070), Lewis (1119), Howard 
(2214), Ball and Son (1553), Kansome (4349), were the selected competitors. 
The quality of the work by the whole was so superior as to necessitate us to 
go to the severer test of clearing the bottom of the furrows, so as to show that 
part of their work as well as the surface. This test was rather considered by 
some of the exhibitors to be "unbecoming ;" at all events it was unexpected. 
However, it so exposed that most essential part of the plough's work as to 
enable us to make a further selection for the " final trial," viz., Messrs. Hornsby, 
Eansome, and Howard ; each to take four bouts at seven inches deep. 
After laying bare the soil and using the scraper across the whole piece, we 
found the work altogether superior ; but taking into consideration how they 
stood with each other in the two former trials, we at once placed them thus, 
awarding to — 
Messrs. J. and F. Howard (No. 1214) 9 
Messrs. Eansome and Sims (No. 4349) 5 
We highly commended in this Class — 
Messrs. Hornsby (No. 1070). 
Class II. — Light Land Ploughs. 
Wheel Ploughs. — In this Class nine implements were selected, and about a 
corresponding piece of ground allotted to each, viz., one-third part of an acre. 
The conditions under which these ploughs were arranged to work were to take 
three bouts to get into a dejjth of five inches ; six bouts at five inches ; and 
the remainder at six. The ploughing altogether was very well executed by 
each, yet still we were enabled to mark out a superiority in the work done 
by Messrs. Ransome, Howard, and Hornsby, whose implements were again 
selected for a second trial. 
The ground in this case was adjoining and of similar character to that 
which the General Purpose Ploughs had for their final trial : the conditions, 
one uniform depth of six inches. All the comiJctitors executed their work 
most admirably, but the application of the test exposing the cut at the bottom 
enabled us to make the following award : — 
£. 
Messrs. J. and F. Howard (1211) (3 
Messrs. Eansome and Sims (4346) 4 
Highly commending Messrs. Hornsby (10(38). 
Class III. — Deep Land Ploughs. 
Wheel Ploughs. — Five ploughs represented this Class, and a most formid- 
able appearance they had with their teams of four horses each, evidently causing 
