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Report,  on  the  Exhibition  of  Implements 
A desirable  improvement  was  added  to  a subsoil  pulverizer 
exhibited  by  Mr.  Gray,  of  Glasgow,  viz.,  a leverage  by  which  the 
implement  could  be  raised  out  of  work  at  the  end  of  the  field, 
and  the  holder  need  not  weigh  out  of  work  during  the  time  that 
the  horses  are  turning. 
Heavy  Harrow. — The  prize  was  awarded  to  W.  Williams  and 
Co.  for  their  Four-beamed  Diagonal  Harrow.  They  are  the 
same  as  have  obtained  the  prizes  for  several  years  past,  either 
exhibited  by  Mr.  Williams  or  by  some  manufacturer  licensed  to 
make  them  : comment  is  unnecessary,  as  they  have  been  before 
explained  in  the  Roval  Agricultural  Society’s  Journal. 
Liyht  Harrow. — The  light  harrows  selected  were  tried  on 
fresh  ploughed  land,  as  well  as  on  that  to  which  a turn  had  been 
given  by  the  heavy  harrows  ; and.  although  the  land  was  in  a good 
state  for  pulverization,  the  work  produced  by  the  implements  was 
very  different,  and  some  of  it  very  irregular : the  decision  was 
given  in  favour  of  J.  Howard  and  Son’s  patent  jointed  harrows, 
the  judges  highly  approving  of  them,  and  considering  the  harrows 
better  calculated  for  working  on  the  sides  of  furrows,  &c.,  and 
strongly  recommending  them  to  those  who  have  their  crops  sown 
on  the  narrow  stetch,  as  they  cling  round  the  edge  of  the  furrow, 
leaving  it  pulverized  in  a convex  form,  at  the  same  time  searching 
the  bottom  of  the  furrow ; the  joint  having  no  tendency  to  work 
upward,  they  are  equally  applicable  to  level  lands  in  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  tines,  &c. : these  very  much  resemble  those  of  W. 
Williams  and  Co. 
Cultivator,  Grubber,  and  Scarifier. — Of  these,  eight  were 
selected  out  of  the  numerous  collection  in  the  yard,  which  were 
first  tried  as  “ grubbers”  on  a piece  of  strong  clay  that  had  been 
ploughed  out  of  condition  (i.  e.  in  a wet  state),  and  from  drought 
had  become  baked  and  crusty;  they  were  ordered  to  penetrate 
as  deep  as  the  land  had  been  ploughed,  but  from  the  hardness 
and  tenacity  of  the  soil,  and  from  the  tines  being  ill-shaped  and 
the  manner  in  which  they  were  fixed  to  the  frames,  which  were 
altogether  too  light  for  such  work,  the  motion  and  work  were 
very  irregular,  scarcely  proceeding  5 yards  together  at  the  same 
depth.  The  “ Uley  cultivator,”  exhibited  by  Mr.  Crosskill,  of  Be- 
verley, worked  very  steadily  and  at  a regular  depth,  breaking  the 
soil  more  than  might  have  been  anticipated  from  the  state  of  the 
land  : from  such  performance  the  judges  highly  commend  the 
“ Uley.”  The  cultivator  exhibited  by  the  inventors,  Smith  and 
Co.,  of  Stamford,  is  on  a good  principle,  but.  from  its  lightness, 
did  not  perform  this  work  so  well  as  the  “ Uley.”  although  the 
tines  are  equally  well  constructed  and  arranged.  After  the  whole 
were  satisfactorily  tested  they  were  removed  to  a clover  ley,  which 
was  in  a stiff  state,  to  try  their  merits  as  “ scarifiers.”  Out  of  the 
number,  only  two  were  considered  of  any  service  in  this  respect  ; 
