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Report  on  the  Exhibition  of  Implements 
A patent  hand-implement  of  this  class,  invented  by  Dr.  New- 
ington. and  manufactured  by  Dufaur  and  Co.,  appears  to  possess 
the  desideratum  of  sowing  small  quantities  of  potent  manures 
without  the  necessity  of  mixing  other  substances  to  increase  the 
bulk  without  adding  to  their  efficiency.  This  machine,  like  some 
of  its  larger  competitors,  was  considered  not  wide  enough,  only 
covering  four  feet,  and  the  price  too  high.  The  manufacturers 
undertook  to  make  it  six  feet  wide,  to  heighten  the  wheels  six 
inches  (and  of  course  the  notched  wheels  which  drive  the  oscil- 
lating rod),  and  to  reduce  the  price  to  Al.  With  this  under- 
standing, the  Judges  confidently  commend  it  to  the  notice  of 
agriculturists,  as  being  the  most  economical  and  perfect  method  of 
top-dressing  corn  or  grass-land  yet  brought  out. 
Liquid  Manure  Distributors. — The  machine  to  which  the  prize 
was  awarded  was  tried  with  liquid,  puddled  with  cinder-dirt  and 
straw-chaff,  which  it  delivered  with  ease  and  regularity,  except  on 
sidelong  ground  where  an  additional  number  of  partitions  were 
required  to  prevent  the  liquid  running  too  much  to  one  end  of  the 
troughs.  This  Messrs.  Robert  and  Reeves  saw,  and  are  about  to 
remedy,  which  will  render  it  far  superior  to  any  hitherto  in  use.* * 
The  Judges  also  “ highly  commended  ” their  Liquid  Drop- 
Drill,  made  upon  the  same  principle,  which  delivered  the  seed 
and  liquid  both  in  a continuous  stream,  and  at  intervals  very  cor- 
rectly. This  implement  is  gaining  favour  very  much  with  a view 
to  securing  a plant  of  turnips  in  dry  weather,  where  other  methods 
fail. 
Horse- Hoe  on  the  Flat. — The  Messrs.  Garrett,  as  usual,  stand 
unrivalled  at  present  in  the  manufacture  of  this  implement,  and 
received  the  prize. 
The  Judges,  however,  “commended”  the  horse-hoe  of  Mr. 
Smith  of  Kettering,  stand  61,  art.  2,  as  a cheap,  efficient  imple- 
ment, and  coming  within  the  reach  of  small  farmers  ; it  is  a de- 
sirable adjunct  in  this  department  of  culture. 
Corn  Mills  for  Fine  Meal. — The  Judges  regret  that  circum- 
stances over  which  they  had  no  control  prevented  their  trying 
more  than  three  of  the  mills  which  they  had  selected : that  of 
the  enterprising  exhibitors,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  attention  of  implement-makers  will 
he  successfully  directed  to  the  formation  of  manure-distributors  best  capable  of  sowing 
in  rows  or  broadcast  the  smallest  quantities  of  tine  artificial  manures,  as  well  as  larger 
quantities  of  rough  manure.  In  many  of  these  implements  the  delivery  is  not  low 
enough  for  fine  manures,  which  are  easily  blown  aside  by  the  wind. — Dudley  Pelham. 
* The  exhibitors  of  this  liquid  manure  distributor  deserve  both  praise  and  encou- 
ragement for  the  prompt  and  able  manner  in  which  they  have  carried  out  the  sugges- 
tion made  to  them  at  Norwich;  and  when  a few  minor  improvements  in  detail  have 
been  made  they  will  have  produced  a most  useful  and  efficient  implement.  I regret  I 
did  not  call  their  attention  to  the  probability  of  the  iron  buckets  corroding  from  the 
saline  particles  in  some  liquid  manures,  and  whether  they  might  not  substitute  gal- 
vanized iron  or  some  substance  not  liable  to  corrode. — C,  B.  Challoner. 
