182 Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Newcastle, 1908. 
Before concluding this report I wish to thank, on behalf of 
my colleague (Mr. James Younger) and myself, the Implement 
Stewards (Mr. R. M. Greaves and Mr. Claude M. S. Pilkington) 
and the Consulting Engineer (Mr. F. S. Courtney, M. Inst.C.E.), 
for the very great assistance they rendered to the Judges 
during these exhaustive trials, and to congratulate them on the 
very efficient and satisfactory manner in which the arrange- 
ments generally were made for the carrying out of the same. 
And I must also thank Mr. Stephen Fairbairn, on behalf of 
the Royal Agricultural Society, for having allowed the use of 
his fields for the conduct of these trials and for having put 
them into a satisfactory state as regards condition of soil, &c., 
which work could not have been done without some expense, 
as at the time of my first visit to make arrangements the land 
was in a bad state so far as fineness and suitability for the tests 
were concerned. 
The thanks of the Judges, Stewards, and Consulting 
Engineer are due to Mr. Fairbairn for his kind hospitality 
during the two days of the trials. 
Frank Martin. 
Hubbert’s Bridge, 
nr. Boston, 
Lincolnshire. 
MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS 
EXHIBITED AT NEWCASTLE, 1908. 
The Judges appointed by the Society to make the awards of 
Silver Medals for New Implements were : — 
Mr. William Cross, M. Inst. C.E., Spreakfield Cottage, 
Frensham, Farnham ; and 
Mr. James Younger, Burradon Farm, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; 
but owing to a regrettable motor accident Mr. Cross was 
unable to attend, and Mr. Frank Martin, Land Agent, Hubbert’s 
Bridge, Boston (the writer of this article), was requested to 
act in his stead. 
In this class there appeared to be very few exhibits new in 
design or of great merit, and the Judges had some difficulty 
in deciding as to the giving of the Silver Medals, so many of 
the entries, excepting for some alterations in the working parts, 
not being of a novel description. 
No. 217 . — Grinding Mill . — Entered by Henry Simon, Ltd., 
Manchester. This was a grist mill with an emery grinding 
wheel placed in a vertical position, instead of stone or metal 
