Milk  and  Butter  Tests  at  the  Liverpool  Show,  1910.  213 
The  discs  are  set  on  the  skew  so  that  they  cut  into  the  ground 
and  turn  over  the  furrow.  Price  13 1.  10s. 
No.  4130. — Horizontal  Engine.  Price  96/. — Exhibited  by 
Davey,  Paxman  & Co.,  Ltd.,  Standard  Iron  Works,  Colchester. 
Stationary  engine  of  the  Lentz  model,  remarkable  for  the  low 
consumption  of  steam  the  makers  guarantee.  With  a boiler 
pressure  of  170  lb.  and  superheat  of  150°  F.  the  guaranteed 
consumption  is  only  10*35  lb. 
No.  4169. — Suction  Gas  Plant.  Price  75 l. — Exhibited  by 
Crossley  Bros.,  Ltd.,  Openshaw,  Manchester.  A very  neat  and 
simple  form  of  producer,  very  accessible,  and  parts  liable  to 
require  renewing  are  cheap  to  replace.  Messrs.  Crossley  also 
had  a large  and  excellent  exhibit  of  gas  and  oil  engines. 
I must  express  my  sincere  thanks  for  the  able  co-operation 
of  my  co-judge,  Mr.  Claude  W.  Thompson,  and  for  the 
courtesy  and  assistance  of  the  Stewards  of  Implements,  Mr. 
F.  S.  W.  Cornwallis,  the  Hon.  J.  E.  Cross,  and  Mr.  Claude  M.  S. 
Pilkington,  and  also  my  thanks  are  due  to  the  Society’s  Con- 
sulting Engineer,  Mr.  F.  S.  Courtney,  M.Inst.C.E.  I can 
but  repeat  what  I said  in  my  last  year’s  report,  “ that  except 
for  the  assistance  so  ably  and  ungrudgingly  given  by  these 
gentlemen,  it  would  have  been  impossible  to  have  got  through 
the  work  in  the  time  available.” 
Wm.  Cross,  M.Inst.C.E. 
MILK  AND  BUTTER  TESTS  AT  THE 
LIVERPOOL  SHOW,  1910. 
I.— MILK- YIELD  TESTS. 
The  prizes  given  by  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  in  the 
breed  classes  for  these  competitions  were  the  same  as  on 
previous  occasions,  the  Devon  Cattle  being  included  with  the 
other  breeds,  and  judged  under  similar  conditions,  and  with 
the  same  scale  of  points. 
The  prizes  for  the  Special  Milk-yield  Class  which  had  been 
given  in  previous  years  by  the  English  Jersey  Cattle  Society 
wei€  not  forthcoming  this  year. 
That  the  standard  of  points  necessary  to  be  gained  before 
a prize  or  commendation  can  be  awarded  is  approximately 
correct  is  shown  by  the  average  of  the  points  gained  by  the 
respective  breeds  ; for  although  in  one  or  two  cases  it  might 
appear  that  certain  breeds  could  be  placed  in  the  division 
above  that  in  which  they  compete,  such  an  alteration  cannot 
be  at  present  recommended,  as  the  number  of  the  animals  in 
those  particular  classes  has  not  until  now  been  sufficiently 
large  to  justify  the  raising  of  the  standard. 
