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adjuncts, but when we see the broad shares, cultivators, and scarifiers, the 
chisel-pointed and duck-footed drags and harrows, we naturally inquire for 
.wliat purpose were all these articles invented? And the trial field at Hull 
suggested to me the answer, viz., that some combination of them will in 
many cases be made to supersede the use of the plough in preparing land 
for barley and roots. 
Whether the prediction made by Mr. Edmonds, or the ap- 
pearance of the American Oliver or digging plough, was the 
stronger incentive to makers in this country, it is not our object 
to inquire. Suffice it to say that, if there is a hond fide demand, 
it always has been, and will continue to be, readily met by 
our manufacturers. It does appear that since the trials at 
Hull there has been a considerable departure in favour of this 
class of plough, and hence the desii'ability of fresh trials. 
The classes into which the trials were divided, together with 
the names of the competitors, and the distinctive marks of the 
ploughs, are given in the accompanying table, to which have 
been added for convenience the awards of the Judges. 
PLOUGHS COMPETING AT THE TRIALS HELD IN THE 
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF WARWICK, 
On Maech 21st to 26th, 1892. , 
ENTEIES IN EACH CLASS. 
(In each of the eight classes, a First Prize of lOZ. and a Second Prize of 
6Z. were offered. The ploughs to which the prizes were awarded are marked 
with an asterisk (*) for the First Prize of lOZ., and a dagger (t) for the 
Second Prize of 51., the names of the makers of the winning ploughs being 
printed in capitals.) 
Class I. — Single-furrom Ploughs for Light Land. 
(13 entries, 11 competing.) 
stingnishing 
Distinguishing 
No. of 
^lamc and Address of Exhibitor. 
Mark of 
Price. 
Plougli 
1. 
I’lougli. 
£ 
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1 
*W. Ball & Sons, Ltd., Rothwell, Kettering 
B c 6 
4 
19 
0 
2 
John Cooke & Sons, Lindum Plough Works, 
Lincoln 
XLRC 
4 
6 
0 
3 
John Cooke & Sons, Lincoln 
R N 1 
3 
2 
0 
4 
IThomas Cobbett, Perseverance Iron Works, 
Shrewsbury ..... 
• • 
H L 
6 
7 
0 
5 
Thomas Corbett, Shrewsbury 
t • 
W A 
4 
17 
6 
6 
Eddy & Sons, Kennford Works, Exeter 
f t 
K 3 W 
4 
5 
0 
7 
John Perkins & Sons, Lichfield, Staffs 
• • 
W J 2 
6 
5 
0 
8 
John Perkins & Sons, Lichfield . . 
• t 
w J 2 
4 
15 
0 
11 
John Shores, Owston Ferry, Rotherham 
f • 
WarpO 
4 
4 
0 
12 
J. C. & T. Yates, Doncaster , , 
1 • 
ICS 
4 
6 
0 
13 
J. C. & T. Yates, Doncaster , . 
• • 
ICS 
4 
7 
6 
Class II. — Single-furrow Ploughs for Strong 
Land. 
(11 entries, 8 competing.) 
14 
*W. Ball & Sons, Ltd., Rothwell, Kettering , 
B c 9 
6 
11 
6 
16 
John Cooke & Sons, Lincoln , , 
• ■ 
K L 2 
4 
11 
0 
16 
John Cooke & Sons, Lincoln , , 
• • 
X L 1 
4 
12 
0 
17 
Thomas Corbett, Shrewsbury , , 
• t 
H P 
5 
13 
6 
