The Trials of Ploiujhs at Wa/rwieh. 
311 
No* Name* Address. Width, 
in. 
1 
Ball and Sons 
, Kettering . 
. 
7 
Perkins, J. «Sc Sons 
. Lichfield , 
. 9 
11 
Shores, John 
. Rotherham . 
. 9J 
5 
Thomas Corbett . 
. Shrewsbury . 
. 8 
3 
Cooke, John & Sons 
. Lincoln . 
. 10 
8 
Perkins, J. & Sons 
. Lichfield , 
. 9 
13 
J. C. & T. Yates . 
. Doncaster 
. 8i 
no less than seven (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13,) were selected 
for trial on the dynamometer. Subsequently these seven ploughs 
were again subjected to a further trial, with the final result that 
the first prize was awarded to Messrs. Ball & Sons, Ltd., for 
their plough, b c 5, No. 1 in catalogue, and the second prize to 
Mr. Thos. Corbett for his H L plough, No. 4 in catalogue. The 
comparative excellence of the work may be judged from the 
points awarded, as shown in the table on page 314. 
Class III. — Single-furrow Ploughs best adapted for a press 
drill and broadcast sowing were tried in the same field, the depth 
of furrow being fixed at 6 inches. There were six competitors : — 
No. Name. 
25 Cooke, J. & Sons 
29 Eddy & Sons 
31 Yates, J. C. & T. 
27 Corbett, Thos. 
32 Yates, J. C. & T. 
26 Cooke, J. & Sons 
Address. 
Width 
ill. 
Lincoln . ■ 
. 8 
Exeter . , 
• 81 
Doncaster , 
. H 
Shrewsbury . 
. 8i 
Doncaster . 
• H 
Lincoln . 
. 9 
These all started simultaneously, and three (Nos. 27, 31, and 
32) were selected for trial upon the dynamometer, but it was 
not until two of these were tried again that the award of the 
second prize could be made. The final award was first prize to 
Mr. Thos. Corbett’s plough, w w 1, No. 27 in catalogue, and 
the second prize to Messrs. J. C. and T. Yates’s plough, D i, 
No. 32 in catalogue. 
Class IV. — Two-furrow Ploughs. Here there were eight 
competitors : — 
No. 
Name. 
Address. 
Width, 
34 
Cooke, J. & Sons . , . 
Lincoln . 
• 
in. 
. 10 
39 
Yates, J. C. & T. . , , 
Doncaster 
• 
33 
Ball & Sons .... 
Kettering 
• 
.* 8 
38 
Eddy & Sons 
t 
Exeter . 
• 
. 9 
37 
Davey, Sleep, Harris Sc Co. , 
• 
Plymouth 
• 
, — 
36 
Corbett, Thos. . , , 
• 
Shrewsbury 
t 
. 9 
40 
Yates, J. C. & T. . , , 
• 
Doncaster 
• 
. 8i 
35 
Cooke, J. & Sons , , , 
• 
Lincoln . 
• 
. 11 
