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10 to 12 inches, the result being that some excellent wOrk 
was done, and a beautiful seed bed was prepared, the furrow 
being so well broken that no harrowing would be required. 
The Judges decided to send five of these ploughs (Nos. 46, 47, 
48, 51, and 54) forward for trial on the dynamometer, where 
also the work of the first three ploughs was of first-class 
quality. Some notes on the relative draught of these ploughs 
supplement the tables of the dynamometer trials. The awards 
were made as follows ; first prize, Mr. Thos. Corbett’s plough, 
w c D, No. 48 in catalogue ; second prize, Messrs. J. C. & T. 
Yates’s plough, g 2, No. 54 in catalogue. 
Class VIII. — One-way Ploughs. In order to complete the 
trials of ploughs for light land, this class was taken next in 
order. There were seven competitors : — 
Ko. 
Name. 
Address. 
Width 
in. 
• n 
67 
Davey, Sleep, Harris & Co. . 
Plymouth 
69 
Eddy & Sons .... 
. Exeter . 
. 10 
68 
Davey, Sleep, Harris & Co. . 
. Plymouth . 
. 8 
63 
Cooke, J. & Sons . 
. Lincoln 
. 10 
64 
Bawden, Richard . 
. South Molton 
. 12 
70 
Eddy & Sons .... 
. Exeter . 
. 9 
66 
Cooke, J. & Sons . . . 
, Lincoln . 
. 
Some of the ploughs were excellently designed for the 
purpose they had to fulfil. The depth of furrow was set at 5 
inches, the width of furrow ranged from 7| inches up to 12 inches. 
The work done in this class was very good, and five out of the 
seven ploughs competing (Nos. 66, 67, 68, 69, and 70) were 
selected for further trial on the dynamometer. The following 
were the awards : first prize, Messrs. Davey, Sleep, Harris & 
Co.’s plough “ Climax,” catalogue No. 67 ; second prize divided 
between Messrs. Davey, Sleep, Harris & Co.’s plough “In- 
vincible,” catalogue No. 68, and Messrs. Eddy & Sons’ plough 
K A, catalogue No. 69. 
The trials of the ploughs in the two Strong Land Classes 
were made in a field on the farm of Mr. John Palmer at 
Hampton-on-the-Hill. Here also the land was in excellent 
condition for ploughing, and as clean as a garden. The field 
was wheat stubble, and had received a coating of farmyard 
manure in the autumn. It was a fairly strong red clay, espe- 
cially the upper part, upon which Class II., “ Single Furrow 
Ploughs for Strong Land,” were worked, and admirably adapted 
it proved to be for them. 
The trials of both Strong Land Classes were started almost 
simultaneously, there being six competitors in each class. 
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