tloyal Agricultural Society : Oxford, 1839 ; Cambridge, 1840. 21'/ 
rams from Allahabad, shown by Mr. EL Newnham, of Silchester 
Bungalow, Basingstoke, and Mr. T. Gibbs, of Elalf Moon Street, 
Piccadilly), and 4 pigs. 
In addition to the prizes originally contemplated, thes Uonl= 
mittee had decided on December 18, 1838, in pursuance of a 
suggestion made by the Rev. J. R. Smythies, at the General 
Meeting held earlier on that day, that two prizes of 50/. each 
should be offered for the best 14 bushels of white and 14 bushels 
of red wheat of the harvest of 1838, grown by the exhibitor. 
Keen competition was excited for these prizes, there being no 
fewer than 22 entries. The Judges selected four samples, shown 
respectively by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., M.P., of 
Oakley Park, Eye, Suffolk ; Mr. H. Sea well, of Little Bookham, 
Surrey ; Mr. Wm. Spencer, of Adderbury, near Woodstock ; and 
Mr. Wm. Fisher Hobbs, of Mark’s Hall, Coggeshall, Essex; and 
it was intended that these should be sown in the following 
autumn by three farmers, under the direction of the Society, that 
the results should be duly reported, and that 10/. should be given 
to each of the two unsuccessful competitors. But it so happened 
that when the public had satisfied their curiosity by personal 
examination of the selected samples in the approved market 
fashion, they were not over-particular in restoring the handfuls 
of corn to the sacks from which they had been taken. The 
consequence was that before the close of the day they became 
hopelessly mixed, and at a meeting of the Committee it was 
resolved that, as it had become impracticable to carry out 
the contemplated experiments with any satisfactory degree of 
accuracy, the exhibitors of the selected samples should receive 
a “ complimentary premium ” of 20/. each, “ with the Society’s 
regrets,” and have their wheat returned to them. 
The only portion of the “ Extra Stock ” left unnoticed is the 
implement section, so modest in its proportions that the list 
of exhibits occupies less than one of the sixteen pages which 
sufficed for the Oxford catalogue. As this list is of special 
interest now, it may be worth while to give it complete : — 
Extra. Stock. — Implements. 
Mr. J. Le Boutillier, of St. Mary’s, Isle of Jersey, a small one-horse plough, 
for setting potatoes, and a paddle plough for tilling the ground. 
Mr. W. J. Hannam, of Burcott, Oxon., a wilkie (of Udington) expanding 
horse-hoe and harrow. 
Mr. W. J. Hannam, of Burcott, Oxon., a ridging and moulding plough. 
Messrs. W. & C. King, of Southmore, Berks., a narrow-wheeled Berkshire 
waggon, with iron axle-tree. 
Mr. J. Springall, of Ipswich, Suffolk, patent wrought-iron corn stack stand. 
Mr. James Gardner, ironmonger, of Banbury, patent turnip-cutting machine. 
