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principle, when further developed and the apparatus fitly con- 
structed, may find favour with flockmasters. Then followed the 
thirty remaining shorn sheep, instructions being given to each 
competitor to dip them in the manner and under the same con- 
ditions as would be carried out were he actually working for an 
employer. After these had gone through the process, thirty- 
three sheep in the wool, half-bred hoggets, were penned for each 
competitor. These were dipped, or washed rather, with an addi- 
tion of soft soap to the water ; here instructions were given that 
each sheep should be thoroughly soaked, as would be necessary 
in treatment for scab. Only one apparatus was worked at a 
time, and, after taking all practical matters into consideration, 
together with the amount of inconvenience experienced by the 
sheep themselves, the Judges made the following awards : — 
Prize: Messrs. Fletcher, Bros. & Co., Grimsby. Price of apparatus 
(No. 1037 in Catalogue - ), 30/. 
Reserve : Messrs. Hill & Smith, Brierley Hill, Staffs. Price of appa- 
ratus (No. 4481 in Catalogue), 71. ; draining pen 21. 10s. extra. 
Highly Commended : Messrs. Rainforth & Hayward, Lincoln. Price 
of apparatus (Nos. 4435-0 in Catalogue), fixed 25/., portable 281. 
The Judges wish to speak in favourable terms of the large fixed 
apparatus of the last-named firm. This appears well adapted 
and suitably constructed for large flocks both in England and 
the Colonies. In these trials nothing but water and soft soap 
was used, the trials being intended simply to test the apparatus, 
and not to determine the efficacy of different mixtures or dips. 
My colleague in the judging of Miscellaneous Implements — 
Mr. Caleb Barker, Estate Office, Shadwell, Thetford — unites with 
me in expressing our indebtedness to the kindness of Mr. J. H. 
Ridgewell, Mr. H. Sanders, and Mr. William Kent, for giving 
land for the trials. We both desire, also, to record our thanks 
to Sir J. L. E. Spearman, Bart., Steward of Implements, for his 
valuable aid in accelerating our work; and likewise to Mr. F. S. 
Courtney, Consulting Engineer to the Society, and to his assist- 
ants, for their kind technical help. Thomas Stikton. 
West Stratton, Micheldever, Hants. 
THE TRIALS OF CHURNS AT 
CAMBRIDGE. 
Amongst several competitions of mechanical appliances 
announced to take place in connexion with the Cambridge 
Meeting were two of special interest to the dairying industry, 
namely, trials of churns. The following are the particulars of 
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