80 
MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS 
EXHIBITED AT PARK ROYAL, 1905. 
There was a slight falling off in the exhibits in the Implement 
Yard this year, the number being 3,845 as against 4,419 in 
1904. The Miscellaneous Implements entered for the Society's 
Silver Medals also showed a decrease as compared with the 
number entered the previous year, the figures being 54 as 
against 66 in 1904. With regard to the character of the 
exhibits entered, I may quote the words of a brother judge of 
former years : “ It is disappointing to have to say that the 
novelties were few and unimportant.” 
With the able assistance of my co-Judge, Mr. J. G. Mair- 
Rumley, I diligently searched among the entries for something 
really new that would comply with the Society’s regulations as 
to Silver Medals. The result of our search was the award of 
Silver Medals to Articles 89 and 385. Subsequently to the 
Show, after a practical trial of the new Milking Machine 
entered by Messrs. J. & R. Wallace, the Council, upon our 
recommendation, awarded a Silver Medal to this implement 
also. The following are the particulars of the awards : — 
Awards of Silver Medals. 
No in 
Catalogue 
Exhibitors 
Nature of Award 
89 
Blackstone & Co., Ltd., 
Stamford. 
Expanding Horse Rake. 
385 
Bamford & Sons, Leighton 
Iron Works, Uttoxeter. 
Dust Extractor for Chaff 
Cutter. 
2558 
J. & R. Wallace, Castle Douglas, 
N.B. 
Milking Machine. 
Article 
89. — Messrs. Blackstone & 
Co., Ltd., Rutland 
Works, Stamford. “ Horse Rake, Self-acting and Expanding.” 
Price 12 l . — The tine beam is of light angle steel carrying round 
spring steel tines. This beam is in three lengths, the central 
part being arranged to turn out of position to allow the outer 
portions with their tines to pass beneath them for travelling, 
the axle being telescopic. 
