The judges awarded the prize to Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, for producing the best "meal," which is the condition on which the prize is given by the Society.

The work done by Hurwood's steel mill was greater in quantity, but, as it did not give off its work in the softened state that stones leave theirs, we could not award it the prize. We, however, think it a very useful implement, and that it will do its work in a manner satisfactory to many farmers; hence, we think it would be well, were the Society to give an additional prize for steel mills.

We awarded the prize to Messrs. Turner and Co. of Ipswich, for the superior manner in which it did its work.

Cake Crushers for every variety of Cake.-We were least satisfied with the trials of these implements, as the cake provided was too thin and soft; we regret that we were not furnished with some ..of the thick and hard foreign cake, which would have been much better adapted for showing the true merits of the implements.

We awarded this prize to Messrs. Garrett and Son, for the

superior manner in which it did its work.

Messrs. Hornsby's is a cheap machine, did rather more work than Garrett's, but did not do it so well.

We awarded the prize to Mr. Nicholson of Newark.

The reasonable price of his machine, places it within the reach of all, and it did its work well and easily by the power of one man.

The machine of Mr. Samuelson of Banbury, being both simple

and efficient, we awarded it the prize.

We also highly commend the "Moody turnip cutter," exhibited by Mr. Carson of Warminster.

This machine not only cuts the turnips exceedingly well, but also cleans them during the operation; but whether the " gougeshaped" knives, as placed, will stand the work when the turnips are frozen, requires time for proof.

* Screened so badly, which caused broken pipes to such an extent that we do not record the experiment.

The number of pipes produced, 158, including 29 bad ones. Box 18 wide, 84 deep.

The quality of pipes very superior. The number produced was 175, including 5 only useless. Box 16X9 in.

The number of pipes produced was 95, including 8 useless. Box 104 × 84.

We awarded the prize to Mr. Whitehead, of Preston, for superior work, both as to number and quantity of pipes produced (when compared with the other machines); the excellent performance of this machine deserves especial notice.

WILLIAM SHAW, Cotton, Northampton,

T. W. GRANGER, Stretham Grange, Ely.

GENERAL REPORT BY MR. AMOS.

THE city of Gloucester was well chosen for the place of meeting, and, had the weather been propitious, a much larger concourse of visitors would no doubt have attended, and embraced the opportunity of viewing the collection of implements, which were there produced for their inspection, and were certainly of a higher class, and of generally better workmanship, than have appeared at any former year.

For some years after the Society commenced its operations, it granted, at its shows, nearly unlimited space to exhibitors, which had the tendency of inducing them to bring.too many articles of one description; thus, in fact, making it more a market for their ready-made articles, than an exposition of samples of their skill. Some salutary regulations have had the effect of checking the evil, and rendering the show more in character with the object of the Society; and any particular machine now exhibited is not brought so much with a view of selling it, but is intended to show the public a specimen of the skill of the exhibitor, and of what he is capable of producing. Hence, the statistics given in the following table will place prominently before the reader the increasing usefulness of the Society, for, notwithstanding the before-mentioned check, the articles exhibited have not decreased in number, and at the same time have increased in variety and value :

A TABLE showing the Number of Exhibitors and the Value of the Articles Exhibited.

The judges of implements in the several departments have the facts before them, which enable them to report more fully

upon the particular implements which come before them, than the consulting engineer, who attends the meeting, and whose business is of a more general character, can be expected to do. I shall therefore confine myself to a few general remarks.

The portable steam-engines exhibited were numerous, and included many good ones in their number. Economy in the fuel required to work them was carried to a greater extent than is consistent with simplicity of arrangement; indeed the extraexpansion valves, double-action forcing-pumps, and a few other details of that character, which formed a part of the arrangements of some of the engines exhibited, are superfluous, and render the implement too complicated for the farmer's purpose. The following table, which marks the progressive improvement in the implement since 1849, will show that the prize implement at Lewes, which had in its construction none of the arrangements objected to, approached so near, in consumption of fuel, to the prize engine of this year, exhibited by Clayton, Shuttleworth, and Co., that the Society ought to discourage the adoption of such complications at any of its future meetings.

A TABLE showing the results of the Prize Engines at each Meeting since 1849; and at the Trials in Hyde Park.

A TABLE showing the Engines requiring the greatest amount of Fuel in

each year, since 1849.

The fixed engines have not attained that degree of excellence which, it is to be hoped, will be developed; and, when durability is taken into consideration, the vertical cylinder will be found preferable to the horizontal one.

In both classes of engines for the farmer's no other expanuse, sion is admissible than that which may be obtained by a lap on the common slide.

The department of thrashing machines included many good implements, and several might have received higher marks for their performance, had the exhibitors been more intent upon doing their work well, than upon finishing it in the shortest possible time.

It will be to the interest of exhibitors to perceive, that as steam-thrashing machines will be most generally used, the power required to work them being so cheaply obtained is not of the same importance as when the machine had to be worked by horses; they may therefore calculate upon the judges paying more attention in future to the manner in which the work is done, than to the power required to do it: of course when two machines are equal in performance in every other respect, the lightest working machine should take the pre-eminence.

In grinding-mills there was not much competition. Clayton and Co.'s did its work the best; and when they carry out the plan suggested, for raising and falling the stones, the implement will be more useful, as with the present arrangement it is too limited in its range for all kinds of grain: this must have been an oversight, and no doubt will be attended to in future.

The metal mill exhibited by Thurwood is capable of doing a great deal of work in a short time, and with little power to work it. This mill does not grind the produce so fine as stones do, but many farmers do not object to this. It appears not very likely to get out of order, and a miller's services are not required. Probably it would be well to give a second prize expressly for mills of this class.

The new implement invented by Biddle, and exhibited by Ransome and Co., for splitting beans, &c., is a very ingenious contrivance, and will be found useful for many other than agricultural purposes.

The reaping-machines had this year a thorough trial of their capabilities, and every means was taken to ascertain their respective merits the decision of the judges is fully in accordance with my opinion.

The machine invented by Bell, and exhibited by Crosskill, is an effective implement. It possesses great facility for cutting crops in the most tangled state, lays the cut corn well, and, in commencing its operations, requires no scythe-man to pioneer its way. The objections to this machine appear in its great weight, the heavy draught to the horses, and its cumbrous character, rendering it difficult for a common labourer to steer and manage. The great weight, and consequent heavy draught on the horses,