The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-07-11 00:00:00

THE PLYMOUTH SHOW.

We are glad to find that Messrs. Ransomes and
Sims; Messrs. James and Frederick Howard; Messrs.
E. R. and F. Turner; Meagre. R. Hornsby and
Son; Messrs. Wallis, Hakim and Steevens, (who can
boast of the Imperial order of the Medjidieh as a
prize awarded for their collection of machinery
shown at Constantinople in 18630 Mears. Brown
and May, Devizes ; Messrs. Barrett, Ezell, and
Andrewee, (now the Reading Ironworks Limited) ;
and Messrs. John and Robert Reevete of Bretton ;
Messrs. Coleman and Morton, of Chelmsford;
Messrs. Francis Morton and Co., (Limited)
of Liverpool; Messrs. Cambridge and Sons, of
Bristol; Mr. W. N. Nicholson, of Newark ;
Meagre R. Hornsby and Co., of Grantham ;
and many others of our friends have commenced
forwarding to us—their general and steam catalogues
for the Plymouth Show. Messrs. Clayton, Shuttle-
worth, and Company; Messrs. Picksley, Sims, and
Company, and other extensive firms, also kindly
announce that they will favour us with their
catalogues as soon as they are got from the printer.
In reviewing the memoranda which have been
thus supplied, we are very much struck with the
exertions making for the machinery department.
Mears. Railsomee' advertisement in another
column speaks for itself : their unparalleled array of
machinery whether at rest or in motion, and the
able manner of its display and arrangement, being
well known to be seldom approached or surpassed in
our show yards. We would particularly direct
attention as at Hereford to their beautiful series of
" Newcastle" and other ploughs, the former the
undoubted favourite of the moment. Messrs.
Brown and May who likewise advertise with us
exhibit at Plymouth an 8-horse engine No. I on
circular; a *horse with combined thrasher No. 2;
and a Patent Portatile Pumping Engine, No. 3.
Messrs. Turner, of Ipswich, tell as that owing to
the great distance from thence, and the pressure of
orders in hand, their show of machinery is of a
much more limited character than usual. They
nevertheless favour us with • rather formidable
looking list of articles for the R. A. S. E. Plymouth
Meeting, stand Ni. 272 machinery in motion. We
subjoin it with the explanation that the larger
articles exhibited are driven through a line of
shafting from one of their 4-horse power portable
Engines. To their Etigines, Crushing Mills, Grind.
tog mills, and Oil Cake Breakers we shall more
particularly advert on the opening of the show :-
4-Horse power portable steam-engine.
No. 8 b (large) corn, seed, one malt crashing mill
with bean mill combined.

No. 1 b.—Ditto.
N. 2 b.—Ditto.
No. 7 b —Ditto.
No. 6 b.—Ditto.
No. I.—Corn, seed, and malt crashing mill.
No. 2. —Di tto.
No. 7.—Ditto. •
No. 6.—Ditto.

No. 11.—Ditto.
Grinding mill with pair of 3ft French stones, and
crane for lifting upper stone.
Grinding
.mill with pair of 2 It French stones.
. .

Oil cake-breaker forrsheep and beasts..

Oil cake breaker for sheeji, beasts, lambs, and manure.
It is, we trust, a hopeful prospect for the imple•
merit trade that the common complaint of the
makers is the pressure of business. "We are in
such a perplexing position" writes one house,
"through the electioneering, tro., taking our men
from their work, when we have so many promises to
fulfil, that we do not know what to do. We are
refusing hundreds of orders, and dare not take
another for reapers—the chief feature of the Royal
Show." Altogether, the indications lead us to anti-
cipate a very splendid implement exhibition; we
have not the same means of forecasting the prospects
of the show of stock; but entertain not the slightest
doubt of its being also a superb assemblage of the
finest productions.
It will be seen from advertisement that the
Weymouth and Channel Islands Company intend
carrying out a capital suggestion by running two
excursion steamers to and from Plymouth, for the
accomodation of visitors t the isho•. This is the
cheapest and most agreeable mode of transit from
this quarter; and seeing the want of local commu-
nication that exists on this part of the Channel", we
really trust it may become the oomrneneement of •
new line of steam communication betwixt Wey-
mouth and Plymouth.