The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-06-12 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1866

EXHIBITION OF 11011ITON LAC&

The Coontil of the Bath and West of England Society,
not fi rgett tog that there easociation has underlaken to
ellcour.ae •rta, nianofactur.c Joni commerce, as will ss
ltart lor Some). WI past bold an e.i.thtiou
o▪ f
floolion lao.. Tho. year .1a odlection i+ not a ,
I re as at year. but Mitt f itt are of r.m,.tk•
•ble beau y. ani Our fth m of .0.-4. &tent .1i to be
•alued at 1:25. Herbert Will .ro-, Iq. te.ard ;
(Marius nucleon, E.+, Judge. Thu following is the
pn. teL
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think of imposing on our readers. It certainly
recalls to our mind a story told us many years ago,
by that very eminent Scottish agriculturist Mr.
Henry Stephens, who having an early appreciation
of Mali manure. applied to the fisherpeopie of Finnan
or Foahmarn, where they gut and cure the famous
obhokr, tor the 1.. netiL if the a trail a Iva the) throw
sway, to 1 tub:,liii tatate of &haled.. ; but, in
rain ; the r• ply was, "Na, na, we keep our sin foh•
guts for our sin Kamilla." If, therefore, we are in
this instance forced to adopt • few select stand•
points in concluding our remarks on the wonderful
implement show at Salisbury, it will be undentoed
that crate only din the the earns, anal that implement
and other bourn':, t al; tvgrie•rd by the proceaa have
the iensedy iii ibe.r in n Lamle, as we ob.!! be atnlv
too happy to place ourielves in communication with
them an order to all ard then+ this and all the other
benetita of our adeertieemiint contracts.

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Class 1. For the Twelve best Sprip, each Sprig of •
different flower or fru.t, Ist prise bin. E. Rulford,
exhibitor, Nies Marryst, dfnip,er ; extra prises of kl
e nh to workers, M. Bartlett •nd .1. Barth It ; 2nd prize
Spdoing• allibitor, N 11.2 Fl, ud, 'bother..
..

Class 2 —For an. Sit br•t IS rd-r, artal.tr‘l rithrr
for Shawl., V ii,, Collins., or L picte, •it It r 0 EFulte,
Flower., or Le•voP, or the s•ir.r broken by scrolls or
Ar.rbesques, lst prise 14, Mrs. Hotobitio, cah,biLor,
Verryst, designer.
. . . . .

3:.—lior-t1; best Coiffure, of good workmanship
and de.ign, enriched with Fruit. Flowers, haves, or
In, cts, 1.1 pulse k 3, Mrs. C. 11a) roan, exhibitor, M.
Harm..,. de•i.ner ; extra prix... £1 each to workers,
A. i'hittchill. J. Mum:lst, aid F. Ilursey ; 21.1 prise
E'r Mrs :+csd•ling, exiabitor, Mi•• Flood, designer.
Choi, 4 —Fur the best Pocket klandkerehier. of good
workumnirlorp, form and deslgn,worked either in Flowers,
Fruits, heaves, or In.cota, strictly designed after nature,
Irt prize E. 3, Mrs. C. !layman, exhibitor, Mile Morrygr,
designer ; ettr• trio., ol /A each to worker., Baum
French, Ellen Wood, and Limy Wood; 2nd prize £2,
exhibitor. Miss Hapset, derogner.
Clue. 5.- For the ber.t NeLktie and Slie•er, of goal
ferm and design, and with tither Flower., Fruit', Le•ver,
or Insects, I.t rum £B, the late Lady Trevelyan,exhibi•
tor, ditto, des goer ; extra prize of I:1 to Caroline West-
-1•Ite as werker. Ti is sp. omen, we understand, WY per-
chs,ed by Herbert Wilirems, EN., for £7 10a 2n4
prize £2, lira. C. Treveiyan, exi•ibitor, niece of I,•dy
Trevel)so, desi.urr ; ewe prize of El to worker Selina
Here.

On rushing in amidst the machinery in motion, we
fan .d some young hut intelligent engineers. Marra
M.i,hall S•in and the, of Gainsborough, exhibiting
at etands 10, 11 and 12, some of the most senaihle-
looking engines and aimbined machines in the yard.
They exhibited in motion • 9-horse, an 8-horse, and
a 5-horse power engine, with relative combined
threshing and finishing dressing machines. Of the
engines, we need only dwell on Art. 3 in their list,
which is fitted wiih NlisratiaWs patent Water Heater,
an adaptation which effect., in this way, a consider-
able saving in fuel. It is possessed of an annular
space all round which serves to keep the water
always at the boiling point. The slide valves and
piston of this engine are of steel, the boxes forged
on. There is also an improved action of the pumps,
whereby it is kept always at work as in the very
perfect arrangement of another, and perhaps the
most severely simplified and highly improved water
valve in the yard, that of Mews. Ingram and
Phillips, of Firdingbridge, to which we shall
presently advert. The valve employed by Metiers.
Marshall is • ball valve, and the spare water in their
pump runs back into the tub. Their machine.
have various peculiarities which is our opinion con-
stitute strong recommendstious— one of these is that
the corn is cleaned and brightened up by them,
before being delivered into the sacks, instead of
leaving that to be done by the miller, as the first
step adopted by that functiocary. This of course
must enhance the appearance &nil value of the
sample. The next point is that their machiee c. 1,
has a new patent'grinding apparatus, altogether, for
'educing the seconds corn to feeding meal in nee
operation. Nor must we omit to state that these
machines are supplied with patent steel-air, screens
of different degrees of fineness. There is a separate
hopper to admit of grinding separately anythiny
that may not be thrashing. This firm exhibited ex-
cellent sawing tables adjustahle to any bevil, and
marked to seals so as to saw any thickness.
Messrs. Clayton, Shuttleworth and Co.. of Lincoln,
have been too long before the public to require us to
say one word of their well known engines and
machines. They er Minted here, an b-horse portable
single cylinder, 10-horse double cylinder steam
tractios, and 6-horse portable engine with relative
combined double blast thrashing and finishing
machinery, portable straw elevator, and chaff. I
elevating machines, and cep:mended the usual
amount of attention which the presence in the yard
of any great firm never fails to do.

Chai 3. —For the hest Set of Body and Sleeve
• Lady's Iht-tc t 4 good acolinssetsltip,
(Dint, and design, enriched with Fruit, Flowers, la•ves,
or lst prtsr 13, the late Lady Trevelysn,
ld rs. Patta•on, dssiw.ner; extra pins a El to 1•01 k.-r,
Sutterly ; 2,1 rso E 2, M. Ilutohinp,
t.tr, Marr)st, designer; sstra prise of 1.1 to Mrs.
E. Radford, eshibitor, Miss Msrryst, designer.

Marrs. Brown and Mae, of Devizes, bad an
8-eimht horse, • 4.horiss and one 24• horse, together
with their b.horse patent traction engine in motion.
driving one of Wallis and Haslam's, and one
of J. Rawlings oombined thrashing machines.

Messrs. Ralston, Procter and Ce., of lincoln, had
a splendid array of 6-horse, 8-horee, and 10horse
improved portable engines with relative thrashing
and finishing drawing machines all in motion.
Looking in fact along the line of machinery in
motion the feeling of amazement at the eight pre-
sented was univereaL
Not far from the above was one of the stands of
Mama Ransrmeg and Sims, of loseiuh. We have
already presented a full account of their exhibition.
but may just notice that one of the irst important
sales effected was that of their 8-horse engine, and
a. 1, steam thrashing machine (.£33.5) to an &grim!.
wrist of the neighbourhood. Nor most we omit
mention of their iron water-pan of 90 gallon., useful
to f•-rd cattle oat of, or to supply water to an engine.
Messrs. Ashby and Jeffery of Stamford, Lincoln-
shire, besides their machinery in motion, • 6-horse-
peer portable engine, and combined winnowing,
thrashing, straw-shaking, and hummeling machine,
grinding mills and chaff cutters in motion, at stand
40, bad an immense number of interesting articles at
stand 97. There sore several donlilc•actiou hay-
makers, one of which introduced since the Plymouth
show they distinguish as the "Pa merston," and
another as the "Victoria" haymaker. As also
patent balance-lever horse rakes on a principle, the
simplicity and perfect action of which we could not
help admiring, although the patent wheel handrak•
on the same principle was that by means of which
the results were shown, and it appears to he
acquiring, from all we could learn, immense popu-
larity in Ireland, for which country, as well as for
small powssions generally, we could conceive of
nothing better adapted. This bandrake possesses •
self-clonning bar which throws out all wet grass.
dirt, &a , collected. And the horse rakes turn over
the swathe or windrow it, as well as the handrakes.
Their patent rotating harrows, neer to us, but not.
we believe, perfectly new to the public, greatly ex-
cited our curiosity. The Unmans circularly arranged,
and the outer part of the dim being loaded by •
areight•holl, centrifugal action seta in, which makes
the harrow rotate as it progresses. The effect of this
is stated to be to throw tip the soil and expose it to
the sun and air, better than • straight harrow. Their
chaff-cutters are very simple and effective. Bet in a
strong arched frame they work with much ease,
owing to the short sharp curves of the knife, the
paucity of wheel', and the mouth prefigure, all which
causes an easy cut. These we saw worked by
steam with great rigour.
Engineers concurred in ensuring us, and we do not
know that we examined with greater interest and
satisfaction any novelty in the yard than the 8 and
10-horse portable steam engines of oar worthy friends
and neighbours, Mews. Ingram and Phillips,
of the Stockton Iron Works, Fordinghridge,
Manta To economise friction, obtain simplifi•
cations and really take • step in advance in the
construction of steam engines, Messrs. Ingrain
and Phillips have discarded altogether the
ordinary type of portable engines, and designed fir
themselves upon purely independent principles,
taking up however to Dome extent die ad,anuiges
latterly evinced in tbe construction of direct action
marine engines. Thus in respect of engines theirs is
perhaps the only decided novelty of the season; and
as inch its details will be figured we believe in the
current number of The Illogiheer To begin at the
beginning, the cylinder front cover and jacket are
in one casting, the only junta being the bottom and
jacket cover. Tbe piston-rod and cep are also in
one forging, and the guiding arrangements are re-
dooed to one—the ,se pima ultra of simplicity. The
valve arrangements as we have implied in • previous
portion of them notes is however the most novel,
striking and simple of any. The slide-valve is an
equilibrium one; and the pomp is worked direct
from the slide valve eccentric, thus easing one
eccentric band end rod. It is fitted with improved
valves and air veriseL The piston too is fitted with
Hsniabottom's patent rings, which are less liable to
derangement than ordinary metallic packing awl
more readily adjustable; besides the Nevis rl„‘cl and
cop are in one forging. Our space wnuld ferEid our
dilating on all that is here gained in strength, ewe
and simplicity, were it only by the avoidance of
bolting more I arts than is theoluiely necessary to
the boiler, em • y hole and bolt driven in which cit
coarse affects i i strength. But this engine only
requires to be soon to be admired, and rosily as the
line of railway to Fordingbridge is to be opened
out week, it is worth while going to the works to
witness so decided an improvement in enginea

The Engines shown by Messes E R. and F.
Turner were • Thome and 4-horse, driving combined
thrashing and dressing machinery and a great variety
of their far famed mills for crushing or bruising oata,
linseed, malt, barley, and splitting beans. In some
unisons" the been kibbling mill might be need either
of Ilimollanwindy with tbe crushing mill.
Their malt mill. No. 7, (suitable also for bruising
oats and linseed), is adapted for small breweries.
Amongst their celebrated oil cake breakers some are
provided with an extra roller or barrel so that by
turning in one direction the cake is broken to • size
imitable for beasts, and in the reverse direction for
sheep; and are also fitted with a screw to sift the
diet in its wefts down the spout. By otbers of
their oil-cake breakers possessed of adjustable rollers
• large variety of sises can be produced.

Messrs. Gs-rrett and Sons, of Leisto• works, bad
two portabl• engines at work of 8 and 3.lloris
power with their treble blast thrashing, dressing,
and finishing machine at stand 64, and at stand 104
an array of their unrivalled seed, manure, and corn
drills and intuit manure distributors (Clambers's.)

Messrs. Tuzford and Sons had two 10-bores and
one lborse power =glom in oosnitiou ; driving •
oombined treble blast maohimi with all their (Mann.
Ti.) well known and varied movements, attached to
which their newly petsntsd straw elevator arrested
as much paining notice as anything in the yard.
This new article, attached saw. have said to the
thrashing machine is capable of being made ready in
Rye minutes, or being folded up and removed in three.
The most amazing thing about it is that when mos
sat in ass all attsedance oan be dispensed with.
Appold's centrifugal pump for the drainage of low.
lands they Mid also st work. It lifts 360 pikes pa
climate. And there was • very nice amid-sized
circular saw table with planed top.
Mews. James and Frederick Howard, of Bedford,
occupied the whole of the shed No. 2. Their
machinery at work not in shed No. 1, but out in the
trial fields comprised :
Steam Plough,
Steam Cultivator,
Hoeft Plough,
Zig-sag Renews,
Haymakers, and
The newly incepted Turnip Harrow.

All of thaw did wroolloall work. The now=
barrow of which war ozadkast biro& is
will so dash* supply ma amiss with. oat whoa

Ithey resume their advertiaing in the Autumn, can ridge. His Improved horse hoes, gribbers, double
only be deers-Died as cosseting of two rows of tines blast winnowing and blowing mania" were get
each, hoisted into an elongated figure eight and each only good bet cheap.
pair i rand by (spenders, so that they can be Neat to Mom. H•Wil" and flPoncer's stand we
!died to work on the eider of the ridge as well as no most not omit to menton perhaps the greatest curt.
I, tht, aril expanded or coirracted to suit the osity in the yard-a little machine for shelling pees,
I with of the MOP. (Inc man and lo•rse will do 10 which bruised the pod hot saved the green peas
I sere' a day, as they clean two row• of turnips at entire.
once. working rime up to the growing pleura, Messrs. E. Cambridge and Co., of Ft. Philip's
cutting off the Weld,, and as the inventors assert Iron Works, Briotol, exhibited their oornbined
checkiroi the rarage, of Ike Jly, for, it has been found notched press-wheel rollers and clod crushers, which
it seems that Dose troublesome insects will not stay are familiar to our Pairs, and an implement Peculiar
where this harrow has been kept at work. Of course to those makers, as well as their famous chain her-
the ploughs of this great firm were "the observed I rows, famtma fur many Point, of excellence, but
of all oleereers." especially for eelf-espending and dividing joints-
'itabed Xi. 4. ,tan.l 62, Flesses. Coleman and Csmoridges' harrow being one of the boasts if the
Morton exhibited live of their Cdodinaford cultiva- implement trade. They had also on show horse gear,
tors with live tines, and one with seven. adapted 1 pet-et tine harrows, horse rakes, and chaff-cutters.
respectively for two, three, or four horses, end 1 Messrs. Brown Brothers, of Lyme Regis, inhibited
couibining in one by change of tines the broadahare, Open or closed cooking apparatus, steaming ditto for
cultivator and scarifier, or for general purposes fitted cooking, kitchen ranges, ice machines in very great
with high front wheel, and made very string. variety, winsoonling refrigerators with miss of
Hanerime's patent potato di:ger, elsewhere noticed, is freezing compound, and the model of • new machine
• capital implement ; the 2-horse gear very good •nd invented by Rowland BIOWD, Esq., barriater•at-law,
free of complication ; and their water-cart withl as • card destributor. Persons can help themselves
wrought iron body for 190 gallons, °spite". , to prospectuses and particulars of articles advertised.
The lever corn.drills for turnips and manure on ! There were also shown specimens of the show cards
the flat and on the ridge nianure distributor., gnus, required for this patent advertise'. The object of
drills, patent lever and light lend horse hoes en' greatest beauty at Meows. Browns' stand was, how-
hibited liy Meier. Priest end Woolnough, of King • ever, the locomotive coffee pot, • model of a loomno-
ston-on-Thaines, are ((lie dnlls stall events) familiar tiers in porcelain, with spirit lamp for the hot coffee,
to our 'varlets through the advertiired illustrations, so handsome that it had to be removed to tb• arts
They were equally striking as field objects at the department.
Show and attracted immense notioe, many as they Amongst the carriage displays with which the
paired exclatming " %Ally, thi, is the machine we yard abounded the light sociable landau of W. A.
sew in the Dorset Express." Messrs. Priest and Hutchings, of Exmouth, was of the newest forma.
Woolnouith, in coulmou with others exhibitors, were tion-the waggonettes, light and roomy, and the
aloo kind enough to acknowledge the influence of Albert four-vibeel dog carts much admired.
our columns in ezteudir% their popularity. 1 Messrs. Turner sod Bishop, stand 160, showed the
Our old friend Mr. F. sit (formerly of Croeskell'a Bedfordshire corn awl seed dr.II with self-acting seed
hours), exhibit. d for :hirers. Patterson sod Co., if hoz, which maintaniect its level when drilling up and
Beverley, • patent farmers' mill for bruising, split, down as well as on the flat ; besides many other
tiny, and grinding every kind of gram and pubs, Suffolk and other drills, grinding null., cultivator*,
linseed, cotton-seed, Anil linseed•cake- a new article, head and horse power thrashing machine* and gear
Nails, iron, and hard suletances are let instant') works, circular saws sod oil cake mills; end had
through the grindiumplates without injury to or altogether • met useful and excellent assemblage of
sopping the mill, implement. and machines.
At stands 78 and 79 Messrs. Hornsby and Sons, Messrs. Greening and Co ,of Manchester, the
iif Grantham, exhibited their reapers and mower, firm who have lately extended the limited liability
sod • vast variety of articles in addition to the principle, t i 00-operative conditions, end given their
machinery in motion at stand 9, asalready mentioned, work ingonen • share in the proceeds of their labour, '
The reapers consisted of a swathe delivery reaper- exhibited at ;dead 161 a large array of articles, ooni- '
• new implement descidied as • " semi-manual aid, prising every conceivable description of wire fencing. •
sheaf delivery reeler," and a one-horm back delver) at ono" cheap and good, and of every pe tern. with I
reaper; and the mowers were four feet cut, and of sheep and cattle aid ornamental garden hurdles,
four feet six inches respectively, besides a combined iron peliseding, field gates, carriage gates, tree
mower and reaper ! Tows, with exception of the guards, plant guards, garden lounges, chairs, folding
lest, were all voe think on the trial fields on green -tools, asses, rollers, forges, boilers, wire ben•corips,
rye aid grays, and did all the work to which the) garden engines, s)ringes, wire basket', and other
were put, well. Drill,, turnip cutters, pulpers, the articles.
ereesied cheingiou ploughs, washing machines. Meier.. C. H. and S. Persian's, of Salisbur7,
wringers, end mangles completed the extensive due general show at shed 172 was not eurpaseed for extent
play at this stand. or variety. The bronzed and green garden chairs
Mr. 8011, of Bury St. Edmunds, is renowned for were very elegant; so were • pair of deer's head
his corn dresses and screens and exhibited a vast vases or pedestals and numerous ornamental bronzed
variety of these interesting articles. rabies, bat stands, (loser stands, beautiful cutlery
Mean. Robert and Jot-5 Reeves, of Westbury, for which Salisbury is distinguished, garden syringes,
Wilts, equally distinguished for Chandlers' liquid end spanners, tack holders, mousetrap., spring and other
drf manure and seed drills, slioind three fine imple• i
balances, knife cleaners, mangles, wringers, meet
minis, for sowing, in sonic instance., liquid manure screens, kitchenere ranges, stoves and gsates, with
from the piggeries, ex., and artificial manure mixed the enamelled chimney pieoes, grates, rollers, chair-
with water (from two to six hogshead per acre), ; in cutters, mowers, milk warmers and coolers, chnee
other examples artificial manures in their panatela, Presses, water pipes and buckets, agriculture' lifting
or mixed with • small quantity of ashes-in great lacks, bottle racks, cask stands, galvanised netting
of all size, and width of mesh, galvanised roofing,
variety. The seven-rowed patent manure drilla for
ttl
corn can also be used for turnips or twinge' with or wire fencing, horse pumps, ca e troughs, sheep,
without manure. In their improved broadcast corn Poultry, and dog ditto.
distributor, seed cups and hoppers are employed the At shed lbl, Means. Raynbird, Caldeoott, Saw.
name as in their corn drills. They also showed tree, Doweling and Co . of Basingstoke, showed
steerage bone hoes, one and two wheel irotn ploughs, !heave, and samples if the beet varieties of wheat,
tabular whipple trees, hone rakes, water-gaze granges, and forage plants, a general collection of
harrow pump, horse gear, (a new article for two agricultural seeds and new forage plants, including
horses-strong, compact, simple, with intermediate luP'nes, kidney vetch, Schrader Brome grass, cattle
tnotion and coupling bars), chaff-cutters, corn screens, melon and marrow.; besides a collection of manures,
and even a patent thistle destroyer, which, as it is oil cakes and feeding stuffs.
pushed into the ground to cut off the weeds die Mr. Joseph Beach, of Dudley, displayed to the
charges a portion of salt on the root, which destroys best advantage his cattle food and a indiment.
its growth. The South of England Manure Company, whose
premises we pass at the Redbridge Station London
Mr. Crandown, of Mr. W. A. Wood's firm, ex.
hilited their gnus mowers and reapers which have and South•igestern Railway, -exhibited.' a new
been so often successful in trials. "universal" manure and dissolved bones.
Messrs. Day, Son and lie•itt, of London, with - •
W. need not follow the ezbibitors who had stands
their medicine chests, chemical extracts, gaseous •d
fse doing justioe to • leading feature of that interior
oote . into the arta department ; but we should oil
fluids, red drenches for inifamstion, and red paste,
condition halls for horses, end Rewick's, as well as
if we failed to netioe the magnificent display of
Henry Wood's pamphlets and prize essays in support
M
of them, attested at stand 90, not only the theory, eson Brown end Co of the Csi el Salisbury.
of touching picture of. 'The Student' re' as greautrlyy.
but the practice of stook-breeder's medicines.
A most novel and extraordinary circumstance admired, as indeed were everyone of their numerous
stands each devoted to some favourite branch of the
occurred in this vicinity, where show-yard visitors
bookselling and fancy trade- one say to illustrated
may remembers beautiful tree-blossomed over with
books in choice binding.; another to leather cabinet
" "—A hawthorn trey,
May"-
any fancy stationery, • third to water oolour drew-
Stood like an aged laws ings, prints, ko., embracing the interiors of all the
At the break of the day."-Beres. Cathedrals in England-original water colour draw-
On Monday, the first day of the opening of the ings of the value £420 by the late Owen B. Carter
of Winchester
show, • swarm of bees slighted on this lovely haw- •
thorn bosh, nearly close to the stand of Mr. .1.
Parrett, of Banwell, Weston•super•hlare, Somerset,
(whose advert•sement 1. conataatly to be seen in our
Western Flying Poet.) And Mn. 11. Parrett smcomeled
in hiving the swum in a proper beehive, for which
be sent into town, and is keeping them at his tern-
pinery lodgings until his return to Sousereetshire,
where them Strange "how-yard visitors doubtless
DOW are. Mr. Purrett ethitsted Purrett's improved
cider colouring, besides prime cbanipagne cider, in
every respect (qua" to the Jersey-- for we had the
honour of partaking of a glass of it along with the
noble preseti rit of the Bath and West of England
Society, the Earl of Portsmouth, who also honouree'
the adjoining et-end, that of MOSSY'. James Wilton
and Sons, of Salisbury, by drinking • glass of &Arnie-
able claret. Mows. Parrett's improved corking
machine for es peditously and thoroughly corking
bottles of all kinds, and especially suited for bottling
sines, ales, Ike., is a very clever little Instrument,
and was greatly admired.
When the Lord Bishop, in delivering the only thing
approaching to • speech inaugural of this ezhibition,
reminded the crowd sesemlowl round the door of the
Fine Arts Department that Salisbury parceled
shops of such • character anti excellence that no in-
habitant of the city could be under the slightest
necessity of resorting to Linden for tbe supply of
any want however refined. His Lordship spoke
with ample reason and prance, as vitae= the respec-
tive exhibitions of Messrs. Permian, Wilton and
Sons, Brown' Bennet, the brother's Roe, and others
of the city tradesmen. Not only in the Arta Depart-
ment, but at steed 93 on the ground, Mews. Walton
and dons exhibited ex:ensively lawn-mowers, garden
rollers, garden seats, galvanised netting, iron vases,
wooden and iron tub garden engines and water-
herrows (Warner's make), with buckets, hose,
syringe., and aqmjects of the same house,
Birmingham hydropoults,forks, fumigators, botanical
came and trowel., 'lightning 000dootors, sansage
maohines, coffee mills, bedsteads, copper cord, and
snoud wire, knife cleaners, egg-beaters, churns,
barrel tilting stands, wine coolers, refrigerator..
freezing machines, mangers, stable fitting., corn
bins, carnage jacks, chaff cotters, iron pumps,
mangles, weighing machines, pig and sheep troughs,
tanks, cattle troughs, wheelbarrow., cheese presses,
dairy utensils, furnaces, rack truck", boilers, stoves,
grates, cooking apparatus (one at work, to go 25
minutia), kitchen ranges, hot plates, smoke jack.,
tire boxes, Wes (kilner's), in short, an enumeration
of items in itself sufficient and demanding DO ampli-
fication.

We now come to the most ingenious agricultural
implement in the yard. At the stand eif Meesra
Hawkey and Spencer, of Tiverton, we not only
inspected with pleasure the improved pulveriser and
general purpose ploughs, eel patent horse hoes, but
more especially their patent chain corn drills of 13
and 11 coulters. Them drills are very light and
will sow from 5 pecks of wheat or barley to 24 pecks
if oats more regularly up and down bill or on side-
hug ground than any other drilL The truth is that
the seed 'spoiled out bt chain. (without the necessity
of having wheels to change for any required quantity
of corn, vetches, beans, and pilau) which the master
can regulate and take away the key so as the man in
charge anoot keep altering the delivery, and when
• field is licish.d not a single grain need be left in I
the corn box. It is also represented as lighter in
draught, simpler, more durable, lower in pros, and
saner to work suit keep in order than other drills..
Tne nuionfacta rers,aa a convincing proof of this, appeal
to the fact of their having had sent to then new
cup drills s 4 the best makers to refit with the patent
chains. Still more ingenious even than the chain, these
makers showed us another drill, the principle of
which they are only just developing, for turnips and
mangel seed, to be drawn out by a gutta.percha
band perforated at intervals Do as to hold the
sumeseive pinches of seed required. Of this we may
probably hear more when lbs society meets again at
Salisbury. The pulveriser plough of this firm which
emeornises labour by completely burying all grans
and making a good seedbed at one operation, thereby
inducing heavier mope, deserves also special notice.
It cae besides be used as an ordinary plough at any
time he removing the pulverising plates. Their
manufactory at Tiverton seem destined however,
ti be beat known aa the patent chain drill menu.
faistory, and there were few implements on the
ground possessed of equal interest in point of novelty
and utility. They also exhibited reaping and
haymaking machines
Mr. W. N. Nicholson, of Newark, who was, we
regret to learn, called away from the yard a few
hours slier its opening by telegram owing to the
death of his respected father, an old and well known
citizen of Newark •upos.Trent, presented live of his
c•lebrated hay•mck log machines, one (No. 12)• new
implement made to meet • demand of last year for •
light machine having all the mations and adjust-
ciente of the largest and most perfect kind—that is
both forward and back motion and adjustment to
all varieties of crops and for the prevention of
slogging. The horse rakes of this home are nearly
as popular as its hay-makers. The oil-cake crushers
are their own patent They showed also sank biters
(in one instance combined with weighing machine)
wine racks, tin corn and malt shovels, Is.
Mr. William Smith, Kettering, Northamptonshire,
has had his great improved seeerage borse-bee for
sometime figuring in our columns • and it well
deserves attention. It is constructed for general
Ipsrposse, and will hoe pees, beans, turnips alia
MOI soy width required either at the flos or

chJirs on either hied, 'standing some little Way
back into the transept& They were seated in four
divisions, two on each side, that nearest the looters
on the south, being composed of the choirs of the
eithedral, of tiherberne Abbey, and of Wimborne
Minster. The unsurpliced were placed in the nave
sod aisles Vine : In the north aisle male altos at east
end,and trebles behind ; on north side of nave basses,
end on south side tenor,; in south aisle female altos
at east end, and sopranos behind. The whole body
of unsurplioed singers filled exactly half the nave.
attending five bays down to the west. The bishop's '
gums was placed against the north-west pillar of the
tower, the seat of the preacher, the Dean of Ely,
against the opposite pillar; various dignitaries being
grouped round these two se. The four minor
canons, who took part in the service, were platted at
two prayer desk, by the side of the surpliced choirs.
The lesions were read and the sermon was preached
from the lectern. The promotion was drawn up in
the Molders, and entered the cathedral. by the south
door at the lower end of the aisle, in the following
order :

Choirs.
let Division.
204 Division.
3rd Division.
4th
Parochial clergy.
Ver.
Cath Ara clergy.
Verger.
The Preacher.
Two A rohdeaene 1.
The Bishop's Chaplain, bearing the Pastoral Staff.
The Lord Bishop.
Two Rural Deans.

The Processional Hymn was sung by the four
divisions of the choirs in the following manner
The first verse was gong by all together in the
cloisters, standing still. They then moved forward
to the door, all repeating the seine verse; inside the
door, the cathedral choir drew up in two lines to let
the divigions pass through it, thus they gave to each
division as it entered the right pitoh, and scoured its
taking up the hymn at the right place. The first
division began the second verse on entering, the
second division the third verse, the third division
the fourth verse, the fourth the fifth verse ; thus
not only was each division started right by the
Cathedral choir, but as each continued singing after
it had once begun, • crescendo iffect was produeed,
which was certainly very fine. While the surpliced
choirs were taking their place:, the unsurpliced re-
peated the hymn in full ohortia. The service then
proceeded, the Canticles and Psalms being sung in
half verses alternately between the surplieed and
unsurpliced choirs. The idea intended to be ex•
emplitied by this arrangement was that of s choir
and • ormeregation, those tinder the tower repre-
senting the choir, and three in the nave the con-
gregation, the latter responding to the former, This
happy admixture of choir and congregational singing
may often be heard in France and elsewhere; and,
if the practice of church music progresses for the
neet ten years as it has for the last, it will be far
from unoommon in England also. Reciting the
Psalms antiphonally in half verses is another, and a
perfectly distinct question. Its advocates rust their
argumenta in its favour upon the practical structure
of the Psalms, which they say this mode of reciting
them, and this alone, can bring out and represent in
any any. This is too large • question to enter into
here, but it may be observed that many excellent
judges, who heard it in Salisbury Cathedral for the
first time at this festival, were most favourably im-
pressed by it. It is not for the writer of this com-
munication to make any observations upon either
the music selected, or upon the manner in which the
choirs performed it, they will be made no doubt
with both fulosas and ability by your own °ores's.
pindent. In the sermon the magnificent vows of
Lb. Dean of Ely resched with perfect diatincteees to
the furthest end of either transept, and nearly to
the extreme end of the nave. The eloquent and
truthful sermon itself is being printed, through the
kind permission of the Dean, by the ass viation. A
second anthem followed it ; after which, while •
voluntary was being played, • collection warn made
towards the espouses of the festival. Duricg this
time the surpliowl choirs were re formed in pro•
ceetionial order, their whole length extending through
Lb. choir gates, and far up eastward to the Ladye
Chapel, the leading choristers being brought forward
is a line with the Bishop's Throne. When the
voluntary was ended, all knelt and received the
Apostolic Benediction ; then rising, they parted
down the nave into the eloieters, the whole body of
the choirs, surpliced and unsurpliced, led by the
organ at its fullest power, singing that beautiful
hymn, " Light's abode, thou heavenly Salem," to
the grand old tune of Oriel, the beet of all tunes for
• Processional March.
ROLM

1. This arisociatien shall be called the Salisbury
Diocevan Choral Aseocivtion. It, object, to promote
the study and practice of church music, and to improve
both choir and congregational singing in pariah churches
within the diorieve of Salisbury.
2. The as•ociation seeks to attain that object—lot,
by the appointment of an organising secretary for the
wh“le diocese; 2odly, by the •ppointment of • diocesan
choirmaater, whenever the funds of the atecciation shall
permit; by dividing the diocese into Astride, and
appointing to each district it, own sivretary and choir-
minder ; titbit., by holding dmoesen, di.trict, and other
; sttly, by the prtatata •nd poblication of
mimic, and be Ray ether means that may from time to
time appear desirable.
3. All persons contributing • dor.et ion of £5, or an
annual subiorytion of not less then 10, and all officers
of the society, shall be mein& rti thereof, mid shall
hove power to Rote at general ti meeng',
. . . .

4. lhe officers of tge association shall consist of •
patron, • preedent, and aloe-presideots. diocesan and
district arcretari s, rboirmaater., •t rowan rer and auditor
of amounts, and others who may hereafter be appointed
to any Mlle: that may be deem.] useful....
. .

5. The Laid flash:Op of the diciov.e shall be requested
to b. pstron of the .rociation. Tt• president shall be
elected by the members thereof. The lord•lieutenants
of the counties of Dorset and Wilts, the members of
Perli.ment for the s.id counties, snd for the boroughe
within the diocese, the Dean, tile Precentor, the Arch-
deacon., the Canons Reselentiary, the Sub.-lean, told the
Suecentor of the Cathedral, shall, if subecriber., be
ri quested to set as vice-presidents.
It. The division of the diocese into districts, or the
redistrilintion of such and the general affairs of
the ss-ori•ti•in shall be mann+ d by • committee, to be
celled the " 13tioc mu committee." This committee
shell con-ist of the president, the •ice-presidenta. the
clim-esan and the district secretaries, the organists of the
Cathedral, of Sherborne Abbey, and of Winiberne
Minster, and elected members.

7. The diocesan committee shall annually appoint a
referee and a otinimittee of music, which committee
sliall alwave include am ng its member. the preor.tor,
snemot.ir. dimmean and district secretarie., the nrganiate
of the C'athidral. of She borne Abbey, and of Wimborne
Minister. Five shall form a quorum.
S. The perticular affairs of any district, so far as they
Sr. didinct from those common to the whole essociation,
shell be managed by • I ti-al committee, called the
" [hats tot Committee. " Tbi• committee shall be
annually elected by the members of the weds on
within the district.

9. The diocesan committee shall call an annual
general meeting of the members of the association in the
month of October, at Salisbury, or at any other place
in the iliocemsand at this meeting • report of the pro-
ceedings and expenditure of the past year !shall be sub-
mitted by the secretary. the direean secretary, tremurer
and •uditors shall be elect,l, additional members, lay
or eternal, may be elect-I, upon the diocesan commt
and any other buaineett transacted. The committee :tin
also be empowered to call • special general meeting
whenever it may appear necessary to them, or upon
remising • reqniiition in writing from ten memters of
the wasomation.

10. The diocesan secretary ahall be honorary visitor
of the choirs in onion, and all trowelling and other ex-
penses is, i,leutal to his office shall be defrayed by the
aasociAtton.

11. The diocesan shoirmaater shall be appointed by
the dio emn committee. and shall bold his office
during their pleasure. His duties shall consist of th-
inspection of all choirs in union, aud of the general
instruLtem and direction of such as may require his aid.
It will be the duty of all diet/let choirmasters to act as
far as posvihle in concert with hire. and all regulations to
promote such concerted aetion &ball be agreed upon
for each district separately between the diocesan and
district committers.

12. The di•trirt sesretary shall be annually appointed
by the members of the saoci•tion within the district.
Fle shall be I,nnnrary visitor of the choirs in union
within the district.

It The di.trict choirmuttr shall be asoaelly
pointed by the dirtriet committee. His oervi,e, mug
be poi,' for either be subecoipti”us collected for the'
spoil.' purpose. or by the .-hors who may avail thens
ee1.... of them ; tle mount of such payment to be
whiled by the committee. If, however, at soy tine
thrt• be no diocesan choirnsas'er, or if the fund, of the
MIS .ciatints shall otherwise permit, the dioorsan coin•
mittee sholl Ai the district committee. in the payment
of their choirmasters, or in any other way the said
district committee may prefer.
14. The district committee shall cell en annual meeting
of all the members of the sasoeiation within their
respective districts. prerious to the annual general meet-
ing, and at ouch meetings report of the proceedings end
expenditure of the past year shall be mode by the
secretary ; two member., lay or clerical, shall be elected
for the dies:Awn committee, and any other necessary
busineee tratioacted.

16. The choirs of every pariah where the clergyman is
a member of the association, or for which an annual
subscription of 10, is paid, .611 be considered in onion
with the asanciation, and Khali be entitled to the minim
of the diocesan choirmaster without farther payment
All applimitions for the oterviorc of ouch ehoirosseter
shall be made to the distriot acoorstary, ebosh•ll armors
vrit6 the diocesan secretary for the length of time he
MT give to each diatrict
16. A dimeasn festival eh.fl be held in the Cathedral,
with the peruyirni.m of the de•n and chapter, once at the
least, in every tLee years. The rrrrr „cement. for soch
festival shall be made by the diocesan committee, or by
sub coniantteao •pratinted by them for each *lstria! pur-
l:rm. This musie for the festival shall be select:o, end
the printing of it superintended, by the committee t.f
music /To choir in uuion Atoll be admitted to any
snub feetaval, without examination according to nuei
laid down by the dimeasm committee.

17. Di.trict feetirele shall be held as often so the
committee of emb district shall determine, the music
fog snob festissi. being selected by them, with the con-
of the incumbent of the famish is which the
festival is bold.

It All sebasriptious are payable in advance, and are
doe on tbe let of Januarj. for tbe ensuing pear, and an
member, or °hair, who's sabseriptioa is in arrow, will
be entitled to any ptivilop of iserabeesidp.