The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

THITRSDAY

ordinary roads by means of spur-wheelsand pinions, •
enabling the engine to drive one travelling-wheel
with a slow motion, as Clayton's, with a simple
steerage, and Garrett's, which is guided by a horse.
It will be a great step in advance when threshing
and steam-ploughing engines are able to walk with
their load of machinery from farm to farm ; but
at present these adaptations seem Letter fitted for
smooli turnpikes than for deep or rugged clay
lanes. Here also is Tuxford's massive traction-
engine with Boydell's wheels (both driven by most
ingenious friction-boxes). In walking through the
stands we observe Richmond and Chandler's
chaff-cutters ; Smith and Ashby's hay-maker ; Per-
reaux's pumps, fitted with the ingenious india-
rubber valve • Seaman's model of a new steam-
plough ; on Ransome and Sim's stand, a novelty in
the form of a horizontally rotating roat-slicer, the
knives, of a " bomerang" shape, being fixed, with
screw-blades in the hopper, carrying round and
pressing down the roots upon then. Here, also,
are the noted bean-cutter, oat-bruiser, and an as-
sortment of patent prize ploughs, including the
pony plough, weighing 651 b. Keevil's cheese-
making apparatus, of very simple construction, for
better separating the whey from the curd, especi-
ally in manufacturing rich cheese, is a remarkably
clever invention, and likely to effect great improve-
ment in our dairy pract;ces. On Priest and Wool-
nough's stand is a singular contrivance intended to
destroy that troublesome enemy the turnip-fly; by
means of small fanners, the flies disturbed from the
rows c f plants are to be drawn into a current of
air as they jump, and blown out again behind the
machine, intermingled with a cloud of fire ashes
and lime, which thus dusts the plants. As a
manure distributor it may prove a valuable little
implement, but experience has yet to determine
what the flies will think of the treatment. Howard,
of B dford, shows his patent prize ploughs, horse-
hoes, rakes, and a new chaff-screen ; Bentall, his
well-known broad-sharer and subsoil plough, his
barrows, and especially efficient root-pulper. On
Garrett's stand is a reaper with revolving rake-off,
which contains the germs of considerable improve-
ments. On this stand, and also on that of Rau-
some and Sims, we find the American Eagle
mowing machine, which we are glad to say has fully
proved by its performances during the hay harvest
the correctness of our opinion expressed last year in
its favour. Woofe's paring plough is a tool working
with remarkable accuracy, with a one-inch slice,
to as deep a 3 may be required ; Messrs. Thomas
Gibbs and Co. and Messrs. L iwson exhibit wonder-
ful collections of seeds, samples and specimens of
agricultural produce; and there are numerous stalls
of articles of a miscellaneous rather than aural
character.
Yesterday the point of interest in the trial yard
was a racing contest between the four picked
thrashing machines—namely, Clayton and Shuttle-
worth's, Hornsby's, Ransome and Sims', and Hum-
phries'—all running together with their respective
engines of 451 b. pressure on the inch, and each sup-
I plied with 775 sheaves. Clay ton's ran 44 minutes ;
Hornsby's, 441 minutes ; Ransome's, 47 minutes ;
and Humphries', 61 minutes.

So great has been the number of implements and
machinery far trial that the prizes could not be
adjudicated in time for us to receive the particulars.
The dinner takes place to-day in the Shire-hall.