The Smithfield Show.
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A Good Display of Steam-wagon and Tractor Exhibits, A Number of Small Agrimotors and a New British Petrol Lorry. , Although not invested with the pomp and circumstance of the Royal, the Smithfield Show, which opened on Monday last, in its customary home, has a fame. and reputation peculiarly its own. The present one is the one hundred and seventeenth annual exhibition, and, considering the times in which we live, it preserves in a remarkable degree its century-old reputation for usefulness, coupled, on this occasion, with a strong dash of novelty.
That part of the exhibition which appeals more directly to our readers is especially bright this year. Old friends, with one or two exceptions, are well represented, and there are several exhibits which appeal both on account of their novelty and probable utility. Perhaps the strongest feature of the show is
• the tractor section. I4Iaddition to the usual steam engined machine, there is this year quite a number of internal-combustion-engined agricultural ploughs and tractors, varying from the huge I.H.C. and Mogul 40 h.p. machines to the small ones similar to, arid including, the Wyles and Fowler and the little Ivel-Bauche hoe.
Amongst vehicles intended solely for transport purposes, petrol is only represented by one chassis, the Clayton and Shuttleworth, which is entirely new to our readers, but which bids fair to compete for pride of place with the well-known steamer of the same name. For convenience of reference we deal below with the various exhibits arranged in alphabetical order.