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AGRIMOTORS AND IMPLEMENTS.

THERE WERE FEWER tractors than we expected to see considering the size and importance of the Show, but the better known makes are well ropre-sented, and there are a few new examples. Of tractor, implements there is no end, and they include ploughs and cultivators of all sorts, drainage implements, mowers, binders, hay balers and threshers.

The British Wallis tractor, shown on Stand No. 210 (Ancona-Motor Co., Ltd.), makes one of the best displays. This machine is one that is coming to the fore. It appears I useful appliance and a sound engineering job, particularly. since the replacing of the single front wheel by two wheels. When the Wallis was a three-wheeler fanners did not like it, especially as the steering did not look very safe. But this defect has now been remedied, and it is generally conceded that the machine has much to recommend, it. One inbpartant point about the now Wallis is that itcomes, with the Saunderson, to being the nearest' 'apprroach to a general-putrpose tractor. It is easy to handle, and is neither too

light nor too heavy. All the models exhibited by the Ancona Motor Co. are made by Ruston and. Hornsby, Ltd., Grantham, who are members of the A.G.E.

There are six of them shown on the stand, the particulars being as follow

• One comprises a 7 ft. Hornsby binder outfit, arranged for being operated and controlled by one man' from the driver's Seat behind the hinder, an outfit of great utility.

The second tractor forms a, complete ploughing outfit with a Hornsby three-furrow plough, and is fitted with a complete set of wheel spuds of special design. For success on soft heavy land this type of spud will form an important feature in the future.

A third machine is attached to a. Ransom& plough—three-furrow—and the wheels are fitted with interchangeable sp-uds for ploughing, and spacial-type rubber bands for road haulage.

A fourth is shown with standard fittings, and a fifth with a J. I. Case plough. The wheels of this tractor are fitted with traction engine drive strakes, for road haulage, and a spring which gives better suspension when travelling on the road is fitted to the front aide. 1 The other tractor, complete with a . J. I. Case disc-harrowing ou‘fit, fitted with detachable steel bands over the spuds, also a. special drawbar for use with any type of agricultural implement, giving a range each side of centre of tractor, horizontally and vertically.

Close to the Wallis stand, on Stand No. 208, the Saunderson' s Tractor and fm-plc.. ment Co., Ltd., of Bedford, have their very attractive show. There are two Universal Model G 23-25 lep. tractors shown. These machines .are fitted with three speeds forward and one reverse, winding drum and cable, patent threepoint suspension, aced; spring drawbar for agricultural and transport purposes.. This tractor is one of the most useful machines on the market, as it deals effectively with-land of the heavier.kind, as well as medium and light land. The winding drum is a valuable asset. As a matter of criticism,' it might be suggested that for work on the heavier kind of land spuds similar to those fitted on the Wallis . would be more effective than strakes in giving a good grip of the ground. A noteworthy feature of the Saunderson is the tool-box placed right in front of the machine over the front axle. This affords great protection to the radiator. Farmers and their men will run the tractor. into -the hedge occasionally, and the arrangement, whereby the radiator is' brought behind the tool-box, is a decided advantage, as it prevents`agood deal of damage that would otherwise occur from sudden contact with field fences. The4tractor is in every -respect well made and durable, and the construction and operation is simp,licity

On thsame stand there is a 4 ft. 6 ins. standard threshing machine, made by Win. Foster and Co., Ltd., of Lincoln, for the purpose of being driven as stationary machinery by the Saunderson tractor, There is a logging chain for hauling implements, an adjustable drawbar for hauling wagons, threshing

machines, etc., by mechanical power, with adjustable lugs to fit ,the ordinary forecarriage, and a most useful harvester coupling, for coupling up second or succeeding binders or mowers. There is also a tank. wagon, with box for tools andOspares, to trail behind the tractor for earrying fuel, water, tools, etc., and a trailing wagon of 5-6 tons, with steel ivimels,'drawbar,N-forecarriage awivelling completely i..ound, spring-mounted ahd screw-brake. Of ploughs for attachment tothe tractor there is -an IMP. three furrow model, with fourth-farroir attachinent, and a S.M.P. two-furrow model, with third-furrow atta,cfiment. The automatic lift tractor land grubber, and the self-lift :convertible two, three, or -four furrowetractor!plough, are entered as new implements.

The AustinjMotor Co., Ltd., on Stand No. 204, stage the iAustin tractor. This is:a. very nice-tooking;machine, and one capable of doing the work of most farms. It is an instrument somewhat lighter than the Saunderson or Wallis ink design, but an excellent general-purpose machine. It will draw a three furrow plough at a speed of 4 m.p.h.,. making furrows, it is claimed, 10 ins. ia. ..width, and from 6 to 10 ins, in depth, according to the

'nature of the soil. Using paraffin, it

develops a drawbar pull of 3,000 lb., and will sustain,. a continuous drawbar pull of 2,500 Tb, It will perform all kinds of farming operations, including ploughing, cultivating, mowing, binding, hauling, and stationary work, The belt pulley is set across the frame of the machine, as is desirable, therefore setting for threshing or stationary work is, --comparatively, an easy matter.

There is a grand display of Austin tractors on the stand of X. Dixon and Co., of Darlington (Stand No. 103). Altogether there are seven of them on this stand, all of the same description as that on Austin's stand, namely, 25 h.p., four-cylinder, four-wheeled type, mounted on springs at the front, with threepoint suspension, special paraffin vaporizer, magnetodgnition, two speeds forward and reverse. Thb.machmes are arranged as follow : As above with waterproof covers, with ruiner pads, with binder spuds, with binder and ploughing spuds, and with 4 in, s-apds.

Messrs. Dixon also have two Saunderson's Universal tractors (Model 0), 23-25 b.h.p., and a very large collection of farm implements. . The Austin tractor was also exhibited lay Barclay, Ross, and Hutchinson, Ltd., of Aberdeen.

Martin's Cultivator Co., Ltd., of Stamford; occupying Stand 195, have a large number of very useful tractor implements on show. Their general-purpose motor tractor is an appliance which should receive the full attention of all having land to cultivate. The test load for the tractor is 28 b,h.p. at 1,000 r.p.m. on paraffin. It is a very substantial machine, and like most of their agricultural appliances, does the concern great credit. Like the Saunderson, it is fitted with a winding drum and 50 yards of steel wiro rope and guide rollers. The tractor, even the model which 'they have at the Show, is not the latest, which, with some other improvements, also has a three-speed gear. The model shown has onlv two speeds.

The Martin patent self-contained three. furrow plough has -.the track-laying system of propulsion, and is suitable for all kinds of tillage operations. The engine is theleame as that of the generalpurpose tractor. This type of machine is used principallyon farms where the land is not very level. The centre of

• gravity is very low, rendering it suitable for work on hill-sides.

One is tempted to ask in these days, with the improvements which have taken Li3S place in ploughing and cultivating implements, whether the sell-contained motor plough in business proposition, but it is a fact that certain classes of farmers demand it, and it is more suitable than any other type on some land. In addition to the sales that have been made hi England the Martins find a good market abroad, particularly in the sugar plantations, where short headlands are a necessity. Among the other notable features of Martin's stands are their allround general-purpose tractor cultivator, adapted for easy conversion into a ridger, and their patent four-furrow self-lift

ploughs. Another point in. regard to the implement is that the lift device is driven from the furrow wheel. In most appliances of a similar kind the power for lifting comes from the land wheel, but. thedurrow wheel gives a moretetcady movement. The width of the furrows,

too, can be altered very easily. By removing the back cleats it,can be converted into a three-furrow plough, and the three-furrow model into a twofurrow. We have already noted that the Martin's motor plough is chain-track driven. We saw on another starni (No. 185) the Blackstone track-laying agricultural tractor, which was exhibited by Blackstone and Co., Ltd., of Stamford. This has been improved considerably since the Lincoln trials, and is now fitted with a self-starter, and an improved steering gear. A comparison between the chain track device of the Blackstone and the Martin reveals some difference which is worthy of note, because the objection brought against track-laying machines is that the moving parts of the chain wear out. rapidly, thereby involving the machine in rapid depreciation. They are also somewhat complicated, which is a thing the farmer does not like.

• In the case of the Blackstone and the Martin, however, the construction of the chain track is very simple. Each link on the Blackstone is separate, and is secured by a. single pin and a stop peg through each pin, thus rendering the parts easy of replaCernent. In the case of the Martin, each pin is secured in position by a rivet driven through it.

A very interesting stand (No.. 299) is occupied by the Agri-Tractor Contract Co., Ltd., of Royston, Herts. A 12-25 h.p. Parrett tractor, manufactured by the Parrott Tractor Co., of Chicago, and called the "Rolls Royce" of tractors, is shown. Whether Rolls Royce will feel complimented by this I do riot know, hilt an examination of the machine certainly indicates that it is one of good quality. In appearance it is. unlike any other machine, and a front view makes one think of "legs and wings." The front wheels are rather large and narrows. and are set wide apart. They are, however, constructed so as .not to compress the ground to any ettent, and, having a good distance between them, obviate all risk of the tractor overturning, and the whole weight of the machine is distributed in a way calculated to give the minimum of soil compiession.

• It is stated fast 10,000 acres of corn have been rolled this year by the...Parrett tractor in this country, arid that withow4 the evil effects of undue pressure front the drive wheels, which often occurs in the case of other machines. The tractor has three speeds forward and one reverse. Other advantages which it has are a belt-pulley, short turn, self-steering in the furrow, and high wheel to give a good clearance.

• Henry Garner, Ltd., of Birmingham, occhpy tand No, 305 with three of their well-known agricultural tractors. These machines are manufactured by William Galloway and Co., Waterloo, Iceva, U.S.A. There is no noticeable change in these tractors, which are of the fourwheeled type, fitted with a four-cylinder engine. They have the three-point suspension, paraffin vaporizer, magneto ignition, three speeds forward and reverse gears with worm and wheel drive, and front springing. A pulley is fitted for threshing and other work. The .pulley does not run when the machine is not so engaged. The -drawbar pull on low gear is 3.000 lb. For ploughing, cultivating, harrowing and harvesting, it is fitted with a patent quick detachable land grip. The machine is priced at 2465, with patent detachable rubber tyres for road work, 245 extra. One of these machines is driving a threshing machine very satisfactorily. On Stand No. 308 (near to Garner's) Mayeroft's Ltd. have a good collection of their Case tractors. These machines were much more in evidence in this country some time ago. The Case tractor max he considered as a machine having considerable merit. The weight is 3,700 lb., and it, has a drawbat pull of 2,000 lb. The motor is four-cylindered, with cylinders cast en bloc. and the bore is ins., and the stroke 5 ins. It is fitted with overhead valves and has forced feed and splash lubrication. The speed of the engine is 1,050 r.p.m. A Bosch magneto is fitted, having an impulse starter. The machines are not all of the same size. Another model is of a 27 b.h.p. with a drawbar h..p. of 15, and `leaving 20 per cent, reserve power. Its weight is 5,800 lb.

Noyes, Stockwell and Co., Ltd., have a well-known G.O. friction-drive tractor on Stand No. 309. It possesses merit as well as novelty. ,

As might be expected, the Fordson tractor is very much in evidence on Stand No. 300, which is occupiedby IVIe,sars. George and Jobling, of Darlington. There are three of them shown, attached to Oliver No. 7 ploughs. These ploughs are designed for use with the Fordson tractor, and one does not note any improvements or additions to this tractor, which is of 22 h.p.. and is now fitted with re detachable pulley for 6 in, belt work.

• Henry Ford and Son occupy Stand No. 95a, also with the Fordson tractor.

One notices a few motor ploughs of various sizes and types. Martin's tracklayer machine has already been mentioned. This is a fairly large machine, with a ood capacity for work. Another, larger in appearance, is the Boon, exhibited by Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies on Stand No. 186. This machine is fitted with steel breasts and swivel -disc coulters, made by Ransomes. Sims and Jefferies. Fuller details of this tractor will appear in The Commercial Motor at a, later date.

Then there is the well-known Moline, staged by Motrac Engineering, Ltd., on

Stand No. 316. Though a self-contained motor plough, it is a universal tractor, and will do almost any job that a tractor can do.

There is also the Crawley tractor on Stand No. 293, which is shown by the Crawley AgrimotorCo., Ltd. This machine has a 30 h.p. engine of heavy design. It is fitted with a three-furrow plough, with attachment for converting the appliance into a tractor. It has a, belt-pulley attachment, and altogether is a most useful machine of the kind.

Then a much smaller type of motel

plough is seen in the Fowler, on Stand No. 112, which is occupied by John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd. It has a two-cylinder engine, and the gearbox provides two speeds forward and a reverse. The machine is priced at 2360, which seems rather high for a small motor plough of this-kind.

Stand No. 196 is situated near Martins and is occupied by the International Harvester Co., which has a big display of farm implements and machines, all of them useful. On their own stand they have four tractors, two Titans, and two International Juniors, but these makes are so well known that a description of them here is quite unnecessary. They are priced at, Titans 2437 10s., International 2380. An examination of the implements on this stand forms an education in itself, as ordinary farm implements and oil engines are well represented. Of course, tliere is a num'bar of horse implements but the International Harvester Co. are well ahead in their development of implements for tractor use.

There is a. big collection of McCormick and Deering binders of 5 ft., 6 ft., and 7 ft. cut. We have no practical criticism to offer against these machines, but we have heard farmers remarking that, in their opinion, the increased cut and the increased size of the machine have been obtained at the cost of strength in the implement. We cannot say that this is so, a,nd with their experience the company can be trusted not, to place on the market anything but what is useful. Their mowers are mostly of the 4,1 ft_ cut, both McCormick.s and Deerings. The collection of tractor hitches is most interesting and includes town truck, automatic, McCormick, and similar Deering hitches for drawing one binder and for drawing two in conjunction. 'Cultivators and International power lift ploughs are also to be found. The International Junior tractor is also exhibited by the North and East Riding Engineering Co., of Scarborough. The Overtime tractor, which, again, is too well known to need any description, is to be found on Stand No, 258,

occupied by the' Associated Manufacturers Co. This is Model N, having two•speeds and designed for ploughieg, cultivating, and harvesting. It is attached to an automatic plough, Model A, four-furrow, seIf-lift, and the plough is !onvertible to one or three furrows. The Overtime 30 h.p. model is also exhihited by Tea...dale Bros., Ltd., of Darifergton.

Jonii and James Sy.mm, of Stockfields-cue ryne, have an inteTesting stand m which is included a Sauneeisort tractor of the same model as that on the Saunaerson stand. The popular Glasgow tractor 'is staged by the Britigb• Motor Trading Corporation on Stand No. 311. The Glasgow is a threewheet type with the drive to all wheels, this gi.+ee a, particular advantage to the tractor when it comes to dealing with heavy .t.anci. It is a 25 h.p. machine, manulactured by the Wallis Farm Implement Co., of Glasgow. The weight is 3,600 pounds with a lour cylinder, ;.n. bore sue aj, in.. stroke motor. It is fitted for petrol fuel, but can be arranged ,for pdrallin. At highest speed it, travels 5 miles an hour lowest speed 2i miles per ',hour, reverse speed: 2!

miles per hour. •

The creation of paraffin and petrol for tsacto,4 JEN beginning to receive some serious attention from farmers' and it will not be unlikely that petrol will, to a great extent, be found more economical than piratEn. The same company has the self-lift 'grub tractor which is manufactured b john Wallace and Son, Ltd., of Dennistoun. This4 is a particularly etreng and useful implement, also they

have a Roderick Lean tractor disc harrow,.8 ft. wide and having 32 discs, also several of the well-known Oliver ploughs.

Included amongst a large collection and variety of other implements on Stand No. 325, K. M. Backhouse, of York, are showing an Austin tractor and also a Garner tractor. Among the implements of this exhibit are to be found. disc cultivators by Massey. Harris, tractor cialtivators by Martin, a traeter plough by Ruston and Hornsby and b ft binders by Massey-Harris, The Beeman garden tractor is to be seen.' on the stand of the Bourne Engineering Co., Stand No. 242. This small garden tractor is becoming fairly well known. It is designed principally for work in small fruit plantations, small holdings, and nurseries, and will work with =pen-lents specially designed for it. Still another walking motor, or rather one behind which the operator walks, is the Oldsmar exhibited by the same company alongside the Beeman. The Oldsmar tractor is designed for similar purpose". to the Beeman, but it is more powerfut, enables heavier work to be done, and provides a riding position for the operator, although, as we have said before, the machine is really one of the type behind which the operator walks. It has the reputation of being a very lIeful implement, and it should receive some attention from the small farmer, which we are sure will be the case.

The British Wallis tractor to which we have previously referred is also exhibited by Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., on Stand No. 192. It is a four-wheel model of 24 h.p., having an engine of 44 ins, bore and 511 ins. stroke. The rear wheels are fitted with a templete set of driving spuds. Fairbanks Morse and Co.,. Ltd., occupy Stand No. 205, and amongst a number of oil engines and pumps exhibit the Twin City tractor which is a very serviceable and handy appliance.

'Worthington-Simpson, Ltd., entered a now oil-driven agricultural tractor for Stand No. 220, but we understand that the appliance is after all not being shown.

The new Avery tractor is shown on Stand No. 250 by R. A. Lister and Co., Ltd., of Dursley. It is of the smaller type, the horse-power being 7-14. The engine has six cylinders. • The appliance IS' an interesting one, and should be useful for certain work; it is well worth examination.

The Weeks-Dungey "New Simplex" tractor, is rather well known, and has been thoroughly tried and tested. A model is Shown on Stand No. 262 by the makers, W. Weeks and Son, Perseverance Iron "Works, Maidstone. This appliance is a general purpose one, and on the whole it is well spoken of by farmers. ._

The one-way motor ploughs are conspicuous by their absence, the only one on show being the Timesaver ; this is to be seen on Stand No.267, occupied by Tones Sons and King, with whom are incorporated George W. King,. Ltd. Windmill Lane, Stratford, Lyndon. This machine

was reviewed recently in the columns of The Commercial Motor. It is a motor tractor and one-way plough manufactured by the Time 'Saver Tractor and Implement Co.' of 23, Coleman Street, Loudon,. E.C. The engine is of 30 h.p., with a 44 ins. bore and a 52 ins. stroke. The ignition is by magneto. The engine runs on paraffin after being started on petrol, and is governed. The gearing provides two speeds forward and two reverse. The machine is fitted with a three-furrow balance plough, and can be used for ono-way ploughing or for

stretch ploughing. The price of the Timesaver is £570, including the plough.

Mekhior, Armstrong and Dessau (London), Ltd., of 14 Great Marlbrirough Street, London, W., exhibit on Stand No. 280 the Emerson or E.B. tractor. It is a 12-20 h.p. machine, and rnanufac, tured by Emerson, Brantingharn, of Rockford, U.S.A. The price of it is 2495. It would strike one as*being rather a cheap line for so good a tractor.

Osborne 5 ft. 'and 6 ft. binders, manufactured by Emerson, Brantingham and adapted for tractor use are exhibited by the same concern on the same stand, as -welt as Osborne mowers and Ernersian drills, manure spreaders, rollers, etc.

The Agricultural Wholesale Society, Ltd., of St. Lawrence House, 48, Mark Lane, London, .E.C., have entered what. to English farmers will be a new tractor. The exhibit comprises two models of the" Hart Parr 30' agricultural trac r; which is manufactured by the Hart Parr Co., Charles City, Iowa. At the time of our visit to the stand (Xo. 294), we were not able to make any detailed examination of the model, but the tractor is constructed for performing all operation,s,lincluding ploughing, cultivat ing, harvesting, and threshing. The engine is of 30 h.p., and the gearing provides two speeds forward and reverse. The engine runs on paraffin. One model is dismantled to show its working parts, the other model is in motion on what. is known as the Bootstrap " test, demonstrating the power delivered at the wheels, and its ability to pass from no load to full load without throttling or misfiring.

. Stand No. 287, occupied by Ord and 1Vlariclison, Ltd., Darlington, ig a .■ cry interesting one, and is well stocked with a great variety of farm appliances, which includes the International tractor, the Fordson tractor, and the Saunderson tractor model G. The details of all these Models are generally well known. The Chase Tractors Corporation, Ltd., occupy Stand No. 294 with the Chase tractor. This machine is made at. Toronto, Canada. It has a 12-25 h.p. Buda metor, the four cylinders having a 4i ins, bore by 5 in. stroke. It is a low riding tractor suitable for orchard Work, and also for work on hill sides. It ha s no differential gears. The machine is a three-wheeler, having two driving wheels in the rear and one steering wheel in front..

The interesting Mann tractor is to be seen on Stand No. 297, occupied by Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co., Ltd., of Leeds. It is a steam agricultural tractor for direct ploughing, road haulage, threshing and general stationary work. The price is £1,050.

The Fiat tractor is in the hands of Engineering Depot, -Ltd., of Market Street, York, on Stand No. 292. This is the well-known-machine Manufactured by the F.I.A.T. Co.; af Turin, Italy. It is of 25 h.p.

Stand No. 325 comprised a very large collection of general farm implements, including anAustin tractor and a Garner tractor shown by Kay and Backhouse, Ltd., Foashridge, York.

Very useful motor lawn mowers manufactured by the Ideal Power Lawn Mower Co.,..of Lansing, U.S.A., occupy a portinn of the stand of the Manufacturers' Bureau, of which the managing proprietor is Mr. Sidney Richardson, of 37, Hatton Garden, London, E.C., Stand No. 97. The same concern have also entered a tractorette of 10 hp. hand guided, manufactured by the Master Tractor Co., Minneapolis, U.S.A.

Motor lawn 'Mowers are also shown by Ransomes, Sims and Jeff eries, Ltd., of Ipswich, on Stand No. 411.

A number of motor road rollers manufactured by 13arfond and Perkins, Ltd., Peterborough, are to be seen) on the Stand of the Agricultural and General Engineers, Ltd. There is one on Stand No. 185 size J, patent water ballast, the weight when empty being 10 tons, and when full 12 tons. The rear cylinder of this model is 4 ft. 6 ins. wide by 4 ft. in diameter. The fuel used can either be paraffim or petrol. A similar model is seen in another portion of the same stand, except that it is heavier, being 12. tons empty and 14 tons when full. Peter Brotherhood, Ltd., have turned their attention to the production of a' tractor, and it is not surprising that a fine engineering job is the result of their activities. The tractor is a powerful one of 30-35 h.p., the engine being of the four-cylincler type, q ins, bore and 51. ins, stroke, designed to give its rated power at about 900 to 1,000 r.p.m. It is shown on Stand N. 304.

This engine design is made under Ricardo patents. It has overhead valves operated by long push rods. The most noticeable feature is the design of the pistons. These are made of aluminium, and are of the trunk type, the great advantage of the design being that it is impossible for any ma-vaporized paraffin to leak past into the crank chamber.

The engine is designed to start on petrol and to run on paraffin, the par. titioned fuel tank carrying 18 gallons of paraffin and four of petrol. To enable the engine to run smoothly with high compression on paraffin, a simple hut very effective system_ is employed in conjunction with the Zenith carburetter. Forced lubrication from a plunger pump feeds all main crankshaft bearings and the big-ends.

The clutch is of the cram type, Ferodo lined, and when the clutch pedal is depressed to a certain extent the brake is applied. The whole of the transmission is enclosed in a dust7proof casing and runs in oil, and all shafts are mounted on Hyatt roller bearings.

A belt pulley is mounted at the rear of the machine, and geared to run at 900 r.p.m. The steering gear fitted is of the motorcar type.

The general dimensions are as follow : Rear wheels, 4 ft. 6 ins, diameter by 10 iris. face ; front wheels, 3 ft. diameter by 6 ins, face; wheelbase, 7 it. 3 ins.; extreme width, 5 ft. The rear wheels can D42

be fitted with spud rings, which can be very quickly mounted or taken off, and ru.bher pads can be provided for road haulage.

The sustained drawbar pall ie on high gear 2,800 lb. and on low gear 3,750 lb., and the tractor can pull a three or four furrow plough en any land. Its weight complete is approximately 4,800 lb.

In the implement line we notice great development in the production of appliances designed to meet the requirements of power farming, which means that the manufacture of stronger and larger implements for tractor service is developing satisfactorily side by side with the development of the motor tractor itself. One rather regrets, however, the absence •

of any of the rt;tary cultivators, and any implements Which tend to break away from the orthodox system of land tillage.

There are a number of implements following the usual lines of construction and designs, but of stronger construction, entered as new implements. These, however, are not all new to readers of The eoinmeroial Motor. On Stand No. 104 Walter Dunn and Co., of 10; St. Margaret Street, Canterbury, Kent, have _ a very interesting exhibit. It takes the form of an eight-row seed and fertilizer drill, with steerage and attachment for tractor. It is fitted with seed fertilizer and lime boxes, coulters, and cultivating hoes, anti also a disc arrangerne.nt for cutting •rip rough soils. It is said tat this drill can be used as a cultivator, and is more effective than a harrow. The price,

however, is rather high, namely, £210. On the same stand is seen a 16, row seed and fertilizer drill attached to ,

Ransomes' Boon tractor. This, toe, • is offered at the big price of £260.

T. Collings, of Backton, Norfolk, on Stand No. 105 shows as a new implement • a self-lift traeto'r cultivator fitted with a self-lifting device operated from the tractor. It is a one-man outfit. Adjustments can be made while the machine is in motion. The tines are fitted in regular rows to nrevent choking, and can be either rigid or spring as desired. A tractor plough called "The Swift High Speed" is staged by the same concern. It is fitted with self-lift and high-speed breasts constructed specially for a, fast

tractor. Another "Swift" plough is fitted with general purpose breasts.

A new implement is entered by the New Trafford Engineering Co., Ltd., and staged on Stand No, 149. This is the Oliver No. JJ 43, a three-disc seq-lift tractor plough having adjustable widths of 8,9, and 10 ins., and &pipped with a scraper Mouldboard attachment. It is made by the Oliver Chilled Plough Works; Indiana. The same concern also exhibit a number of Oliver ploughs of other patterns, and cultivators.

A visit to Stand No. 243, Robert .Maynard, Whittleeford, near Cambridge, will reveal a patent tractor roller, which takes a width of 16 ft. and folds up for travelling on the road. This is a new

implement. •

Phipps and Son' of Chippenbarn, Wiltshire, on Stand No. 2,53 show three new implements. The one is a twofurrow tractor plough. The other two implements comprise a tractor skim or paring plough and a tractor self-lift

cultivator. Both are one-man outfits.

The Engineering Depots, Ltd., on Stand No. 292 have a plough entered as a new implement and manufactured by the Ffolderness Plough Co., Ltd.,. of Burton Pidsea, Hull, the "Pidaea" designed to follow automatically the shape of the land and to give an abeolutely even depth of furrow. Nicholsmi's implements have been described before in the pages, and there is no need for farther detail now. Their new implements consist of a self-lift cultivator for tractor use, shown by the concern, with a very large collection of other implements, on Stand No. :324, by W. N. •Nicholson and Sons, Ltd.

The Revolt drain excavator, suitable for tractors, is staged by the Louth, Lin-eeinshire, Agricultural Engineering Co., of Spalding, and entered as a new implement. Another drain excavator for

digging ditches for pipe drainage, drawn by tractor, is entered by the North and and East Riding Engineering Co., of Soalby, near Scarborough. From the foregoing it will be noticed that there is a fairly large number of new and improved tractor implement's in the plough and cultivator line. • George &liar and Son, Ltd;, of Hontly, Aberdeenshire, are a concern • we look to for supplying reliable tractor cultivating implements.. This company occupy Stand No. 127 with three-furrow, self-lift tractor ploughs and a large number of other implements.

John Wallace and Sons, Ltd , of Dennistoun, Glasgow, can be found an Stand No. 128 with a ninnber of cultivating implements, including a, speciality in Oliver ploughs and Sulky ploughs fitted for Fordson tractors, Cockshutt ploughs are shown on Stand No. 160, Occupied by Alexander Jack and Sons; Ltd., Maybole, Ayrshire.

On Stand No. 177 John Cook and Sons, Ltd., of Lincoln, have a large collectien of 0144 famous ploughs. Also J. and F.

Howard and Co., Bedford branch of the Ageicultural and General • Engineers, Ltd., have, on Stand No 195, a number

of their tractor ploughs, a new sell-lift -tractor harrow, and a new implement in

the form of a self-lift tractor cultivator.

Stand No. 186 is that of Raihomes Sims, and Jefferies, Ltd., where, as might he expected, LS to be found a very large collection of their well-known tractor implements. Harrison, McGregor and Co., Ltd.. of Leigh, Lancashire, occupy Stand No. 188 with an interesting collection of implements, among them harvesting machines, including the new Albion patent sheaf binder of 6 ft., 7 ft., and 8 ft. cut.

Six-feet self-binders, Manufactured by Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd., binders by. Walter A. wood,. and Ransomcs ploughs, together with International and Saunderson tractors, an: shown On the

stand .of Colegrave and Co., Ltd., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, the ' stand being No. 191.,Rueton and :Ffornsby also have tractor machinery on their own stand.

Tractor cultivators, manufactured by Newlands grid Sons, of St. Magdalene, and W. N. Nicholson, Ltd., of Newark, also drills by Ruston and Hornsby and T. Walker and Sons, l3inghsm, Nott,s.,

and disc harrows by -J. and H. HoWard, Ltd., are to be found an Stand No, 193, occupied by 3. Dixon and Co.

Stand No. 238 (H. Bushel and Sons, York), contains the largest .collection and assortment of tractor implements on the Show ground, all the well-known makes of cultivating and harvesting machines being represented, both English and American, as well as the Inter national, Austin, and,Forelson tractors.

A paragraph on implements would not be complete without a reference io Stand No. 285 (Massey-Harris. Ltd., 5.3-5F,• Bunhill Row, London, E.C.1). Here One sees really large grain harvesters, stib

Stantially and durably made. • Farmers Of heavy land will be attracted to Stand No. 319, evhere are to be found J. and H. McLaren, Ltd., of Leeds. A portion of this eland is occupied by their new motor vtindlesses.