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1854-07-01 RASE Lincoln - Ransomes

RANSOMES AND SIMS, Ipswich, Suffolk. Eight different descriptions of Ransomes' patent iron plough with two wheels, invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters, awarded the prize of £7 at the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Lewes, 1852, as the best plough for general purposes, the prize of £10 and silver medal as the best heavy land plough, and a prize of £10 and silver medal as the best light land plough at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting at Southampton, also a prize of £10 at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting at Northampton, and the Council medal at the Great Exhibition, price £3 10s, and upwards; four sizes of Ransomes' patent trussed beam iron universal plough (marked Y U L), invented by J. Clarke, of Long Sutton, improved and manufactured by the exhibiters, obtained the silver medal at the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Norwich, 1819, price £4 4s. and upwards; several other of Ransomes' patent iron ploughs with two wheels, invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters, price £4 to £9 9.; a set of Ransomes' patent trussed iron whippletrees, invented, improved and manufactured by the exhibiters, obtained the Royal Agricultural Society's silver medal at Southampton, and commended at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting at Lewes, price £1 3s.; a Smith's registered subsoil plough, invented by Wm. Smith, of Little Woolstone. improved and manufactured by the exhibiters, price £ 10.; a Buddell's patent wrought iron scarifier, grubber, or cultivator (marked No. 2), invented by Arthur Biddell, of Playford, improved and manufactured by the exhibiters, this implement obtained the prize of £10 at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting at Liverpool, also at Northampton in 1847, at York in 1818 at Norwich in 1849, at Lewes in 1852, and at Gloucester in 1853, price £24; (new implement) an "East Anglia." cultivator, price £12 12s., and a Ransomes' improved Suffolk grubber, invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters, price £5; an Atkins's patent automaton or self raking reaper, invented by Jearum Atkins, of Chicago, United States, improved and manufactured by the exhibiters, price £45; a Ransomes' improved Suffolk horse drag rake, price £7 10s.; a Ransomes' four horse portable steam engine, price £190; a Ransomes' seven horse portable steam engine, price £215, with heating apparatus £230; a Ransomes' four horse stationary horizontal steam engine, price £150; a Ransomes' eight horse stationary horizontal steam engine, price £95; (new implement) a Ransomes' patent improved portable steam thrashing machine, price £105; an improved portable steam thrashing machine, price £85; a Ransomes' improved five horse portable thrashing machine, obtained the prize at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting at Gloucester, 1853, price £85; a Ransomes' two horse portable thrashing machine, obtained the prize of £10 at the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting at Gloucester, 1853, price £42; two of Ransomes' dressing machines, price £10 10s, and £12; and a Ransomes' horse work for one horse, price £18 10., all invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters; a Biddell's patent universal mill, price £10 10s.; a Biddell's patent bean cutter, adapted for steam or horse power, awarded the silver medal of the Royal Agricultural Society at Gloucester, 1833, price £4 10s,; and a Biddell's patent bean cutter, for hand power, price £3 15s., all invented by G. A. Biddell, of Ipswich, improved and manufactured by the exhibiters; a Ransomes' patent double mill, No. 6, for hand or horse power, awarded the silver medal of the Royal Agricultural Society at Lewes, 1852, price 101.; a Ransomes' bruising mill, No. 1, for hand, horse, or steam power, price £6 16s; a Ransomes' bruising mill, No. 2, price £8 8s.; a Ransomes' spiral oat mill, No. 2. for hand power, price £8.; a Ransomes' barley awner, price £6 10s.; two sizes of Ransomes' oilcake breaker, price £2 5s. and £4 15s.; (new implement) seven sizes of a Ransomes' improved power chaff cutter, price £4 4s, to £16 16s.; and (new implement) a chaff engine, price £3 3s., all invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters; a patent mill, C, for agriculturists, &c., invented and improved by George Hurwood, of Ipswich, manufactured by the exhibiters, price £18.; (new implement) a Ransomes' portable corn mill, price £42; and a Ransomes' circular-saw bench, price £30, invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters; a Bruce's patent stable fittings, invented and improved by James Bruce, of Gwyrch Castle, Ireland, manufactured by the exhibiters, price £5 3s; a Ransomes' improved one horse Scotch cart, complete with harvest raves, price £17.; a Ransomes' one horse Windsor cart, with raves, price £14 10s.; and a Ransomes' Bristol cart, price £22, all invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters; two of Budding's grass cutters, invented by Budding, of Dursley, improved and manufactured by the exhibiters, price £5 17s. 6d. and £6.; an universal intermediate motion, invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters, price £11 11s.; a Gardner's turnip cutter, single action, price £4 10s, and a Garduer's turnip cutter, double action, price £5 10s., invented by the late J. Gardner, of Banbury, improved and manufactured by the exhibitors; a Davy's patent decorticator, price £100., and a Davy's patent scutching machine, price £100, invented and manufactured by E. Davy, of Crediton; a Ransomes' improved greasing Jack, invented, improved, and manufactured by the exhibiters, price £1 5s.; several sizes of Ransomes' circular pig trough, manufactured by the exhibiters, prices from 5s. upwards; a Sillett's digging fork, price 7s. 6d, and a Sillett's garden fork, price 6s 6, invented by Sillett, of Kelsale, improved and manufactured by the exhibiters.

Publication
Farmers Almanac
Date
Source
Google Books/The Farmers Magazine/1854/P144