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We had a good day for the match. Weather stayed fine until some light drizzle at the end . Tam Tweedie came first with his Ransome crawler and drag plough. I came second with the Black Horse and Auto Culto single furrow plough. The results came as no surprise, as we were the only two in the horticultural class. I did struggle to get consistent furrows, as in places the ground was rather hard with some stones underneath. That tended to push the plough sideways or push it up completely. I did learn a few things though. Sorry to say I forgot my camera along with my plough weights. I think Alison (Mrs Tweedie) took some photo's. Maybe Tam can put them on here.

It's not in the shed anymore, dragged it out today as it's on it's way to a new owner who has a collection of early stationary engines. I am hoping someone may be able to advise what it may have been used for. I saved it from being broken up for it's copper and brass by a local scrap dealer about 35 years ago, I just couldn't let him break it up as it should really be in a museum. It's a Crompton DC dynamo serial no.6270, 70 Volt 25 Amp output at 1280 RPM and I believe it could well be pre 1900 but I have no idea what it would have been used for and whether it had been driven by steam, petrol or maybe waterwheel or what equipment would have run off the 70 Volt output. Preston Services had a similar one a few years ago but it had 3 armature supports and was 110 Volt output.