The public exhibition of ploughing in competition for the several premiums offered, took place in a field in the occupation of Philip John Miles, Esg., of Leigh Court, and situated near Beggar’s Bush, on the high road to Pill and Portshead.

The weather was, on the whole, less favourable than could have been desired; but the interesting nature of the operation, and its importance as a branch of the agricultural art, attracted a very large concourse of spectators, including a large proportion of practical farmers. The hour named for the commencement of the match was twelve o’clock; but for upwards of two hours before that period the roads in the immediate neighbourhood of the field were thronged by persons from Bristol, as well as from St. George’s, Abbotsleigh, and the surrounding villages, who were anxious to get a view of the proceedings.