Genre:

News-Commentary

Subjects:

Agriculture, Machinery, Technology, Sanitation, Narcotics

    Discusses some of the inventions exhibited at the annual meeting of the Leeds Agricultural Society, which have no apparent connection to agriculture. Attempts to justify why 'baths, beer-engines, and boot-cleaning apparatus' were included, noting, for example, that the 'farm beer-engine' will provide an invigorating drink for labourers and deter them from frequenting the public house.