Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-20

wMcn was an exceedingly heavy crop, In Perectl,
straight line and peculiarly well placed for the binders
reapng Of this heavy crop appeared to be compare
lively easy work after the barley and the easy, mastery
way in which it cut down. without any apparent diff
Guilty noise, gave general satisfaction Threequarters
Of within the half hour or at the
an within the three-quarters while the stubble ap
peared beautifully clean and well cut and delays what
soever took place In the performance by Bells. lane
having been thus cleared the two other machines set
work, and completed half each in shorter time
and with greater ease than with the barley and the Stub
BILE exhibited cone Of those inequalities which marked the
down hill work at ths other crop.
With regard to the relative merits Of the different
chimes 1t is evident that two Of them limitations but
not improvements, Of Mr.. Bells original one, and with
the exception Of their being somewhat lighter and more
portable when not actually at work. and easily
ed they do not retain what consider the leading and
important features Of his; whe though doing only two
thirds of the work. they appear to be distressing to the
men and horses that work them II ta l
In the first place, them consider Bells cutting shears
as much superior to the knives chises Of Husseys
that they do the work in much easier and effective
ner and are not liable to the stops and delays have
alluded to- they calculated to brighten the horses
not accustomed to Them Hasseys noisy rafting chop
pers are apt to do. We also think that the wheel with
the spiral thread around it, to work the cutting shears in
Bells is most ingenious improvement and adds greatly
to the easy and effective working of the machine.
In the next place, Bell does by simple and ingenious
machinery what Hussey attempts to do by manual labor
viz to gather the with therevolving fan and incline
at the proper angle the cutters and also to deliver
from the machine by the endless Web to place it
in convenient position for the binders Another advan
tage incident to the original machine is that the horses
prope 1t before them, and charge all at into the
centre of the heaviest crop, and clear lane for them
selves without trampng the corn ond the endless
web works both ways, it delivers the uniformly by
shifting the gear at every turn, while the others must
have way first cleared for them by reapers before they
commence their work III aa.a ti if
The next extract is from the report of committee Of
the Drif6eld Farmers Club in Yorkshire, in trial be-
tween Husseys and McCormicks machines in which the
decision in favor of the latter and the following
| tans their reasons for that decision:
McCormick's machine is six feet wde and Hussey's
FIVE; but, it would be impossible always to keep up
cutting exactly to these Widths they conceive that six
inches less is all that be calculated upon and that
those widths, viz fye-anda-haf and fouY-and- a-ha
feet and the horses moving at average speed of two
anda half miles hour speed which your committee
would recommend, Hussey's machine would in fve-and
ahalf hours cut exactly while in
the same time, and with full little horse power,
McCormick's machine would do nine acres twenty-six
poles. Another matter worthy of consideration is that
one man only is needed to drive the horses in McCor
micks machine the horses being yoked abreast, while
two necessary Husseys the horses having draw
in line. McCormcks machine also possesses another
advantage in having wooden reel, which, without any
injury to the corn, materially assists the who pulls
away the sheayes and gives him better opportunity OF
adjusting their Size But the greatest superiority of
McCormicks machine Hussey's which your commit
tee have to notice is that the sheaves when pulled off
two men and two horses may uninterruptedly,
leaving the of the aborers be otherwise employees
while in Husseys the sheayes left behind and suf
hcient number of workmen is consequently requisite to
remove them that the machine may go This your
committee need point out is grave objection,
especially when the crops much mixed with clover
Seeds and when 1t is desirable let the shcaves remain
unbound for few days Your committee further of
opinion that from the violent reyerberatory motion inn
parted to every part Of Husseys machine, durability is
not to be expected and that the form of the serrated
cutters in Mccormick machine is far preferable to the
deepyindented cutters in Husseys and that they will
nearly often need renewing In giving decided
preference to Mccormick their opinions unanimous
The report concludes with the following very sensible
remarks the effect produced the agricultural labor
by the increased Of machinery in husbandry;
your committee have already stated their opinion Of
the utility Of weconstructed reaping machines the
interests Of farmers 10 not be improper state what
in their opinion win be their effect upon the condition Of
that useful and necessary class the farmers aborers
They conceive they would be at loss for arguments
prove that in whatever branch Of industry machinery has
been the extensively useful the condition Of the ope
ratves however paradoxca it may appear has been i'm
proved in corresponding degree For proof Of the truth
Of this assertion your committee need not into the West
Riding Lancashire, but may confne themselves to
branch Of industry Immediately under the obser
walton Of every connected with agriculture and
fact is worth many arguments, they may call aten
ton TO the effects that thrashng machines drills and
many other implements for facilitating and lessening the
necessary operations Of agriculture have had upon the
condition Of the aborer and shall find that notwith
standing the immense increase Of the abong poor upon
limited surface, and their improved condition. their
predicted fears Of the baefu effects Of the introduction
Of machinery altogether ehmerica and unfounded
and that instead Of considering themselves likely be in
ured by the shifting Of severe bodily labor to animal
power they reaping advantage which, pro-
pery understood ought to be hailed by them boom
advantage be gained by any class that will not
ultimately be spread over the whole community
third report is Of trial between Husseys machine,
manufactured by Garrett, and McCormick's, made by
Messrs Burgess Key, which took place the Agrcul
tursl College farm at Crencester Here also Mccormick
seems to have been preferred
That upon examination Of the fields in which the crops
had been cut found the work have been generally
well and satisfactorily done by both machines but the
stubbe left by usseys appeared in all descriptions Of
grain rather the neatest and most In each IL
had been considered necessary follow with the horse
rake, which had efectualy cleared up all the waste,
amounting, il found on the wheat stubble to "a
bushels per after McCormicks and 81 after Garrett
machine. The wheat6elds considered 10 have been
favorable for the working Of the machines being generally
level and clean and 10 have presented fair stand
up crops in places much laid, such likely to
have produced in fair yield about probably thirty
bushels per acre, rather The beans, moderate
crop drilled twenty-five inches apart had beer cut prin
cipaly by McCormcks machine which had made very
fair work and the small portion upon which Husseys
had been tried was equally well done in both instances
leaving tidy stubble than the scyhe which had
been applied to an adjoining portion Of the crop crop
Of oats of about twenty Eve which inspected
had been by the machines and the lying
the ground The part cut by Hussey appeared the clean
est and best work but considered either sufficiently
well DONE We made careful inspection Of the working
Of the two machines In field Of barley laid down with