New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-11
THE RIVAL RRAPER-.

Whatever tends 20 raise Agriculture anu
the Kindred pursuits above the level OF mere
drdeery and mindless iteration is public
benefit whereof the value is not fully measured
By it's pecuniary advantages II tends 10 eie-
vste and dignity Labor-to render ice pro-
cesses more intellectual and ennobling-to I'M
prove Education and diffuse Intelligence oy
rendering them indispensable to efficiency III
Industry. Invention, which at first signt
would seem purely physical, is in its ultimate
results profoundly moral
Ayery great stride in Agricultural Improve
ment las been made during che last few years
in the invention or adaptation OF machinery
for cutting Grain and Grass by horsepower
Ry the best machines, Grass is now cut at the
rate Of over en- acre per hour, and Wheat a.
something over an acre and half per hour
the Grass being evenly spread for drying, and
the Grain delivered in bundles ready for bind
ing The labor required in Grain-cutting is
that Of man, q boy 10 drive) and two horses
in Grass-cutting, we believe one hand viii
answer with the best machines One extern
siye farmer in this State informed us that he
saved the cost ($I20) Of his Mower the first
year-in fact, be was not confident that ne
eou]d have cut his grass at all in any fair season
without il. In England we learn that the cost
of harvesting Grain has been reduced from
s3J to 81 per acre by the use of the best
machines. A like saving throughout this
country would amount to many Millions OF
Dollarsper annUm.
We have published reports of severa
trials, both in this country and in England, o
rival Reapers and Mowers by various Agricul-
tural Associations during the present year
The Economist London journal OF high
character, sums up the more important tests
Of the respective merits OF rival machines
which have been made during the late harvest
in England--as follows:
REAPING MACHINES.
Wehave puTposey sbstainsd from commenting upon
the yarious accounts Of the progress made IN rchpny
corn by machine unit: the termination Of the harvest
should enable form estimate Of the success OF
this class OF Instrument md 10 ascertain which OF
the several competing reaping machines has proved nc
most effective Enough ha been done by tie uhe OF me
meesufe supereede hand reHping large farms Even
now great economy is obtained by using the machine
and there reason 10 believe that great improve
nens will be made in the different mach mes now before
The public The following reports comparative
trials made between rivc reaping mPchnes The first
was trial between Hussey American machine as man
ufactured by Cros Kill, and Mr.. Belle original scotch
machine The trial took place on the iarm OF Mr. Wat
SOD, OF Kelor in the presence OF numerous party OF
distinguished landowners and agrcultursts The award
Of the Judges wac strongly in favor OF Belle machne
no foil L report.
"The other machines then SET TO work on sm
lar tots az gToupd and usseys under the
Of Mr. Love about of the prescribed qusnt
~ within the Is minutes, while, for come reason not ex
planned the other did not plete s task As these tive
machines nearly similar, with the exception of that
exhibited by Lord KnnaTd, which had endless cloth re-
voyng directly the track Of the machine and nten led
20 facilitate the delivery Of the Ia ght line behind
A. the work performed by them nearly alike We
found on examination that the breadth cut was about three
cut hill and when the machine worked against the inch
nation Of the barley yet was quite the down h
strongly did the director of usseys machine feel this
difficulty thai after the first round he avoided cutting down
hill all aud confined himself working up hill excus
y BY which nearly enehs Of the time lost The stops
III thee two mncines were al 40 much more treatment than
with Bells Arising from stones and other mpednents
well A. from the cutters driving into the ground winch not
S sS oO S the eps ss snS
construction Of the cucrs appeared 10 us hst they were
much too liable choke clog, particularly when they
contact with anything green Or lying At en- angle
ffom them, winch rendered often 10 stop the
When the tTia at the barley completed the parties
adjourned the wheat field ond Bells machine inst charged
directly into the center and large lane for ITSELF up
ward OF feet in breath laying the wheat which
peculiarly well placed Tor the binders The rcapng Of this
heavy crop appeared b. comparatively easy work after
the barley and the easy, mastery IN which 1t cat
down without any apparent difficulty NOISE general
satisfaction. Threequarters OF an were cut within the
hafbour the rate OF an within the three quarters
while the subbe appeared beautifully clean aud well cut.
and delays whatsoever took place IN tie performance by
Bells A lane having been TINS cleared, the other
machines set 10 work and completed half each in
shorter time eud with than with the barley, aud
the Nubbe exhibited none OF those inequalities which
mark cd the down hill work at the other crop.
With regard TO the relative ments Of the different
chimes tisevdtnt tht two Of them i'm iaons bat not
improvements Of Mr. Bells original and, with the
sepuon OF their beng somewhat lighter AID portable,
when not actually awork and more easily turned they do
what consider the leading and important ea
tues of his white though doing only twothrds Of the
Ssr sasy s pRsaI to be as ' sang TO ' Inc" and A'''
lin the hri place then consider Bells eating shears
smuch superior the knives chlses Of Husseys; that
they do the work in much easier and ell cve aud
not liable TIE stops and delays have alluded To
calculated sheu the horses accustomed
them iussys NOISY rafting choppers to do We
sso think that the wheel with the spiral thread around IT,
PROMINENT and aide greatly TO the aud elective work
next place, Bell does by sample and ingenious
machinery what Hufsey at nps TO 10 By manual labor
to gather the with the revolving tan aud incline
the proper angle the cutters and also deliver
the machine by the endless web, place 10 IN
poe the Builders Another advantage Incident
60 the original machine IA that the horses pIopsl before
then and can charge ell al once into the center OF the hes
West crop ana clear lane oI themselves without uanpng
the corn, and the endless web works both de-
hvers the uniformly by shifting the gear every turn
while the others have way FIRST cleared for them BY
eApers before they commence their work"
The next extract from thu report of Committee OF
the Drfheld Farmers' Club In Yorkshire trial be-
tween Husseys and Cormicks machine, IN which the
decision in favor OF the latter and The following
contains their reasons for that decision
"MCormick's machine Is 81 feet wide aud Hussey's
i've but ~ II would be nnpo BILE always 70 keep
ting exactly 70 these widths they that inches
esss all that be calculated upon and those widths
halt nd half hn-.,
moving AZ an average speed twoand hall miles an hour
"a speed winch your committee would rcoo nncnd Hue
seys machine wUuld IN nvcsndah half hours exactly
ssven a-hslf acres while the time and glh
full little horse power MCormcks would 10 9acEes q
poles Another Wogthy Of consideration Is that
man only needed 10 drive the hases Carsneks
chine the hoTees ne yoked abreast while two
cary Hussey tie horses having 10 draw aDe. Moor.
mcks machine also possesses another advantage having
In