The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-07-16
The Great Reaping and Mowing rrini.

The Great Reaping and Moving Trial.
4 Perhaps no single incident has ever occur
red in this country, connected with agricul-
ture, thatresnited Ia SO successful manner,
or created deepersiuterest, among farmers
exclusivelys than lhe .reaping and moving
trial that took place in Clark county in this
FState near Springfield, on "Wednesday add
Thursday, the 5Oth Of June and tst ofJu-
iE. smsEE4 4f51i,a Eesel y
This trial or exhibition came off pnde /. the
direction Of the Ohio Slate Board OF Agricul.
ture, -four Of whom were present, viz: Mes
Sis. Sullivant, Gest, Musgrase and Medtry. J
and subject TO committee of Judges, whose
award we shall publish as soon assreceited.
The Trial Of Reapers took place on Wed
nesday, and that OF the Mowers on Thurs
day. g z ~ .>yvslsamls s
The ground selected for the reaping. was
onthe 400 acre farm belonging 10 DR.. Wprler
now OF Cincinnati, and Editor Of the West,
ern horticultural Review, (and which farm
by e'way he offers for sale) some two miles
east of Springfield The field was upland
level, but interspersed thinly with apple tres
well set in wheat, bearded, and we be-
lieve, called Egyptian Shot" "hot Mediter-
franean, q s las been statedj and rather green
The crowdsduring the ida y must have &C,
Ecumulated to, thousands 47aA farmers, and
Emost orderly, intelligent looking men, and
The interest was so intense that il was fre-
quently with the greatest difficulty you could
approach to seeing Distance ~ ". sd
There were eight different reapers entered
for exhibition AID competition, all of differ
|ent patents. We heard no one on the ground
express dissatisfaction or disappointment,
but all conceded one important fact viz: that
no doubt remained that the labor Of harvest
ing large crops would soon be transferred
from human flesh 10 horse hesh The doubts
heretofore existing in the minds Of many far
mers, that these patent, horse power reapiDg
machines must be failure, were unques,
tionably removed, and that there was good
Eenough combined in the whole to finally
make perfect machine. That is, make a
machine combining every principle that
would save the labor Of man.
There are three important points gained te
the farmer in these Reapers. The saving ol
human labor-economy in time and expense
gathering large crop, and the increase in
the amount Of bushels from the excellence Of
the work, scarcely a straw, or a head OF grain
being left on the field. : Compared with the
ordinary slovenly mode Of harvesting, espe-
cially,i if the grain is very ripe, we are not
certain that a farmer in one year would not
l;pay for one Of these reapers, in the increas-
ed number Of bushels he would gather off Of
two hundred acres of wheat, to say nothing
| of any other advantage. ss ~
There were FIVE Mowers entered for COM
petitions These were Of as great interest as
the Reapers and perhaps to many, more SO. :
The field was stout growth Of timothy
with spots Of spear or blue grass. 1t was
bottom ground, soft and rough, yet;he WORK
was done Admirably, surprising the extecta.
| tions, ofthe most sanguine. The day Thurs
| day. was wet and showery, but so great wal
the interest taken, that the rain was but lii
| lie cared for, and the trials were gone ihro
with. 1a fsae3l ~
| Take il all in all, the farmers OF Ohio have
seldom ever seen two days of equal inter
est Those who have experienced the a.
mounto OF human labor required in seasons ol
hay and wheat harvesting, could appreciate
these successful efforts Of genius to relieve
them in future. 1t is true, time will be re.
quired to perfect and introduce generally
these inventions, but no one can longer doubt
/ their eventual triumph. who was at these
trials. Columbus Statesman. st
The committee has awardedthe first prem
ium to Dinsmore's elf-raking reaper, and the
second 70 Hussey's. afN H