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

animal yean power they resrnr advantage which.
roperly upders;ood ought 10 be hailed by them booa
Is no advantage be ssned by any Glars tha val no: a.
,irn,t,lv be srreed overthe whole Community"
thud report ie Of trisi between Husscys machine
Manufactured by Garrett, and MCmuiioks male by
Messrs Burgess sEd hes, wnic tOok place on the On
culturs College farm AZ CYence,er Here also Cor
rrick's fecns 20 have been preferred:
That upon of the lds Ia which th6 crops
had been cut found the WORK Rave been geeraly
wei and satisfactorily done By both l.ah!asS bGt t' SAP
be left BIZ Husss - appeared al GecDtors Of srsin
rather the cat ~ and mos. Ia each cse iAl
eo1sidersd ufr.f.ry 10 llow .;a tie .scrssgase Si1h
had Eff ctgally cleared up al The ware. a1ouBfin- .
found. tie wheat s;ubble, 10 = 5aste4s pr are a..
NConicf's, AID ,, EfteT Genet.s iaaeiSe lie - :.
fields eonEde1ed 70 have been favorable ~ "a. -
Of the machines, heinz generally level AID ceeu ~
have pTosentea far sversse sianc,uP oiops ~ ~ fr
much laid such likely 70 have prodac.a ~ az
ysd about probably s. bushels Per ere. o. In
The beeus Moderate crop, drilled y ncessp@-I ns
Tnlapaliy y CoEacks machine Thel - ~ ~,
y.1y ir work md the III " portion upOn " Ich u ist
had been tT,d was equally well done IA boz. ms % : .sn
ips more toy stubbe than the scylhe, winch ia ben ~
son, estrr, hrh We in.De, ted had been ent BY me
1naehines ard tie ylng Oh TIE gouna rue i's
cut by Uu-sys spuearsd the cleaest All be-. WOrt OF
SSe eIpsSsT,d ether sufficiently wei done We made
careful ns ec;iOn Of the working Of te tSo nacnrs -
6.ld OF bar,ey laid down with clover AID ~ graz -
Lsrey was est sted produce about fs4r qqat@f PEI acre
on the eysrage. lBt not eqnsl thfousn0t !Ofo O'
sstm8ted al five qua4tes while other isi'- "sie Ply o!
Al three GUAR ga the dover being rsnlsr and vy uHn-
r.ut particularly where Tire bar hsht@si We con
,ered ts crop from its nature - b. severe sl - te
r
roi1ts much in tisir favor The work made By esch OF
them was highly satisfactory, AID where ne barley -ooi
up in point OF cutng everything winch cead De desired
and where psrii.Ly sid no much - - l5a
With. HusseYs cot the stubD.e iowest and eit j rih-t
the more even Of the bit in than one n2ce
during inspection tcogged 20 a. TO require me
70 b. stopped 10 order 70 clear the knives an tcdent se
" in opinion 10 have occurred NOR fire lnenty snd 70
have presented SERIOUS obstruction had tue crop oee "e
From this objection MCornicks appeared 10 be free a.
far ne our observation went; the serrlted cutters awsys
al.
superor a. the barley lad out regularly by me one
- ~ ,hs ,schine corvenie utlv in small heaps with the
esrseenerally upward while the two who were EN-
poved in Hnssevs 20 eject lateral delivery. though ap
Iarently ahorDg severely could not deposit the bar
lev 20 resu sry or rood form. The pace IT which
IVES necessary for tire horses 10 walk IN order 70 0cre the
proIer working OF the machines appeared 70 us most
eria feature in their relative claims The no which
drew Husseys machine driven by rding the
horse ard were kept going az is wall, which we
estimated nearly miles per hour-ce-tay IT speed
far exceeding the ordinary wss Of regular crhoes and
tins spefd appeared necessary Efficient WORKING
recruitment which must be very distressing 70 hsavy
horses We find indeed complaints n be prevalent 70
this mtcbine the work for pair Of horses
for the whole day which necesates either being
pied TIE horses beng changed which OF course Icrels
the expense MCOrucss on the Contrary was driven by
seated tho machine al tie ordinary pace Of cart
horses-say a miles per hour, rate az which PAIR Of
horses might work whole day e. plov. and with as
little distress Tor this machine appears 10, only TO BE- h
er sef but work with ease 20 the horses than
the other being balanced ca 10 throw very slight
upcD the horss backs WINE tue weight on the poe
Of Hufscys is considerable We aid not test parcu
larry the quantity q work done by each mschne IN gwen
time though in accounts recorded by M. Valentine
OF the performances did not app that there much
difference between them this respect, each cutting be-
tween five and SIX rcods per hour the We
CONSIDER, however that II NJ COunict machine, winch
clears foot wider space than The other, s the lighter and
LEES dros to work Il must cut the guam ;y
moving that steady ordinary pace which dee not only
desrsbe oI the sako OF the horses but aso FOR seeming
the continuous delivery Of the sheaves with precision and
reguarty and that he obtained by driving
the horses beyond that speed would be dearly purc
We are therefore. OF opinion that Of the two machines
in Nepass g
dTauEht security of cutting aud clearing itself under ad
circumstances and ia the convenient delivery Of
the sheayss"
The report concludes by stating that both machines
possess many merits and are capable in their
present state of doing muck service 20 the farmer but
that both susceptible of very great improvement
challenge has also been given and accepted for trial
between Bells and N'Cormicks machiues Nothing is
likely TO produce improvement in this very yalu
able addition TO rural machinery than the active
competition which is in existence between the makers
of the rival implements.