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say that the trial resulted in col6nlats vo,te :
fhe unsmore MISUNDERSTANDING it on the eroun
unsaiea pie at any price; the sale of m Y nacbin
ing extract from notice 81 The trial in The Ken;
1orchlight And refer 10 rrembers of Congres
from Ohio in proof Of the fact that fhere are NOR
Q. my Keapers in that State, aisd that they ar
more approved than all others together.
From the above unvarnished statement of facts
!! rs quite evident that the committee at Spring
nelo committed gross error in awarding The FRS
p PRE- 70 the Self Raker, the 4esegdences
wnicM the public interest require p6esid be ccun.
teracfed 90 far as possible, by all i iseaas Corn
mlttees who undertake the responsifld aank ~ ~
Judging and deciding upon rights anefi terests a.
Important should be admonished by this to rive
more thorough investigation before nnh,;sb;ra
their Judgment to the rest of mankind In ibis
case, the Ohio Board of Agriculture have endorsed
IN IN. an omcial and very public manner, machine
winch, as at present constructed ie and ca he ~
no practical utility. This Is HumnueoIne y, =
Inc next and only other trial referred 10 hv
seymour and Morgan was the New York trial ~
Geneva IN August laet, about which / have time
~ say put little IN addition to what has been said
N another place: First, that the machine intended
or the trial did not arrive in time and another ha
70 De taken, inferior to what it should have beer
ior such trial, which prejudiced some of the com
ln ait AGAINST IT., as they afterwards stated-my
sell not being present at the time Next. that
whilst 1t was such partial trial as the one made in
Unlos the most practical member ofthe COMMITTEES
lmr. Mallory, of the Gennesee wheat distr;ct !
b was IN favor OF awarding the first premium to me,
put who was prevented BY sickness from, alto, H.,
the State fair, where the awards were made nnf:
ana another member of the committee had an In
terestln one of the premium machines when the
award was made! 49, 80 - -
ne superiority of the cutting anna rats of INV
machine over all others will be fonnd in Inc
owing extract from reUietc of the report of the
new ork committee, Gas stated by the commit
tee,l published in the December number of the
Albany Cultirot0r, to which review wonId 70
spectfully refer for further particulars Maaas,s
mac aal, fbelow) had the s'scallop sickIe:,,
Ibis report-since published in pamphiet
!or says: The established princplein machines
-. ~ salato cutting tools. that an acute angle is
sne most effective on substances of woody fibre
seems 70 hold goodin the form of reaner. knife
ms apparent upon comparing the ANGLES Of the
SgeSsal KNIVES as for instance, the height of Mr.
nve-elghths of an inch the base being As ;pchss.
me power required to cut a swath sir feet ,oide
advancing at the rateof 10I feet per minute. was
. POUNDS 51-leo for every inch in width of the
swath. The height of Mr. Burrafl,e knife IHns.
sey's in principle, and which received the first
premium as Reaper) above the base is 3Iinches.
the base being 8 inches. In this case the power
consumed to advance 103 feet in minute Is 5
pounds 66-l00, the swath being tfre feet ansde
ssThis principle is further explained by the com
mittee, follows. fhlcCormick's machine cuts |
with knives of peculiar form, being broad at the
base, short IN length, and having a sickle edge
'oorking 6ettceen spear-shapsd teeth or fingers
per inch of cutting edge required to operate Man
nys machine in reaping which received the hrst |
premium for nlo,cing, and for rea pins and moving
'omblned-waH found to be 2o5a per cent. more
cent. more, (4S and 6.l.} And thespower reuuir-
ed to operate Mr.. BurralPs machine was still more
Ihanihat required to operate Mr.. Mannys, as as.
;ertained by the same test
ssNow submit whether it would be possible To
establish the superiority Of the cutting power of
one machine over another, moro clearly and con
clusvely than is here decided, of mine over Man
ny's and Burrali's, by n test that could not err
patented philosophical principle is introduced into
the cutting apparatus of my machine, by which 81 |
to 30 per cent. of the motive power is saved as de-
by practical test and accounted for |
in the plain reasoning of the report which is unan-
swerable! This proved, and all that can then be |
.aid of Mannys machine is but so much more for
mine; and therefore claim the a,Dard made to him |
as one made to me. and thus to have both report I
and award in my favor, for with the single excep-
Jon o. the particular manner of raising and lower
ing it, to effect which its construction is material
deteriorated in other respects it is substantially
my machine in principle, acithout my Improvement,
as explained. -
i was mistaken in saying that the Ohio and New
York trials of reapers were the only ahome trials |
referred to by Seymour & Morgan. They say cit |
is also understood that McCormick's Reaper was |
beaten by HusseY's in Maryland, last summer |
upon fair trial. That statement is qnrue Hus.
sey, it will berecoected, declined being present
with his machine at a trial with mine near Wash- |
in gton last year; and was not able 10 attend the
trial by the Maryland State Agricultural Society. |
when it was said Hussey had the field to himself |
Subsequently to the New York trial, above re- /
ferred to, Seymour & Morgan omitted to state too
that the State Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania
reversed the decision made by the majoritg of the
New York Committee, and awarded their first
premium for my reaper over A1annys and others.
The franklin institute, at Philadelphia, also
awarded a recall first premium to my machine. So /
much for the "Amaerican'' trials.
But Seymour & Morgan further state that the
scotch, machine, by Bell, competed with McCor
nick's in England achich statement is also untrue
Bells machine has a,eUer been used in En-, gand and
6 lust about as valuable for ordinary reapin Or mr.
poses as Moore & Hascall's, of NficbieanI
Beu's machine had trial with Hussey,sin Scot
and last wear, but he backed out from n chaIenoe
o trial with mine as advised by his Scotch
riends' as stated IN the following article:
from the Sunderidnd Times Of September Is. 1852.
/. ssREAPING'- MAcHINEs--Mr. Mccormick has
seen in this neighborhood during the past fort
night awaiting the acceptance of his challenge to
Ill other machines to come and compete No
however, made its appearance At
Fulweil ut the end of last week, and at Washing /
on on Wednesday, MIR. Mccormick consequently
lad the field to himself, and the trials were such
IS to afford additional evidence of the business Of
he conclusion come to by the Judges at the recent
Durham County Agricultural Show, as we'll as the
. M u we JURORS a. tne great exhl
'l,lon ,aa. nowevsr MT pei was not pre-