The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-22
L. 0. RocKW0oD's
PREMIUM
MOWER AND REAPER,
Improved For 1854,

rsHE subscriber continues manufacture the above
machine in Rock istsd. ills., and in Offering 1t -
ia lurintr. happy bc alb t@,t Its rfaFss 10
combine the Mysr PErrECS NoWER with the ausr
PsRTFrT RgsPER have proved eInpcnily sIceessfai
Iha difficulties arslng from the fact lAat greater
speed q tao srkiel aerr*aFt Tor moving tAB - re-
Isi-rd far reaping Overcome IA THIS machine y The
use eftse pininns .; different size giyes She required
speed necessary for each k.ns Of work The .sidc
jfHft" Is also mostly avoided BY piI,in the ground
wheel on tie opposite s!ds ofihc .engue from tne cut
tHg Fart. balance each other, thaa making ii
easier for the tesm. The rasCt placed tha plat.
form behind the grain, position which. by being
ar bis work enables hifn 10 do II better na WIS great
eF And the whole machine is cHnsiruttsd Oh
plan al crcc the most simple aud dufabls II iss
used IN aii kinds Of grain and grass and universally
work uecrthan be done with the cradle se the
The following certificates VIII show the opinion OF
farmers:
Certificate.
take pleasure Ia certifying hat have one Of L. o.
RockwoodNs Moving Machines with which cut my
last Se.sonco-stiHg of timothy, red-top blue
grass froln2 10 IL high, Ia shch were weeds snd this
ties Of avery .arGr size and clear wind pra-sinc 50
thick 10 be almost impossible to- now with scythc
all OF which tbs machine did the work "a we'll ~ |
coaid wish, and better Than expected ans machine
could do though part "i ground was very rough,
and have no hesitation IN saying II Is the best one vat
which am acquainted.
fJaHton. H.arv c. 4pril 1854. +. Il. HANNA
This may certify thai purchased one Of @. l.. Rock
woods Moving nnd Rearing Machines last ason.
with which cut my grain and grass; and must say
never saw moving done so nice hstarc, aud "a a
reaper did tsework we'll Is could wish; ard The
repearic for the seasad only cost ~ ceuts
", W. WASHBURN.
Mount Pleasant, henry c., m, AFrsi isji
The undersigned haye used /. O, Rockwopds Now
ing and Reaping Machine and grutittrd 10 be able
that u does the WORK nearest 20 perfection oi any
thing that have and works ~ least one third
easier for the team. Ia opinion II Is the best
chime ia this country, and with the Improvements that
he has made this year, do not see how it bo bet
tered. SOHN w HYNES.
SAHtEL FLETCHER,
JOHN JOHNSON.
s Mil Feek Rock Island q I'll, ABrl iEaJ
The undersigned hR, rr witnessed Incorporation al
J. o. kockwpod's Moving Machine, ara grnttft ID
find that II docsthe work ia every respect pcri2cta
be desired by the nice.: fsrier cutting the grass
The sc the, and leaving Il in the best possible eandl-
ton nr drying. and, considering the uueqHailed sim
piicy Of the machine and the inratilt, OF the lnrI
ri winch II ~ constructed, We believe II to br tbs
thing that farmers OF the west have long look cd for
and much needed, and therefore take pleasure 10
recommending IL 10 therusa.
+ $. Burlson, Jackson 60. Iowa, r.. Crane, II. Lin.
Grail. John Little, Nm. Bnrison. Nm. Morton, y.
\ Morton, III. Dupay, John Chapman, ~. Bnrleson, e..
Summers, g. Little, I. Maiard, q. Long, NJ Easton,
X. Roy noids, ". Wright.
Francis Anon Scott 60, Iowa. A.. Albert, James
Higgins, A. broYnicy. John Robertson John Pollock.
/ Aiyr rd.
I the rico of The Prairie Ra2nr 1T lhr shoI, i One
Hundred and Thirty Dollars cash for Mower and Reap
| er together, and One Hundred and Ten Tor Mower
alone. Ten dii added To The above Tor credit of
one habit till January next.
l., o. LOCKWOOD
Rock Island, Ills, Apr. -, ir5i-N3m.