Nebraska advertiser., 1857-09-03
improvement in Farm implements.

MflssRs. EDITORs-How often do We
bear the remark, Il would really like
to be a farmer if It was not for the
hard work" And that too from those
who are daily attending to business In
their accustomed places in the city,
which We farmers would consider as
exceeding hardships were we obliged
to leave our vocation and pursue theirs.
Not that consider theirs toll, and
ours, ease: nor that / dcspise labor, as
fhers can BE nothing great accom-
plished without great labor; but that L
am in favor of doing vastly more with
the same amount Of labor. And where
can that be done in greater degree
than on a farm? Neither the mer-
chant, the student, or the professional
man, can call in machinery to help
him; it is only the manufacturer and
the farmer. Although there are farm
ers among Us too numerous to- who
cannot be induced to take an agricul-
tural paper, and who stoutly contend
that there is no other proper way OF
farming than that practiced by their
fathers, vet many there are who think
differently and act differently. The
+ conservative farmers may call US too
fast, an Improvement on Z" Young
/ America, &C., but they have no reason
to find fault, for if We fail they can
/ look quietly on, and profit without
cost, OF if we succeed, they can then
/ pursue the same course.
To those who would not always wish
to be behind, I viii give a slight ac-
count Of three what we term) labor
saving implements, which We are test
/ ing during the present haying.
/ The first is one of AIanny's mowers
manufactured by Ball, with latest I'M
provements, which works vel.
/ The next IS a horse-rake, termed
4 wheel rake, manufactured in West
chester county, and sold by TrOw-
bridge & Wilkinson, poughkeepsie.-
/ The teeth are made OfsteeE wire, wount
twice around the head, so that one Oh
more viii slip over or around u stump
/ or stone without stopping the horse ol
dropping the hay; the driver rides up
on tie rake and operates it with TIVE
treadIes. enc 70 hold the teeth to tn,
ground, TIE other to dump the by
. 4 boy ten years old, or a man Of any
workable age, can operate it. Anoth
( er advantage IS, that it leaves the win
row in as good a condition TO bepitch
ed as though raked By hand. As /;
rake for raking stublles it cannot b.
equaIle,l for raking clean and not in
iiUring seeding. For the advantage o
those who have them, (who of cours'
take the Country Genleman,) l woul'
suggest that we intend to test it il
/. sheafng cats Is it will rake two swath
either CT wheat or oats, By grading
through and back, laying the head
Just far enough apart to allow tn
: herse to walk between the sKaths.
The third Is horse FORK, similar Z
I the one described in the Cultivato
and Register Of last year, by Ehicl
means We can pitch of aioad of hay il
few minutes with but very little la
Dor, thereby rid,iing Us of the hardes
work in hayinc, to shy nothing of tn
vexation caused by having hay-seet
falling in your neck while pitching
little higher than your fork handle VII
reach. I would also state. that We ar
, not only enabled by these implement
to gather our hay with less expense
but that VIC can get 1t IN fair weathe
and during the time it is fit, not hav
ing to begin too soon or work too late
. which make a double per centage 0
! proft.-C. Gent j. w. d.
Peasant Plains, ". j.