Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-06-23

MANNY's PATENT MOVING MACHINES, MAN
UFAcTURBD IN WORCESTER BY JOHN P. ADRI-
ANcE, MBRRIFIELD S BUILDINGs.-The follow
ing testimonials of practical farmers to the value
of this labor saving implement are copied from
the report of the Secretary of the Board of Agri.
culture, for 1856
tin speaking this subject shall simply thu
facts which have been returned by practical farm
ers without expressing any personal preferences sny
particular patent By doing shall give the farmer
who designs TO purchase machine the means of form
ing his own Judgment without the necessity OF any bias
from mine. will simply state that my oCse walton of
these machines and their work has been extensive during
the two past seasons, and that the improvements during
that time hBve been very great in nearly all the patents
which have fallen under my notice.
practical and experienced farmer OF Hampden Co. .
in answer TO the circular, says: 81 Mannys Patent
Mower, manufactured in Worcester, by J. P. Adrspce
Co and have than one hundred acres in the
two last seasons, without breaking tooth the point
o. knife The whole expense OF repairs has not
ed three dollars and it 10 fine order years to
come. The power is the same as common blowing If
tne horses are permitted to stop but short time and
that often, in hot weather, when powing would as
soon let roy horses NOV day as plough"
A farmer In Worcester county says 81 have used
ketchum's and Maany's moving machines l prefer
Mapny's to Ketchum's. 1t draws much easer, and is
eesies TO manage worked them both with the same
horses. My moving lots small Farmers with large
lots can use the machines to greater advantsg than
cam but or my small lots Il nearly two-thirds the
cost OF moving and all the cost OF spTeadingn Anoth
or In the same county says In July, 1854 used Keith
ums Patent Moaer, with which, many failures and
repeated dscouragements. succeeded in cutting the
crop Of grass and made considerable saving In the cost
OF getting the crop but Of the opinion that q eat i'm
proVemehts were necessary In 1855 l used the same
patent ateisd but not improved by iron frame and
cutter bar. The present have used the Nanny
patent manufactured in Worcester can say that il
Is labor saving machine for the farmer The Manny is
TAR superior to the Kechum for ghness OF draught and
the slowness OF speed required 10 paces the
yer BY which the cutter bar is raised or lowered at plea
sure-the perfect arrangement Of the knives that could
not be clogged or stopped in Atty acres-the
convenience OF ranspOrang its wheels from ono
Ot 70 another, and last not least combining 1t does
the reaper renders it Of the perfect machines
that has Come under my notice. In regard TO the profit
moving by mscninery, 1t has the hay on
ths place 90 an average, about Sl00 year for extra
labor This year but $3l, allowing nothing the labor
Of the horses.n
practical farmer Of Berkshire county says. 81 have
used Mannys combined machine the two past seasons
having cut all my hay and grain with two horses The
nrst great advantage is that my hay on the day
tits ht Tor cutng second, get nay as it is cut
up alke,-no pointng out to be when the SNOW Ia
foot deep and third, it don't make a public house OF
my home during hay and harvesting Tor dag sborers
The common farm HANDS with NANNY machine will Dc
the hayirg with all ease and at half the expensen