Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-05-20
kirby'S Reaper and Mower.

In accordance with our intimation last
week, we give below extracts from differ
ent sources relative TO the merits of Kir-
by's Harvester, which is a combined ma
chine for both moving and reaping The
cut on the inside of this paper represents
it as reaper At the trial of Reapers in
Indiana last year.
COMBINED MACHINES. There were
nine entries of Combined Machines. in each
OF which there was much to commend. A
few Of these performed very well rs Now
ers. although they had less merits as Reap
ers; while others were better Reapers
though not so good Mowers. Kelchnms
and Mccormick machines, as movers,
have some superior claims, while Riggs
Riley's and the New York Combined, are
entitled TO favorable consideration.
Your committee, however, after the
most thorough examination are unanimou,
in their award of the FIRST PREMIUM
of $50. to KIRBY'S AMERICAN nAR-
/ VESTER. This IS. 5eyond all question.
the Ltgitcst Draft lHachine on Exhibition.
/ The weight is $50 lbs. ami the actual daft
i for moving was 40. While larger ma
chimes may be more admired and sought
for in the prairie districts, in our opinion
4 this could lie use with more success in the
timber and upon uEeven ground. The
width of cut is five feet as a Keeper, and
four feet eight as a Mower"
At the Syracuse trial the year proceed
ing, this Harvester was the successful com
petitor and we copy from The Report of the
Judges as follw>:
"The interest of farmers, and most en-
phafcally Of farmers wives and daughters,
in these Machines, is, in the aggregate, still
greater than the manufacturers.
Gan estimate by Committee of the
New York State Agricultural Society, of
the cost OF cutting and curing ton of hay
with the scythe, or with a Machine, shows
a saving Of Seceatytf0e cents ton in favor
of the latter. A more crrfu comparison
would show a still greater saving The
dminuniton Of the number Of hands EN-
ployed in harvesting, lightens the labors Of
the females Of farmers family very great.
y. at Il period when their energies are al.
ready take to the utmost The food con.
sumed by extra hands is also saved. The
grass being evenly spread by the Machine
dries, and is ready to put into the cock
much sooner than when cut by scyihe
| and is therefore less subject to ininrv from
dews and rains. Chemical philosophy and
practical trial, alike concur in proving that
the greatest amount Of nutritive matter i
secured in hay when the grass is cut while
IN blossom. Since this period is very
! brief one, farmers wing large meadow.
f TO cut, are unable TO secure a g.eat pronor.
ton of their CROPS while it is in the hes,
condition, # it is done by hand; but the
more rapid action of the Machine enabl-.
them to cut The whole while in the mos,
t perfect state. 1t is now well settled that
good Machines will cut more grass from an
acre than scythe can possibly do; nrob,.
bly, the hest NJ chines will AVERAGE one
twenty-fitth more to an acre than the best
e seythe cutting; or, a machine will cnl
tweniy-six tons of hay from ground where
seyihe could obtain only twenty-five tons
These advantages We're not taken into
the calculation which measures the suner;.
or economy Of Moving Machines bv sew.
I, enty-five 'rntS a ton. If they are admir-.
ed they will largely increase the pecunia.
S ry difference between the two modes 81
, cutting.
The chief popularity of this Machine
consists in the independent aeiion of The
finger bar, which is secured by the peculia,
: mode oil attaching the driving wheel to the
frame, so that the wheel. in PASSING ove,
uneven ground, does not carry the fnor,
par up and down with it but each act;no
e independently, The fingers follow the ground