The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-10-07

Dir. E. W. SKINNER:-I have used one of Pal.
mer & Williams Self Raking Reapers with two
horses, and am confident that in standing grain
that two horses will pull it all day with ease. 1t
is constructed simply but substantially, Our
Reaper has cut one hundred and fifty acres this
season. and we have not been to one dime
expense for repairs. / can cut neater and more
ground in day than any other Reaper in use,
and in regard to raking, no handwriting can
equal it in standing or lodged grain. We cut II
acres per day in standing grain, and in lodged
grain 10 acres, when cut one way only.
We cut one hundred AMI fifty acres this harvest.
We sometimes worked two and sometimes four
horses. have no Moving Attachment bat 1
can recommend what / have got with clear cons
MEsSRS. PALMER 4 WILLIAMs-GeRtS: We
have used your reaper for the harvest of 1853.
and can truly recommend it as the best now in
use. 1t cuts clean and rakes it off better than
it can be done by hand. The machinery is very
strong and not liable to break. 1t is the easiest
running Reaper now in use. We have cut from
grain this season with P. & IS SelfRaking
Reaper, and it did the work to my entire salts
faction. The amount of team used was one span
Of light horses; and as there neither side
draft nor weight upon the neck yoke, they band
led it with perfect ease. About one half of my
grain was badly lodged, but the machine cut il
clean and the rake laid it in gavels in such
perfect manner that each of my men bound 8
acres per day. A man can bind acres cut by
this machine in the same time required to bind
my old Reaper. | found that could do better
work and do it easier l cut with the old Reap
er about six hundred acres, and then sold it for
! $25 and bought a new one. | am perfectly sat-
sfed with the simplicity of raking off and ease
OF draft. | cut from ten to fifteen &cres per day
with two teams, and might cut more. The ma
chine combined works to perfect charm. ] be-
| RakIDp RpaDpr W in A t&pb
and consider it ahead of any other Reaper that
am acquainted WITH for ease of draft, doing
more work with the same power, than any | am
! acquainted with, cuts cleaner aud rakes neat
leaving my fields much cleaner than ever had
them before when using the handraking Reaper.
! | have cut twelve acres per day with one team
and consider it no harder than blowing two and
half acres per day. l have cut ninety acres
in all, reaping only for myself. The mower
works excelently. | have moved IS acres
have used your Reaper the past harvest, and
consider it, as to the ease of draft, simplicity
and durability of construction, cleanness of cut
and neatness of raking, great Improvement
over anything that have used or seen. con-
slider it saving over the handwriting Of twelve
shillings per day, and does the work better. 1t
cuts six feet wide-two pair of horses used. l
have cut 20 acres per day. l cut in all 40
acres. l like your machine SO well that l would
not take one of the hand-rakers as a gift and use
! it until 1t was worn out, II I could get one OF
my brother farmers, that if they want Reaping
Machine that will pay them, lay aside their old
| back breakers and purchase enc of Palmer l.
Williams Sef-Raking Reapers. For my own
| part l would not give this ore for two OF any
other reaper | ever saw, and we have almost
every kind in this vicinity. 1t is unnecessary
or me TO say anything i'll its commentator, but
l would say that l have cut over two hundred
acres of grain aid grass, and the greater part Of
the time | have worked only two horses, and
| expect to cut fifty more before the wild
grass is dead. For of draft and durability
of construction, neatness Of cutting and raking
it excels all Others that | have any knowledge Of
and as Moving Machine it can't be beat in
these diggings don't think that Their will by
any other kind of machine sold in this vicinity
| for the next harvest, but Palmer Il Williams
Self-Ralng Reaper with Moving Attachment
f ". SKINNER, Esq.-Dedr Sir: I have used
the Palmer & Williams Self-Rakipg Reaper |
purchased OF you last July, and will say, if it is
not the best Reaper in the world il is certainly
| the b9st that l have any knowledge Of; and
would cheerfully recommend it to others for tho
following reasons: First, of draft | think it
| draws much easier than any other Reaper have
ever seen of the same width of cut Secondly,
the simplicity and durability of construction.
| Thirdly the workman>likemanner in which every
part of it is built 1t is real pleasure to set up
such machinery, every part fitting exactly, no
alteration to make. Fourthly, for cleanness Of
cut and nea ness Of raking it cannot be surpass-
ed. / am satisfied that one hand is saved i'll
binding over a hand raking Reapear. Filthy,
the width of cnt, cutting full six feet. | have
| not tried to see how much | could cut in day,
but think from II to Is acres with two horses,
or Is to 20 with four horses. | never use but
two horses, and never hurry my team. One Of
my neghbors used of Manny's two horse
Reapers with cut of about four feet, but had
to use four horses on it. As mower l think it
nearly perfect. Taking it all in all, as Reaper
and Mower, think it stands No. l, ahead of all
| DEAR SIR:-As | have used one OF Palmer 4
| Williams Self Raking Reapers the past season,
and consider it just the thing for which it was de-
signed. l think it the easiest running Reaper l
have ever seen, considering the amount of labor
! it performs. 1t cuts as nicely as any one could
desire. 1t rake5 off the grain much better than
! expected. / consider the chain for driving the
reel great invention, as it never slips or allows
| the reel to stop. | have used the Reaper to cut
about 90 acres of grain and | consider it about
as good as when started. There is little no
side draft, and no weight of tongue. ANY one
| whishing to purchase a Reaper for the next har-
vest, / would recommend Palmer Williams
Self-Rahing Reaper before any other in use.
TROY, Waworth Co, Sept. 16, 1858.
f. w. SKINNER, Eso.-Dedr Sir have used
one of your patent Self-Raking Reapers for the
past season. and it is no more than justi ce to
you and the inventor to Inform the pub, ic OF
the simplicity and durability of yolr SelfR aking
Reaper. The ease of draft and cleanln ess OF
its work, far exceeds my expectations, nd fiv
excel5 any machine that l ever saw. l have
cut thirty acres of wheat that was considerably
lodged, in one and half days, with O mddng
sized team, and il was done to the satisfaction
Of the owner and many witnesses present. There
are many more qualities about your machine
that | could mention, were this the only one Ia
use, and knowing that the public are IN favor
Of your machine, il needs no putting, it speaks
for itself. That it has outstripped any other
machine that has been brought into Walworth
FITcHBURG, Dane Co, Wis, Aug. %, 1858.
F. w. SKIsNER-SJr: Having received your
circular requesting our opinion Palmer & Viii
hams' Sef-Raking Reaper, we would state that
think its draft much less than any other
machine doing the ar cunt OF labor. That
it is simply and durablv constructed that in
cleauness of cut it is unequalled; that it rakes
of neat and clean, and is much preferable III
this respect TO handwriting. We have not used
it an entire day, and do not know how much
it viii cut; but do know that it will cut all we
want each day in few hours We have cut
about 10 acres, using but span of horses
and have let it TO cat some As TO so acres more
when 1t was run by two span. and gave good
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