Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-08

TRIAL OF MowERs.-On Monday, very In
ter'sting exhibition Of the working of warrior /.
machines for moving and reaping came of at the
farm OF Mr.. g w. Heating, near Glenwood Gene
terry. The machines, five in number, were of
those furnished TO the farmers and gardeners of
the surrounding country from the agricultural
warehouse Of J. u. Bartholow, under whose sinner
vision the trial took place. A few minutes after
our arrival at the farm, quite large comnanv Of
gentlemen, most Of them farmers froin the neiyb
SI ana aaJplning counties assembled in the
Goes OF the dwelling OF the proprietnr The field
was in excellent order for a test II Law upon the
hill IN 'front.' OF the proprietor's dwelling over
LOOKING thc city, and contained about nine acres
upon which was 4 very heavy growth of orchard
grass and clover, which was quite wet, and cal
cuiated 10 any animals if attached to machinery
unnt Tor the service. In addition to this some
one had been cutting In the field and the grass at
tangled " anu
MI. Bartholow commenced his exhibition with
one "I w Gods two-horse Mowers, drawn by 4
span OF horses, undccustOmed to work to0ptIer
anu driven by eOlored man who had never be-
lore driven similar machine The result was
That though the machine performed well the COM
Pany desired to see 1t worked with regular span
and driver acquainted with managing IT, They
We're gratlhed, and the test proved satisfactory
, W me Inr two-horse Mower was passing around.
MI Barth0lOw hitched up one-horSe mae hine of
w oOd patent. and followed after The working
OF thls little instrument SD clean and easy from
Tue start attracted the attention of the company
and nearly all followed it entirely round tie
field, 1dmiring its work and clearly EXAMINING
the swath tn see what would he tue loss Of hay
by the height of the stubblP. Upon returning IL
the starting point and haltng, the comrany ex-
pressed great satisfaction with the working of this
machine. ana commended its use for small fields
where the quantity would not require very treat
horse power To speedily complete the work The
working of both these machines was very satsflc-
tory, and exhibited the fact that 10 do all that was
required of them, only required steady horses and
careful driver, who would not drive any nearer
tue standing grass than was Necessary to Gun the
swatiI the width of the cutting bar
The next trial was with the Buckeye - hand
some two-horse machine, which had been the ia
It's completeness. simplicity and convenience had
been already perceived, though it had not been
worked Upon starting, the whole company fol-
lowed 1t closely around the field Several times
IL went the round, and every time with check
cutting clean swath, and the horses appeared to
leave II as little affected by the draught as they
would have been with twice the weight of tie
machine upon the road. After the trial Of this
hllchlhe, The company spent SOME moments In ex-
amihlng ITS construction and admiring its PERFORM
ance IL still remained the fIvoritr
The fourth trial was with IIaIIenbeck 4 Gun
hh2haIh machine, which performed the work rs
neatly as either OF the others Little was said of
The performance of this machine the opinions
being decidedly ina favor Of the - Buckeye over
all Others.
The exhibition was suspended for few mo-
nients ana the company, at the invitation of Mr.
heatnS, proceeded To the mansion, where an Ell.
tertlinment had been prepared for them and to
which entire Justice was done
The exhibition closed with DISPLAY of work
ing OF MaDnys reaper and mower. comb ned with
Woods improvement. IL worked admirably
without stay check.