The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-31
TO THE FARMERS OF IOWA
Improve your Waste Lands.

THE GNE Asa SIGNED have purchased N
| the State OF Iowa, MARQUES EMERsaS's
Patens DiietsiHG HacDiMess
i and are new having nanter q Machines inannfsc
about the 10 u August. Wa arc a!ss ranftiug
i Of sia maehints I'll she Farm ~ n AREfsuNi III
are respectfully invite 10 tile pY0eess AIS
res1its Of this improvement, wairh, IL j. caA6aenfi,
4 u farming the wet or flat lands of iowa This Ma
ehsne ~ fetana 81 H. simplicity aBA rhes pbes
ana entire feEabiitY III management, with the fact
taas HE cost u Hathii4e cones tll Tile a4ass OF
almost any Farmer this State. and thar the Use Of
machine amy Farm having either wet or III taprs
VIII lay the cost Their Of in auy nratary crop season
Is prof. OF rs being tha most yalus bic improve
inent ever offered 70 the Farming community or iowa
Aseyidence Of what this Machine Is capable or doing
AMI the expense attending the same, We respectfully
beg cave TO refer al persons to the following certiG
Gates Of few OF the prominent citizens Of Des Moines
county VINO have had an opportunity Of wis0 essIng
the aiaehine In successful operation.
We, the undersigned have ex amined one or Marcus
Emerson's Patent Ditchns Machines, owned by wm
Sunderland Bro, and believe 1t to he valuable i'm
proyement. We 1t at work and are satisfied that
should the brought int0generai bring under
cultivation. alta small expense, large
land.
With II bitches can be dug at an expense not TO ex
coed twenty cents per rod. As the ditch made three
and half feet below the surface pres TO be below
the reach Of frost,n performs the Office or
age without presenting any outward obstacle to cut-
vation, o. occupying any part OF The surface Will
these bitches remain open, and how long? We exam
ined ditch made two years ago upon Mr. Larrsc ~
farm, six miles west Of Burlington, and found it dis
ging water lust when cut the ground drained
by IL being perfectly dry as good condition Tor
cultivation AZ could BE- desired. We no reason why
y should not continue perform its functions
ana believe purchasers OF Machines will be able to cut
dltcaes equally good by few hours experience In
sworking them.
o. c. wIGHTMAN, Co. Jad xe
A. w. CARPENTER,
JAMES w. GRIMES,
Q. DURHAM,
VIZ. C00LBAUGH,
]. G.. LAUMAN,
r. 81 MoLAREN.
The undersigned, Farmers Of Des Moines county,
Iowa. having seversy tested the Ditchng Machine u.
tented BY Marcus Emerson, and used and owned
BY Sunderland Bro OF Burlington, Iowa. BY having
drains made with the same farms, desire TO
add our testimony to that of others who have recom
nended it destined TO become the greatest possible
benefit TO the farming interests OF this State and OF The
West generally The result Of the experim ents we have
made and the benefit have derived from the use az
the Machins, are beyoni our most sangune expecta-
tons, and so lar have been able learn, the
anne has been the case In other localities II has ena.
bed Us to reclaim, at insignificant cost large por
items Of our farms which had previously been totally
untlahe and worsehan useless, and render the same
rs productive, n not more 20, than that which
before considered our best land.
The drains made by this Machine are large enough
or ~ practical purposes far enough below the surface
70 be beyond the reach OF frost and permit the ground
above them to be cultivated without the sighte dan
ger OF injury - the drains. We convinced that
they are also Permanent and durable. Some Of the /
more than two years ago, and all Of them remain in as
perfect CONDITION as they were when they were first
made In Illinois and elsewhere they have been in use
q much longer time with the same result
Another very graf advantage TO be derived from
th3s mode OF draining, And which every farmer will
recognize Of the highest portance il The
supply OF pure stock water which these drains furnish
their outlets, summer ard Winter. This alone III most
localities II net N all Is worth Infinitely than the
ost Of drainage.
We therefore most cordially recommend The above
named Machine TO the farmers this County and IN.
state, with entire confidence that wherever tried VIII
perform all tn Its claim It, and result n
permanent and lasting benefits 10 all con .rned
nj. W. ROBINSON
DAVID LAR.ISON, |
WM. LAMMF
~. E-Machines furnished; and the right TO use the
ame Tor Counties, townships or farms can be mr. |
;hased on the most reasonable terms Of the undersiau
ID, BY application addressed to
WA. SUNDERLAND Ba1ts
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