The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-07-06
E. BALLS
Ohio Mower & Reaper Combined!
Patented, August IL, 1856; December /, 1857.
In England, July 20, 1857.
manufactured by the Patentee, at
Canton, Ohio,

III I1lSlauut July ~, 1000.
manufactured by the Patentee, at
Canton, Ohio.
TO this Machine as a Mower, was awarded the
i highest number OF credit marks t6D at the
Great National Trial Of Reapers and Mowers, hello
al Syracuse, N. Y, in 1857.
This fact becoming known to a certain member o.
The firm of Ball, Aultman g. Co, who were more
deeply interested in the Aullman and Miller Ma
chine, which had only received thirty six credi'
Marks n letter was written without my knowledge
or consent, through a member OF the firm al the
time. TO the Chairman of the Committee, who upon
the authority of said letter, and withot I consult ng
the other members, changed the award to the Ault.
man and Miller Machine, which had only received
thlrty-slx credit marks, as above stated. Use ia.
Bile D., page s., Report o~fCommittee.
Therefore, until n majority of said Committee
acknowledge that they committed a blunder in
giving my Machine the highest number OF credit
marks when they really intended to give il to the
Aultman ana Miller Machine, ] shall claim for my
Machine, the Grand Gold Medal, offered at that
Trial.
1t Is, however, my design to emil attcn.
tim more particularly to my improved Ohio
Mower and Reaper This Machine, though exte1
sively manufactured and sold during the harvests
I 1856 and 1857 for reasons not Important to name
here, was comparatively out OF the market during
the harvest OF lH56 Yet its triumph over every
competitor was most complete in both the frs
years of its existence. 1t is now again offered t.
the farming public; not as a single Mower alone
but as a Combined Reaper and Moving Machine
every parto' il having besn entirely remodeled dur.
ring the last year by the patentee
! Th. carriage OF the Machine Is mounted on
two driving wheels, In connec ion with each OF
these. is a spur Wheela nd pinion, making the Ma.
chine stronger and more durable than any single
geared Machine can be.
9. The rela ton between these two driving wheels
is such, that they operate con Jointly. or separate.
ly, as circumstances may require. The result o
this il, that when the Machine is moving on n
curve either to the right or left the usual spe ed OF
the knife retain ed, and clol gIne avoided, and turn.
ing and backing made easy.
Q, he We light of the Machine being all p!aced
upon two wheels instead OF one, the Machine is MOI
so apt TO sink on soft ground having a bearing sur
tace OF ten inches inste ad of six
4. The weight OF the carriage and gearing At
tacied to it, ns well as TINT OF both raker and driv.
ing Wheels; by which the following advantages are
gained: lst, The wheels are proven ed from slip.
ping on the ground and thus prevent the Mac ile
clogging: 2nd, A powerful and efficient stroke to
the knife is produced enabling the machine to Gu
any kind Of grass or grain without difficulty: 81
cutter bar, but that of its own; side draft obyiated
and the machine nlade to run lighter.
:. The machine, both a. a Reaper and Mower
hns a flexible cutter bar, which invariably adapt,
Itself 10 The uneven s%urftce of the ground Mine
Is the trst successful machine that ever c~ombinor
this principle, md it is now an almnst nniversaIl Nv
ada tilted fact among intel gent farmers aud me.
chanlcs, that II is impossible t. Construct a good
HoWlhg Machine without attaching a flexible cut
ter'bar and two driving wheels.