The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-17
TO THE FARMERS OF IOWA
Improve Your Waste Lands.

THE CN.E 4 SIGNED have purchased the
= right Of manufacturing and using throughout
the State Of Iowa, MARQUES LMEksON'S 5&
s#1s Patent DiiChiMg Mac mines. ss
and are new having humber Of Machines M anufsc-
tured At this place, which will be ready delivery
about the list Of August We are also runHipg one
81 said machines the Farm OF D. HARRISON, sx
miles west Of the City OF where the public
are respectfully invited TO the process asd
results Of this Improvement, which, II i confidently
believed viii work entire revolution 10 the syssen
OF farming the wet or Nat iands OF Iowa. This Ma.
chine ~ reason OF Its simplicity aud the ehsapness
and entire feasibility OF It's cement, with the fact
thai the cost machine wnhin the means 81
almost any Farmer In this State, and the use az
machine on any Farm having either wet or fat lands
VIII Pay the cost Their Of In any ordinary crop season.
proof OFT being the most valuable OF any improve
nent ever offered TO the Farming community OF iowa
A. evidence Of what this Machine Is capable Of doing
anu the expense attending the same, We Respectfully
beg eave TO refer 81 persons TO the following cer,f
estes o. lew OF the pronnent citisens Moines
County, who have had An opportunity Of wuhessits
the hachine In successful operation.
We, the undersigned, have en- AHMED enc or Marcn.
= Emersons Patent Ditchins Machines, owned BY Wn.
sunderland Bre., and believe IL to be valuable IN.
Provement. We saw IL 1t work, and are SATISFIED that
sAoaid be brought general use il viii bru9 under
cultivation at small expense, large amount o sic
With IL ditches be dag at an expense not 10 ~
cesd twenty cents per rod A. the ditch 10 made three
and half feet below the surface presumed 10 ~ hs,
the reach OF frost performs the once Of under ra,n
age without preventing any obstacle 20 ult
,s q occupying any part Of The surface VIII
ined ditch made two years ago upon mr. La,r,.on,.
farm, six miles west OF burlington. and found n 49,
charging water lust - when cut the groand drained
oy bang perfectly dry and in good ,or
cultivation - could be desired. We see no rrason
should mot continue perform it, Tor
and believe purchasers OF machines viii be able ID c,,t
ditclss equally good by few hours expsrsnsr Il
working them. f5E*A48 58ts ,faf -f7@- 60
9. g. wIGHfAAN, Co. Judxe.
s sas fF 8ss@@@4 JAMES w CRIMES
49, sa Q. DUNBAR,
II - W. =. C0OLBAUGH, ut .f4~
.8,hR4Av sstE--a II. d. MgLAREN. AZ
The undersigned, Farmers or Dss Moine. c..r..
.e.a nAv,ns ssverHJ tested the Ditchag Machine II.
tented ~ Aafuns Emerson, and nov used ana ownsA
by sunderlaad Bro OF Burlington. Iowa by havlns
=, aims made with the same farms We desire Is
AID our testimony TO that OF others who have recon,
nasndsd u dsataa to secome OF ne p.sssh
Denvh v NE armiag interest Of this stats and 81 III
wss. sps ~ IN ,s.g si'ss
The Mschih \ ARE styons QUE moss saaguae txprcts.
hons. and 20 fhr ~ have been able IL learn. I'm
sane has e I'll ea,e n ehsr localities. II ena-
bei ~ 20 reclaim - an tn.irMntAnt cost fre nor
tis o. nar 4Afns Viii II hal tsssaassy bes /, toal,
'oal aiaet 81 NsHaisbAn lse And renier til sans
I. ss psss -p that x.sA had
ne drains made by iris Il Arhsns are large esouS
aox pusposss. saangh below The surface
above tseM % 81 cultivated without ,hs slight, :, dan
ger OF Injury 80 the drains We convinced hat
shae ~ 'Alss EtSmansns and durabss. Some o. lhs
nsts han tvelyAFs ago. ana Al them rslraa il -
nads u fNIass sAd elsewhere shey have been d ass
n9uh lOngg &tDe tV8h ste asnso result HasxB fgst
this mode u d 90 which every i..ns. I'm in
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