The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-07-22

to. The consequence is, that before you
are going, you are ''gone," like lot at
an auction.
AARON PALMER, So.,-Dear .Sa: l have used
one of your elfRaking Reapers the past harvest,
and feel fully satisfied that it surplsses all other
Reapers in the following points: In doing its
work well, both in cutting and raking In ease
of draft, it being very light work for the team.
In simplicity of construction as no farmer will
find any trouble in using and keeping it in order.
l feel authorized in saying that your Reaper is
in every way deserving of its high reputation
| Mr.. f. W. SHINNEE;-I have used one of Pal
mer l. Williams SelfRakng Reapers, with two,
horses and am confident that in standing grain,
that two horses will pull it all day with ease. It
is constructed simply but substantially, Our
Reaper has cut one hundred and fly acres this
season, and we have not been to one dimes
expense for repairs. ] can cut neater and more
ground in day than any other Reaper In use-
and in regard to raking, no haud-raking car
equal it in standing or lodged grain. We cut IT
acres per day in standing grain, and in lodged
grain 10 acres, when we cut one way only
We cut one hundred and fifty acres this harvest.
We sometimes worked two and sometimes four
horses. hive no Moving Attachment bat !
can recommend what have got with clear con-
MEssRs. PALMER & WILLIAMs-GentS We
have used your relper 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 ?. 4 VS. 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 was neither side
draft nor weight upon the neck yoke, they hand
led it with perfect ease. About one half of my
grain badly lodged, but the machine cut it
clean and the rake laid it in gaves in such
perfect manner that each of my men bound
acres per day. man can bind 8 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. | cut with the old Reap
er about six hundred acres, and then sold it for
SO and bought new one. l am perfectly sat-
isfed with the simplicity OF raking of and ease
| of draft. | cut from ten to fifteen acres per day
l with two teams, and might cut more. The ma
chine combined works to perfect charm. | be-
Setf-Rakng Reaper, with Moving Attachment,
and consider it ahead of any other Reaper that l
. am acquainted with, for ease of draft doing
more work with the same power than any am
acquainted with, cuts cleaner ard rakes neat
leaving my fields much cleaner than | ever had
, them before when using the handwriting Reaper.
l have cut twelve per day with one team
and consider it no harder than blowing two and
a half acres per day. | have cut ninety acres
/ in all, reapng only for myself The mower
Y works excelently. 1 have moved % acres
: have used your Reaper the past harvest, and
consider IL, as to tie ease of draft, simplicity
and durability of construction, cleanness of cut,
and neatness of raking, great improvement
8 over anything that have used or seen. | con-
: slider it a saving over the handwriting of twelve
. shillings per day, and does the work better 1t
cuts six feet wide-two pair of horses used.
d have cut 20 acres per day. | cut in all 40
o acres. l like your machine so well that would
q not take one of the hand-rakers as gift and use
n it until it was worn out, if / could get one Of
my brother farmers, that if they want Reaping
y Machine that will pay them, lay aside their old
g back breakers and purchase one of Palmer &
s Williams SetfRaking Reapers. For my own
" part would not give this for two of any
. other reaper | ever saw, and we have almost
p" every Kind in this vicinity. It is unnecessary
or me to say anything in its commentator, but
n l would say that have cut over two hundred
acres of grain ard grass, and the greater part of
r the time have worked only two horses, and
) expect to cut fifty acres more before the wild
grass is lead. For ease of draft and durability
: OF construction, neatness of cutting and rakng
l. it exces all others that have any knowledge of
II and Moving Machine it can't be beat in
s these diggings. don't think that there will by
% any other kind of machine sold in this vicinity
for the next harvest, but Palmer & Williams
S Sef-Raking Reaper with Moving Attachment.
u Ia w. SKINNER, f-q.-DtT SUI L nave uSeQ
the Palmer & Williams Self akipg Reaper
purchased OF you last July and will say if it is
- not the best Reaper in the world, it is certainly
q the bast that | have any knowledge of; and
q would cheerfully recommend it to others for the
following reasons First, ease of draft | think it
u draws much easier than any other Reaper l have
Y ever seen of the same width of cut. Secondly,
d the simplicity and durability of construction
, Thirdly, the workmanship emanner in which every
part Of it is built. 1t is real pleasure to set uD
such machinery, every part fitting exactly, no
a alteration to make. Fourthy, for cleanness of
e cut and neaness Of raking it cannot be surpass-
l., ed 4 am satisfied that one hand is saved in
o binding over hand raking Reapear. Filthy,
the width of cnt, cutting full six feet. l have
u not tried to see how much | could cut in day,
Ii but think from IL to 10 acres with two horses,
y or Is to 20 with four horses. ] never use but
II two horses, and never hurry my team. One of
] | my neghbors used one of Manny's two horse
Reapers, with a cut of about four feet, but had
l. to use four horses on it. As a mower think it
: nearly perfect Taking it all in all, as a Reaper
J. and Mower, think it stands No. l. ahead of all
u DEAR SIR AS | have used one of Palmer L.
Williams Self Raking Reapers the past season.
and consider it just the thing for which it was de-
! signed. | think it the easiest running Reaper
e have ever seen, considering tho amount of labor
# it performs. 1t as nicely as any one could
desire. It rakes 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. l have used the Reaper to cut
about l65 acres Of grain, and / consider it about
!, as good when started. There is little or no
: side draft, and weight of tongue. Any one
f wishing to purchase Reaper for the next har-
. vest, | would recommend Palmer & Williams
: Self-Raking Reaper before any other in use.
Troy, Walworth Co, Sept &c, 1858.
E. W. SKINNER, ESQ. -Dedr Sir | have used
b one of your patent Self-Raking Reapers for thu
G past season, and it is no more THAI us'iccc IN
O you and the inventor, to inform Inc nnhl;c ~
the simplicity aud durabilit7 of yo1r Self R.kinp
Reaper The case cf draft and clean illness ri
u It's work, far exceeds my expectations, and far
g e1ceis az machine that l ever saw. I have
cut thirty acres of wheat that was considerably
,. edged, in one and a half days, with middling
), sized team, and it was done to the satisfaction
y OF the owner and many witnesses present. There
!, are many more qualities about your machine
n that could mention, were this the only one in
e use, and knowing that the public are In favor
i OF your machine, it needs putting, it speaks
!, Tor itself. That it has outstripped any other
u machine that has been brought into Waiworth
d county, is no mistake.
Ever yours, T. MARTIN.