Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-30
REAPERS, MOWERS AND THREsHERS

The Committee appointed to examine and report
upon Reapers, Threshers and Mowers, and Agricutu.
raj implements, report that we have examined the
! GRAIN CLIPPER INVENTED BY MIR. Z. PECK Il
| Santa Clara county, called "Peck's California Clip-
per-, and saw it operating in grain fields. The Ma
chine cuts a swaih Nine Feet Four Inches IN width,
has an apron elevator the width of the length of
the knife, which carries up angle of about forty-
five degrees the grain cut off, and throws il into an
other apron elevator about two feet wide and run
ming at right angles to the first elevator, and drops
the grain into wagon that runs alongside The Clip
per to receive it. The Clipper requires four horses to
propel it and one man to direct it, and three wauons
to receive and haul away the grain and a driver for
each wagon and to unload it, and hard to loa the
grain in the wagon while il receives it from the Clip
per- requiring only five hands In all. | will cut and
stack TWENTY FIVE ACRES A DAY, when the grian
stands up.
thas reel, and will gather grain well, even ifit
incnes at an angle Of fortyfye degrees in an oppo-
site direction from which the machine is moving 1t
will cut within three inches of the ground or three feet
high, and can be elevated or lowered instantly and
without stopping the team and gathers the grain so
ceany and perfectly that hardly head is lett the
ground. The machine rests two main wheels, each
of which has cog wheel fastened into the spokes
about midway between the rim and the hub One
wheel drives the elevators and reel and the other the
sickle. The machine is OF the most simple construc-
tom one examining it will wonder why such invention
has not long ago been in We do hesitate to
say that this machine EXCELS ALL OTIlEt 5 greatly
i, simplicity of construction, in being less liable TO
get out of order, in durability, in in operating,
IN the quantity of grain il will cut AMI the excellent
manner In which it performs its work.
In plain truth, in judgment of the Committee, it
is the best machine for farm use invented and
it was invented by one of our citizens We re-
commend that it be called "E. Peck's Santa Clara
County Gram Clipper"
We recommend first premium to be awarded to
Mr E. Peck, for his Santa Clara County Grain Clip
per.
F.B MURDOCH, Ch. Committee
We shall manufacture for the present harvest,
FIFTY MACHINES OF THE ABOVE DE-
SCRIPTIoN,
And are ready to receive orders for the same Par.
ties wishing to purchase.
CLIPPERS OR HEADERS,
VIII please give us their orders.
WE DESIGN MAKING THE REST MACHINE OF
THE KIND EVER OFFERED TO TIE PUBLIC.
This machine combines many useful improvements
and was pronounced by the Committee The greatest
invention of the kind. One Of the above mentioned
cut last season, over
1000 Acres OF Grain,
And the expense of repairs did not exceed TWENTY,
DOLLARS
So soon as this great labor saving machine is known
ii cannot fail to take the place of all other machines
of the kind Mr.. Peck has displayed great ingenuity
and judgment, the advantages OF which every farmer
should avail himself of, and we believe that the COM
munty at large will be much benefited.
We have already received, through Mr. Peck, from
those who them in operation last season, orders
for nine machines.
The above machine CUTS TEN FEET, and last sea
son,
In Three Days, One Machine Cut 81 Acres
of Grain,
Which is more than has ever before been cut in the
State OF California, BY machine in the same time
Send us your orderf. We mean what we say. Re-
collect the place:
eaY~33 Sacramento Street. SAN Francisco.
THOMAS OGG SHAW,
GEORGE Ii. MUNROE.
Agents for the sale of the above Goods
BAKER HAMILTON, Sacramento.
JONES Hewlett, Stockton.
j. IL. WRIGHr, Marysville
LEvIsoN Co., Tehama.
A. W. HAWKINS, Barker Valley.
EDMOND PEcK Santa Clara.
A. r. JACKSON, Susan.
ap15-2m Hull, KNAPP & Co, Portland, Oregon