The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-07-29
Palmer d Williams Reapers.


Emerald Grove, Aug orb.
Nh. SEIHNER-Dear SH: Haviog used Pal
mer & Williams Self Rakng Reaper, l would
say as regards lease of draft" have found it
equal to, and even surprising my expectations
The "sin,plicity and durability Of construction"
has won my highest favor, for it shows that while
great improvements have been made, the leading
! principle most interesting to the purchaser has
not been overlooked. "Cleanness of cut
have used the reaper in cutting wheat oats,
timothy and barley some of which was lodged,
| but it cut them all 10 my entire satisfaction.
! "Neatncss of Raking"-Ths part is most per
| feet, and men birding for me say that they bind
much faster after this machine than after any
| han l-raking machine they ever saw. The case
with which this machine will turn a corner Is
most satisfactory, not requiring cradle in the
| field after the grain is once cut Iouud.
Yours truly, r, CHENEY.
Nh. f. ". SKIsNER-I have used one of Pal
mer Il Williams SelERaking Reapers with two
| horses, and am confident that in standing grain
that two horses will pull it all day With ease. 1t
| is constructed simply but substantially, Our
Reaper has cut one hundred and fifty acres THE
season. and we have not been to one dime'5
expense for repairs. ] can cut heater and more
ground in a day than any ether Reaper in use,
and in regard to raking, no haud-rakng can
equal it in standing or lodged grain. We cut II
acres per day in standing grain, and in lodged
| grain 10 acres, when we cut one way only.
We cut one hundred ami fifty acres this harvest.
We sometimes worked two and sometimes four
horses. l hive no Moving Attachment bat l
can recommend what have got with clear corr
MEssRS. PALMER & WILLIAMS Gents: We
have used your reaper for the harvest of 1858.
and can uly recommend it as the best now i'll
use. 1t cuts clean and rakes it off better than
it can be done by hand. The machinery IS yery
strong and not liable to break. 1t rs the easiest
running Reaper now in We have cut from
grain this season with p. s. VS. Self Raknr
Reaper, and it did the work TO my entire salts
tactcn. The amount Of team used was ona span
Of light horses; and there was neither side
draft nor weight upon the neck yoke, they hand
led it with perfect ease, About one half of nv
grain badly lodged, but the machine cut L
clean and the rake laid it in gayels in such a
perfect manner that each of my men bound 3
acres per day. A man can bind acres cut by
tn machine III the same time required to bind
my old Reaper. | found that l could do better
work and do it easier. | cut with the old Reap
l er about SIX hundred acres and then sold it for
$25 and bought new one. | am perfectly sat-
isfied with the simplicity of raking off and ease
OF draft cut from ten to fifteen acres per day
with two teams, and might cut more The ma
chine combined works to a perfect charm ! be-
tf-Raking Reaper with Moving Attachment,
and consider it ahead of any other Reaper that
am acquainted with, for ease of draft, doing
more work with the same power, than any | am
| acquainted with, cuts cleaner and rakes neat
leaving my fields much cleaner than | ever had
them before when using fhe handwriting Reaper.
| have cut twelve acres 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, reaping only for myself The mower
works excelcnty. | have moved 28 acres
have used your Reaper the past harvest and
consider it, as to tie ease of draft, simplicity
and durability of construction, cleanness of cut,
l., and neatne5s of rakmg, great improvement
over anything that | have used or seen. con-
slider it a saving over the handwriting Of twelve
-hilngs per day, and does the work better. 1t
cuts six feet widc-two pair of horses used.
a have cut 20 acres per day. l cut in all 40
7 acres. ! like your machine so well that would
not take ore of the hiud-rakers gift and us0
it until il worn out, if | could get one Of
my brother farmers, that if they want a Reapirg
Machine that wiz pa" them. lay aside their old
back breakers and purchase one OF Palmer y
Williams Self-Rakin9 Reapers. For my Uwl
part | would not give this one for two Of any
other reaper | ever saw, and we have almost
every kind in this vicinity. 1t is unnecessary
or ne to say anything in its commentator, but
. would say that | have cut over two hundred
acres Of grain and grass, and the greater part oil
the time L have worked only two horses, and
l. expect to cut fifty more before tie wild
:, grass is dead. For case of draft and durability
Of construction, nGatness of cutting and rakiug
it exces all OF ers that have any knowledge If
aud as Moving Machine it can't be beat in
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
;, Seli-RaiIIng Reaper with Moving Attachment
W. SKINNER, f -q.-Dear Sir: | have used
the Palmer & Williams Stlf-Rakipg Reaper 7
purchased OF you last July and will say, if it is
not the best Reaper in the world, it is certainly
. the basC that | have any knowledge of; and
would cleeriulIy recommend it to others Tor the
following reasons: First, ease ofdrait; | think it
draws much easier than any other Reaper have
ever seen of the same width Of cut. Secondly
the simplicity and durability of constructions
Thirdly, the workman>likemanner in which every
part OF it is built 1t is real pleasure to set IN
such machinery, every part fitting exactly, no
alteration to make. FOurthly for ceanncss Of
cut and neane5s of raling it cannot be surpass-
ed | am satisfied that one hand ia saved in
binding over a hand raking Reapcar Filthy,
4 the wICth OF Cnt, cutting full six feet. | have
: not tried to see how much could cut in a day,
c but think from II to II acres with two horses
y or S to 90 with four horses. ! never use but
L two horses, aud never hurry my team. One of
my neighbors used one Of Manny's two horse
Reaper', with a cut of about four feet, but had
TO use four horses on it. As a mower think il
nearly perfect. Taking it all in all, as Reaper
and Mower, | think it stands No. /, ahead of all
DEAR SIR AS have used ono of Palmer &
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
have ever seen, considering the amount of ItbJr
d it performs. It cuts 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. have used the Reaper to cut
about 80 acres of grain, and | consider it about
as good as when started There is little or no
side draft, and no weight of tongue Any ono
wishing to purchase Reaper for The next har-
vest, would recommend Palmer & Williams
Self-ItaLing Reaper before any other in use.
t Troy, Walworth Co., Sept. &c, 1858.
f. W. SKINNER, EsQ.-Dedr Sir: have used
one Of your patent Ssll-Raking Reapers for tho
past season, and it is no more than Justice 10
Won and the inventor, to inform the public of
the simplicity aud durability of yolr Self Raking
Reaper. The OF draft and cleanliness Of
lis work, far exceeds my expectations, and flr
exceIs any machine that | ever saw. t,avo
cut thirty acres Of wheat that was con. 'JoraIl,,
lodged, in one and half days, with q midJI;ny,
sized team, and 1t was done IN ~, - -