Litchfield enquirer., 1861-06-06
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From tse NssU Engldnd Farmer
 MOVING MACHINES.

sM0WING MACHINES.
 sNH. EproRs Sometime since l. noticed inl your columns the following questions relative to moving machines, by MT. Smith. of Exeter, N H., VIZ h there g moving machine that is practical for common farmers and if 80, which is it3 are the first questions farmer naturally a4ks who is contemplating the purchase of q mower, and especially one whose means do not admit of experimenting. think there is Q moving machine that is practical; one that can be managed by one or two horses, or with oxen, to the entire satisfaction of any reasonable man.
 There are now some sixty houses manufactur. ing moving machines, each claiming superiority. But moving machines are not speculation they have become a reality; and farmers are driven by the high price of labor to test their
 The Buckeye claims immense advantasse i in the Reliability of it's fnger-bar, and the folding of itself on to the frame work, thereby making . very portable machine this is certainly an ex- cellent quality; and the Ketchum claims ad- vantage in crossing dead furrows, from the fact that their fDgerbar is abreast of the shaft of the main wheel and that they can attach shorter or 6 longer finger bar. The New Englander, with the conical pivot under it's knife, gives it rocking motion, and shear cut. Now, to an- swer the question so frequently asked, Which s the best2" ismerely giving my opinion as to what would be safe article for farmers to buy Nanny has undoubtedly patented some of the best principles that have yet been applied to mowers, and that machine comprises all the ex- ceiiences of the numerous machines now in use Those machines which are characterized by the fexibility of the ingerbar, possess in reality no advantage over the Nanny, for the reason that the dnger-bar of the Nanny plays up and down independently of the driving work, while the weight rests entirely on wheels; with the other, there is the inconvenience of getting of and on, to fold up and down the fnger-bar; and when down, there is length of from four or six feet, of steel, wood or iron, with weight of some hundred pounds or more, without any wheel to support the outer end, and no frame work back so protect it from whatever obstacles it may chance to encounter, while the power is applied above the axle of the driving wheel, making complete grapple of the inger-bar.
 But the Nanny differs from the other ma chimes in having the power attached and applied directly to the tinger-bar, and with the power so applied, all weight is removed from the fin- ger-bar, the draft being up and over a castor wheel, which always frds it's place like castor wheel on table-leg, and when the machine meets an obstruction, its tendency is to rise It has power in itself te start in the grass without bseAing-it can be guaged to cut from one to ten inches, by lever placed at the right hand of the driver, which be can instantly use to raise the knife to pass over any obstruction that may be in the way. &
 l think the lever will throw this machine over stone Mteen inches high it can therefore be worked on any land that is hard enough for horses to travel on, and sufficiently smooth to swing scythe over, hill-sides presenting no diff Scuaty 1t will not upset.
 Another grand feature of the Nanny is its reel, which contend no machine should operate without, from the fact that when the wind is blowing heavily in the direction the machine is moving, the grass lodges ahead of the knife. and IS continually working down between them. and E cut so fine, that much of it is wasted, and it also requires three times the power to drive the machine, but just apply the reel, and the trouble IS instantly removed.
 l have seen many machines fail to work we'll with oxen, because the speed was not great enough to let the grass fall back of the finger bar, but this machine have seen, and known to wosk we'll with oxen.
 In regard to the portability of the Nanny, the driver may get on to the seat at the house, and if his field is ten miles distant, I see no incon venience in driving there; then without getting of to turn down to attach the inger-bar, he drops the lever, throws the machine into the gear, which is done with perfect ease, and starts into the grass. The reaper attachment, which Pefnaps requires nve minutes to apply is per Feet thing, laying the grain in gavels all ready for binding. was induced to try moving machine the past season on the Essex County Agricultural Farm, and having travelled much in the West, and seen many different patterns of moving and reaping machines was convin- eed tAst the Nanny patent had as few objections as any had seen operate. selected the one horse mower, and have tested it thoroughly, and have repeatedly witnessed the operation of the two-horse machine. They both give entire sa- tissaetioa, and should use them in preference to any I have seen, but would earnestly recom- mend them to farmers the buying of moving machine of some kind. NATHAN w. BROWN.
 zbpgeeld, April 2, 1860.