Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-08-15

If it had been on time. In grain, however,
it came in season to operate when others did.
Mr.. Nanny has been connected with the
reaper business for many years, and was
with the j, ii. Nanny machine when it was
first exhibited in the East al Geneva, N. Y,
ten years ago, since which time he has been
much in the field, making experiments
with regard to the power and speed nee
essary, to make clean work and easy draught.
In the machine, as shown and used at
Dixon, it embraces a large driving wheel
and 50 arranged in relation to the rest of
the machine, that the weight of the whole
is nicely balanced upon it, The cutter bar is
made Of cast steel, and the diyiders Of cast
iron. The apparatus for raising and lower
ing the bar is very simple, and at the same
time enables the driver at any time, whether
reaping or moving, to raise or lower instant
ly, and hold it there. The bar is also carried
up and down perpendicularly, always keep
ing the bar level, net raising or depressing
the points of the knives. The tougueishing-
ed to the frame, causing no extra weight to
be thrown upon the horses nccks. In the
arrangement of gearing, (Which is all large
and journals long,) no superfluous speed is
obtained, but just enough to accomplish what
is necessary, the balance goes to lessen the
labor Of the team. The arrangement of cas-
tor wheels with the main wheel, mako it as
easy to turn about with as wagon. The
arrangement of the raker's scat in rcaping,
makes it entirely practicable for the raker to
drive his own team, as was done on the
ground in cutting two acres. The manner
Of the delivery of grain is such that it is not
hard work to rake from it. The ball and
socket joint for the pitman connection with
cutter bar, is such that in all positions it
works perfectly free and easy. The machine
can be changed from reaping to moving, with
very little labor and time. MI. Nanny also
used in moving, smaller machine, expressly
for that purpose, embracing many of the good
points Of his combined machine The cutter
bar in both is flexible, so it adapts itself to
any inequalities in the surface Of the ground
without strainining the machine. The oper-
alton of the combined machine as a mower
in the prairie grass, was especially satisfac-
tory, and in no place was the machine used
where it did not receive much praise for the
quality Of work done, and the apparent case
Of draft for the team. Its chance for prize
as a combined machine is surely good The
real completion being narrowed down to three
or four machines. } &# Il
The Caydga Chief is another somewhat
new machine in the West, although the in
vcntor, Mr.. C. Wheeler, Jr., has been an ex-
perimenter with such machinery for ten or
twelve years, and some of his patents date
1854, covering several important features in
such machinery. 1t remained, however, for
the present manufacturers, Sheldon & Co.,
to fairly bring it before the public. The ma
chine is composed almost wholly Of iron and
steel, better adapting it to the Inevitable ex-
posure machincsare subjected to in the West.
Its complete portability and compactness,
however, fits it to be stored in very small
compass when not in use. The main frame
of the combined machine is supported on two
wheels, both Of which are drivers, working
independently of each other. The tongue is
loosely hinged to the main axle. The bar is
jointed at the heel and can be doubled up
and folded alongside of the wheel for moving
from field to field or storage. BY a simple
Continuance of levers at the drivers hand, the
knife bar is raised or lowered, and held at
any height, or in moving the points of the
knives are elevated or depressed as occasion
requires, to pick up lodged grass, orrun over
instructions without injury to the blades
The dividers or fingers have peculiar device
in the shape of chilled plate being inserted
in the lower part Of it, which can be removed
and ground, or replaced with new ones when
desired, in fact renewing the whole cutting
surface for few cents expense The main
gear wheel is an internal geared one and en-.
ables the whole to be brought into n compact
form insuring great strength with less mater.
ial. In backing the machine is thrown out
of gear, enabling the machine to be handled
with perfect case. The weight of the ma.
chine as mower is $50 lbs, as a combined
machine, 100 TBS.
As a combined machine it has the mcri,
of being very easily and quickly changed
from one purpose to the other. Its opera
tons in the field in cutting grass or grain
was not exceled by any other machine, and
the facility with which the grain was laid of
of it enabled the operators to accomplish one
ofthe best jobs done during tho week. ,
The Cayuga Chief Jr., is smaller edition
embracing the essential features of the above
and designed expressly for moving; weigh,
| $50 pounds.
| The Wood machines occupied prominent
place at the trial and included a one. horse
mower which we neglected to notice in its
proper place on the first days trial. 1t did
good work but was apparently hard work
Tor one horse; it may be a machine wanted
East but it is not needed in this country.
Their self raking combined machine was one
Of the chief attractions during the week.
The desire to apply horse power to this most
laborious part Of harvest work gave this fea.
ture unusual Importance. The work done
by this machine in grain compared favera.
bly, with much of the hand-raking and left
the grain in more compact shape for ths
binder than either Of the competing machines
Another machine was the combined hand
raking reaper, very much the same machine
except provided with a rakcr stand in the
rear Of the driver. Another was the Woods
National Mower, also the two wheeled grand
prize mower, these are designed especially
for moving. These machines have been de.
signed and adapted to the wants of the pub.
lie after years Of experiments and the eXpen.
diture Of vast sums Of money, and Mr.. Wood
to-day, stands the largest manufacturer OF
this class of machines in the world, his ma
chimes are exported in large numbers and
have received many valuable and compli.
mentary prizes at foreign fairs and trials
In 1860 at the great national trial at Vinccn.
mes near Paris, France, it received the Grand
Gold Medal Of Honor as the best moving
machine, native or foreign, and a medal and
1000 francs as the best foreign machine. II
has also taken other prizes IN England and
Germany and on the continent where cxhib.