, 1862-07-29
THE GREAT REAPER TRIAL 1t
DIXON,
.Reapers, Self-Rakers and Mowers.
CLOSE OF THE TRIAL,

6FEISb&E nE T&4 f. TEkE&T,
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|SpeciA Correspondents to the Chicago Tribunal
DIXON, July Is. 1853.
We have telezraphed you some OF the most
interesting features OF to-day:s tr1al, but the
subject is ct Too much importance TO De
passed over without more perfect analysis
Of the points at 1ssue.:
so14 OF POINTS.
N IN az ti1a!s % q tnls kano eeale OF points OF
:, :. ess ~ s ~ "t~ wv s
=. 'I N 49,
~ .-:- :. -. -, ~ @'1s ~,
ulAt}, eoet, ease OF otatf, quarry o1 "sr6. ~
instability, and capacity, all enter 1rgely into
these values. After arriving at these points,
+,o;- ,s,.t.-a -a1nas ,,,-e+ ~ ha co,s,da,a5
tLtsn 1e4At.s0 'o40'4 n4ueS -. W s1
and agreed upon. But In this tr1al, Il scale
Of points has been fixed upon, certainly no
ra,at;vs va,n. of 4b~ro baa haen mada and +he
4>.N.1'1 'a'1e y. W.. A.&,' o- al. N. - w
without compass or guide. Judging from ap-
nearances, thew are making the dynanometer
a.,a t1a ,..t,1 +ba ;,s+r-n,an+. Nv ,vb;,r +boo
ou0 e1s "aDeN W W. 4aes. -. .aNH'I,5 'Ao1
oie'sufe Liz 'athe VI tue uaeulue0'
To cut off al criticism they have excluded
gf0nn0S ED2EEATCf8
har. ~ he ,,,eae .nd ao mt ,,a,rn,t fart
oets ~ 4uo Pteoe' anu w nos Pe.mts ~ aasS
however nn1mpoflant TO escape snem. Inc
members Of the Board present are President
Van Enns. Chse.-H. Rosenstiel. A. i. Matt
y wb;t,nu = H,1aa, fMr n
eoo' r. D. "uslpg, IT, e. aoiaef' "t' q te.
fnsed to act upon the plan Of exclusion and
did not remain through the trial} 4. B.
1toro,,a1, ~ n 7v,.;. II g o.h,.a n n
w. - "A4.: - ~ 01o' ~ -
webster o1 the Board OF councillors, and the
corresponding secretary, John P. Reynolds,
- - s-.:..~1 ~ ..1D e-s.1 s"s
OF In1ee 11elnoe1s ano pefm11tea LUZ Lie Hanb
Of back bone In the Others. This morning the
attendance WAS large and the crowd soon be-
came rpstfVe in Looking orer the fence at tha
p1ogrgss Of the vork, and there was q crow
ing disposition to make break for the stub-
pie. whach ne ;.1as managefs needed Just II time
" easS Nuat Atue eteott wv !eAatneot auo
gave me farmers l9e opport9nlty 10 witness
the Wof6lag o1 me MeCorm1ck se1rakef as IL
euL Inc 4ost na1 ronnq-
me commltlee naa lnVNea tae puonc 70 pc
present and witness inc u1ai, put up TO this
1lme 1ney mao 9esn e3ctuoeo rom cong SO:
ana iaIge numner i7 nao become ois5uslea, aud
staIleo nome. me ooaro possess no mechan,
leal experience over otheI farmers, and could
otly alllFe 81 mo1e CERTAIN conclasiont ny
naelog t1e monopolY o. tne tests Q, nme and
a.ais 1aey az nos ca,l 10 tne1s a'a experts
ents IT the eevsrs nara o1 as.adag
Mu Hoia 4Amels u long years o1 expen-
ence WIN 1eapels, ouI eScindeo AZ these,
looked WISE, 8h0 tfusted 70 s1fe"d guessing,
instead Of laborions and scientific in7cstiga..
ton, to arrive at real merit. From the time
that the public were admitted to the field,
they are nearly as capable OF Judging Of the
machines rs the board In the lirst place, the
d3nonometer used Is OF little value, it being
the one ruled out at tile Syracuse trial as o1
M particular value. We have used it On our
draft Of plows and reapers, but never with
satisfactory results. A farmer will draw al
| most as correct conclusions from the 1aborine
of the tam as by the test applied; but this
could not be SO we'll accomplished when hall
dozen teams were at work at the same time
| The eame team shon1d have haen ann1iod =,
each machine, and only one machine tested a
| Time Ibis could have been carefully notet
in all its points according to some fixed scale
and go on until all had been gone through
With. Such 3 trial is the only one that can d
rven a. b;uh sneed dn p4or e4 ena nay o.
II driven slowly, ne result would be the re
ton would be Impaired to each- We rcgre
that the Board have not done themsefye
and +he nnh11c htftpr ins+;ra in the nram1
nrna '4 Thhs 5sfaatad Inacb;na - Eli Eli en1,;,
hat from tie nature Of the TIL
lney nave mol 1aa lalr play, and lnus VIC snal
See grow out Of this, another trial to settle th
| question that should have been made c0nclu
eiye At this time
we oo nos ln,pusn tne motlVes OF the Boare
Ine9 AlG lien oi integrity, ana would not IL
lcnlllonahy 40 "1ong, JET, put lew OF taet
~ tlse gram growers, anu nave not haa
iatke experience %1tn reapeIs as would
them 10 sit in Judgment For this reason
they should have cakaed to their atd both pras
tlcal ano ecientine ASSISTANCE II is the dut
OF Inc press 10 1al'h1ully chronicle the TACT
s.e uot ~ uo"u ousHt u ulaalce, anu u !s VII
| IeGlek taial We a1e coupeAea TO cail IN que
s'on t1e acts ol men 1of Hnom personally
n1fe ~ sh1 sh nlg1est 3sa. aS esteem. u
raa,er ~ nnma- "nas m-s 4 i ~ " niahe up gvt
cat', IL" poiA''
& ~. MEL .ta' Gc.toHol ~ frame:
ManfhA o1 Hane "netlet Wooa OF Iron,
| 8. Cutler ns bar, wood or tron
Ses Siaasa oas: iehsla g! , Gn1:
S;cEie' hn,1 noada Ia - ,al.,.:.1
E,,,n.r. gEi,1Ae. noM ts5 Maqe 70 prevent cnoklng;
Il O 1,ea.h ue " ~ etset. ~.
" Pilluaus 10" attacaeo.
~ 1snE Ieel, or no%.
~. n,ame1ef ttsn OF driving wheel, and width
II - LIZ
L. ao2uei;aoalts and CONTINUANCE foz passing
y. No OF horses required
: - Mo1kmanenip Ano nnlsn.
1s. * Etyae M,t q eoxanE; hanhet 9s ofhe! metal;
grain or graes. >'''>' -@@'
~. ~ Sg SSs1ng one % or tTo driving wheels.