Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-28
GENESEE VALLEY
IMPROVED MOWER \

IHE subscribers, having purchased the
exclusive right Of the manufacture and sale OF e above
nGcswENG nrACErrrJIr.
Having permanently csab hed manucory OF tho same IN
ERIE CITY, PA.
We claim for our Mover that superior TO any other now
In market for several reasons:
IT Is LESS sCoMpIiCATED--A SIMPLER MACHINE.
It's wel understood principle in Mechanic, that the
least complication and the least gearing 10 nnchnerv ne
cesay to subseye the purpose for which the
better Ours s the only sng Mower nov In
ket and will need argument TO convince ffiners that
oeuss OF th aet II viii 1e less liable to o ORDER
an1 % more readily repaired II accidentally broken
Our Mover Is better than OF is competitors for another
reason 10 the construction rival Maohnes their pfopre
tion, to "clogs lrreta fore those Machines
hayng the highest motion have popular with far
er as eoggng fas been Of the worst difficulties to
be overcome and the higher notion the less eorRine
ny an Improvement which made Mower prevent
fourteen revolutions to of the which Is less
than two.thirds Of the motion in other MACHINES Hence
they oer less to the horses an are noe durable
Our knife is placed line with the axis Of the drive
in guly hdynga comparatively low moiou is less La
Bile to break wien brought up" by hidden stub stones
aud these, added to the lac that timber cutting
enable to ro1gher meadows with gre aer impunty
than can be done with any other Mower. =
Excepting the tongue our machine Is made wholly Of iron
and STEEL hence durable than those made largely OF
wood, and therefore certain TO shrink SWELL out
THE "GENEsEE VALLEY" WEIGHS
But little over 500 Pounds
And Is ghness, the simplicity Of its machinery, even
ness OF noton and its freedom from htb gearn consnra
10 make II se' P"s
TIE EASIEST DRAFTING MoFER UsEDy
The operator is enabled to throw the Shaft attached tn tho
knie out and In at pleasure aud having timber cut
ting bar the knife be folded mp the machine and
hence II can be conveniently transported from TO ned
and will occupy less storage room When haying over
The seat is attached by long springs so that
elderly men and partial lnvads enabled 20 operate M
aud its simplicity Of gearing makes It noseess than
doubP machines IL Will be advantage to farmers
in Erie, Crawford and Ashabua counties, and In vieniies
contiguous to our mannacOry to buy machines made
home, so that any part should be accidentally bckeA
new piece cculd be more readily substituted.
To men Of responsibility, living where the 'Genesee VAL
ley has not been usec make this offer; We will let you
take tIia with the agreement on your part pur
chase H. provided it shall prove gUod herein
mended yoK being The Judge. We believe In the superiority
OF ouf Mowers and shall embrace opportunity
suade farmers to give item tiial These assertions
based upon actual ermens Over hundred Machines
bought and used by farmers in Northwestern Pennsyl
desiious purchasing One moved sixteen acres in
one day. and another moved n fort ninu, eboh
doing their work well.
We publicly challenge all persons nterese In the sale Of
rival Mowers to meev us in TRIAL MOVING MATCH, on
pl soits Of ground and In all sorts Of grass We claim
be able to rougher meadows TO la day
and 10 the Of with greater ease
than be Zone with any other Machine
We will sell yell finished Mower including two knives
et of whipple ree9 &c for huned dollars the shop
Eastern ,nuctrers charging SHE. Persons deirous
Of purchasing machines or obtaining agency for
sale OF the will find us at the old Eagle foundry,
Federal Hill, or can address us at ERIE, Penn'a.
Liberal Discount Made to Agents,
Erie Pa, March 1854. 3m741 ]. & f. DENSMoRE.