Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-05-03
Hant 4 alowland's Column.
The Champion Mower.

! "V ~h"AhIPAoh NAo *eAs
Many of our farmers will remember
that Messrs. Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly,
of Springfield, offered premium of a
Mower costing $780, and $50 Gold
Medal to the party who did the best
work and the most of it, with one of
the Champion No. Mower, in one day
with one and the same team. We give
below some of the statements and also
the name of the successful competitor.
The amount of work done is really
wonderful, as all will see upon reading.
! This celebrated machine can be seen at
Messrs. Hunt & Howland's, the agent
at Cedar Falls.
There were some fifteen competitors,
but we give only one as our space will
not allow of more:
| CEDAR FALLS, BLACK HAWK Co., Iowa.
MEssRs. WHTELEY, FAssLER & KELLY
! Gents. We, the undersigned, having pur-
chased from your Agent, Henry G. Hunt, of
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, one Of
did, as per your printed instructions, make a
trial for the Premium Machine, ana herewith
hand you our sworn statement.
| We purchased the Champion No. Mower,
from IL. c. Hunt, July 18th, is66. Width of cut,
same as advertised, four feet and four inches.
The trial took place upon the farm of l.. ID.
Gilky, in Union Township, Black Hawk Coun-
ty, Iowa.
Number ofhorses used, were two; size of the
same, medium. Amount of manual labor,
one man. Names of parties who purchased
the Machine, Clinton Bozarth and VIM. IL.
Palmer, +. q. Cedar Falls. Number OF hours
the team was hitched to the Mower, ten hours
and seven minutes. Time the machine was
in motion, nine hours and twenty minutes
hDIAnrR STAINING ntail n
The number of acres cut in the time above
mentioned, Si1teen acres and ISirteen Square
tons per acre. We drew from the piece the
next day, thirty tons Of hay, all cut by the
10 quality of work, we will freely say, we
| have nerer seen better. Average length of stub
BILE, one and one-half inches. For two hours
In the morning, the grass was very wet from
dew and rain previous. The Machine run all
the time on the lowest cut.
The ground was tUiid prairie, never having
been pi01ced, and but a small portion had ever
been moved before. The Champion cut the
old stubble again and the old grass perfectly
ging, and we freely state, that with the Cham.
pion NO. in order, IL is impossible to clog it,
There was large number of branches of will
lows, and some of the stocks were a half inch
| in diameter, all, however, fell smoothly be-
| fore the Champion. The ground cut was all
! in one piece, slough and high prairie, as you
| generally find ii in our state. Upon the high
| or portion of the ground We're many gopher
| hills, but all were cut over nicely and without
Il
/ giving the proper motion to the cutter-bar.-
/ We cut in the last thirty-two minutes, one
| and one quarter Of an acre. The horses worked
| the Machine easily all day, and when we I'M
/ hitched at night, there was no signs of weari-
| ness or sweat, except under the harness.
/ We cheerfully subscribe TO all of the above,
believing that we have at last found the true
| Farmers Friend. We consider the Machine
more durable and easier managed by both
/ man and team, than any Mower we have ever
| seen or used, and were we again to purchase,
| would make S2j difference in favor of the
| Champion No. B.
| Our total expenses during the day of trial
Tor repairs, oil, &c, was just sir cents for OIL.
| We have done a large haying this fail and our
expenses thus far-all told--is just % cents for
| oil. CLINTON BoZARrH
| WIN. Ill. PALMER.
| We measured the ground and certify to the
above as correct. /. ID GILKEY.
ERR MCCoLLIsTER.
STATE OF Iowa, Black Hawk County:
Sworn to and subscribed to before me, this
| 18th day of September, 1866.
| VIM, II. HAMIL. Notary Public.
The foregoing statement is very worthy of
consideration, the parties having done a very
| large amount of work in the time consumed,
averaging about one and two.thirds of an
acre per hour. And had the competition been
with any other Machine than The Champion No, 3,
Messrs. Bozarth d Palmer would have taken
the prize.