Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-05-24

The Champion Mower.

The Champion Mower.
Many of our farmers will remember
that Messrs. Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly,
of Springfield, offered a premium of o
Mower costing $50, and $50 Gold
Medal to the, party, who did the best
work and the. mostof il, 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 ut
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. WHITLEY, FAssLER & KELLY
Gents: We, the undersigned. having pur-
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, ONE OF
your Champion o w ers No. 8, July l4th, 1866,
did, as per your printed Instructions, make a
4 trial for the Premium Machine and herewith
hand you our sworn statement.
] We purchased the Champion No. Mower,
from H. c. HuntsJuly l4th, 1885, Width Of cut.
The trial took place upon the farm of l.. d.
Gilky, in Union Township, Black Hawk Coun-
| Number ofhorses used were two; size of the
same, medium. Amountsof manual labor,
one man. Names of parties who purchased
the Machine, Clinton Bozarth and VIM. III.
Palmer, p. O. Cedar Falls Number of hours
| the team was hitched to the Mower, ten hours
and seven minutes. Time the machine was
N ,pti nj nd fyva min
The balance of time was stopping to oil &c.
The number of acres cut, in the time above
Roods. The grass would average nearly two
tons per acre. We drew from the piece the
next day, htItg 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
dew and rain previeus. The Machine run oil
the time on the lowest cut.
The ground was Uitd prairie, never having
been pto,ced, and but q 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, it Is impossible to clog it,
There was large numberof branehes u will
in diameter, all, however, fell smoothly be-
fore the Champion. The ground cut was all
generally find 1t in our state. Upon the high
er portion of the ground were many gopher
hills, but all were cut over nicely and without
any delay or hindrance-the ,Jointed Tongue
giving the proper motion to the cutter-bar.-
We cut in the last thirty-two minutes, one
and one quarter Of acre. The horses worked
the Machine easily all day, and when we un-
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 s25 difference in favor of the
Champion No.3.
Our total expenses during the day of trial
for 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 25 cents for
Oil, CLINTON BozARTH,
VIM. III. PALMER.
We measured the ground and certify to the
above as correct. #sL ID. GILKEY,
ERR MCCoLLIsTER.
STATE OF Iowa. Black Hawk County:
Sworn to and subscribed to before me, this
18th day of September, 1865.
I-. VIM. Il. HAMIL. Notary Public.
I The foregoing statement is very worthy of
consideration, the parties having done 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. g.
Messrs. BoZarth 81 Palmer would have taken
the prize. tTsfYE.g