Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-05-17

Many of our farmers will remember
that Messrs. Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly,
of Springfield, offered premium of a
Mower costing $50, and $50 Gold
Medal to the party who did the best
work and the mostof it, withlone 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 FAhLs, Back Hawk CO.. Iowa.
MEssRs WHITLEY, FAssLER & KELLY
Gents: We, the undersigned. having pur-
chased from your Agent, Henry q. Hunt of
Soaf sae es So a 1STe liS f "a
did, as per your printed instructions, make o.
trial for the Premium Machine, and herewith
hand you our sworn statement.
We purchased the Champion No. Mower,
from III. G. Hunt, July 18th, 1865. Width of cut
same as advertised, four feet and four ineies
Ihetrial took place upon the faTnl 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. 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
In motion, nine hours and twenty minutes
nf GtA Afn,er ~. A.
The number of acres cut in the time above
mentionNi 5Sede@s acres and sirtfen Square
Roods The grass would average nearly two
tons per acre. We drew from the piece the
next day, thirty tons Of bag, all cut by the
Champion lin The time mentioned asoNle!sy AS
have Meier seen better. Average length OF stub
Bile, one and one-half inches. For two hours
In the morning, the erass was very wei from
dew and rain previous. The Machine run all
the time on the lowest cut.
The ground was actid prairie, never having
been ptosced, and but small portion had ever
been moved before. The Champion cut the
old stubble again and the old grass perfectly
easy and smooth, and ReUer any sign of clog
so og it's IS to ehs %
There wasa large number of bran ches Of will
lows, and some of the stocks were a half inch
fore the Champion. The ground cut was all
in one piece, slough and high prairie, as you
generally find 1t in our state. ypon-t he highly
er portion Of the ground we're many gopher
hills, but all were cut over nicely and without
any delay or hindrance-the J0inted Tongue
giving the proper motion to the cutter-bar.-
We cut in the last thirty-two minutes, one
ana one quarter Of acre. The horses worked
the Machine easily all day, and when WI un-
hftched at night, there was no signs of weari
ness or sweat, except under the harness
We cheerfu Ay&Su bscribe 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 b. IN
man and team, than any Mower we have ever
seen or used, and were we again to purchase
would make SIS difference in favor of the
Champion Nos.
Our total expenses during the day of trial
Tor repairs, OIL &c, was just sir cents for oil -
We have done large haying this fail and on r
expenses thus far-all told-is just % cents for
OIL CLINTON BoZARTH,
VIM. III. PALMER.
We measured the ground and certify to the
above as correct g J. ID, GILkEY,
EE"'~ " sac II" Err MCCoLLIsTER.
STATE OF Iowa, Black Hawk County:
Sworn to and subscribed to before me, this
18th day of September. 1865.
WIN. b. HAMII.. Notary Public.
The foregoing statement is very worthy of
consideration, the parties having done O very
large amount of work in the tim, consumed,
averaging about one and two II irds of an
acre per hour And had the compel ition been
with any other Machine than The Cham, Nion No, g.
MeSss $. Bozarth u Palmer would ha 20 taken
the prize. ....r