Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-04-05
men required to bind after the ordinar,

men required to bind after the ordinary
Reapers.
The inventive genius of the country
| has given us the self-raking attachment
which has done much to relieve the
hard work of hand raking, and now
the sale of reapers with the self-raking
attachment outnumbers those without.
| There have been many devices for
binding by machinery, the most sue
cessful of which is that of the Messrs.
Burson, of Rockford.
The machine represented above is
the invention of the Marsh Brothers,
of DeKalb Co., in this State, and was
! first publicly exhibited at o trial of ma
chimes two years ago, at DeKalb, where
Ii attracted much attention from its
completeness of work. At that time ii
was rudely made, and needed some al
terations to adapt it to universal work.
Recently the enterprising firm of Gam
mon d Prindle, of this city, have tax.
en- hold of the Machine, making need.
ed Improvements in it, and will put oui
about eighty of them this harvest.
Some thirty were put into successful
operation last year. I'D.
The machine, in its cutting appara-
tus, does not differ from other good cut
ting reapers the driving wheel is very
large, about four feet in diameter and
eight inches face, thus lifting the gear
ing up out of the way of mud and dirt,
and supporting the machinery well on
soft ground.
| The platform, instead of being sta
tionery, is composed of on endless
apron revolving towards the main
wheel, at the side of which it Is met by
another endless apron Gas shown in the
engraving), provided with teeth which
carry up the grain under shield, de-
livering 1t over the driving wheel into
q trough. Here one or two men stand
on platform attached to the machine,
and bind the grain, without any waste
or scattering, the bundles being drop
| ped on the ground as bound. The ma
terial used to bind is straw, the same
as though binding on the ground. We
| had an opportunity to see the machine
at work, at Sycamore, last week, under
circumstances quite unfavorable, as the
recent rains had made the ground SO
soft, that most machines were laid up.
The grain cut was wheat - quite
heavy in some places. The number OF
horses used, two. The cutting was
done as well as could be, and two men
bound it as fast as cut with perfect ease,
leaving the bundles much evener and
handsomer than when bound from the
ordinary reaper. After few "bouts''
with both men, one man went around
alone, doing the whole binding hand
somely. Then several, unaccustomed
to the machine, tried their hands, and
after few bundles accomplished the
work easily, stating it was easier to do
their part on the machine, than to be
one of five to bind on the ground. Ev-
erything about the machine worked adj
mirably, and to the entire satisfaction
of large number present. One gen.
tleman on the ground stated he used
one last season to cut $50 acres of differ
ent grains working through the whole
season when any machine could work
and that it had given him perfect salts
| faction.
A large manufacturing company In
Ohio, who had heard of the machine,
had sent out their best mechanic, &C.
companied by one of the proprietors, to
witness its work. After carefully
watching the workings of il all the
day in wheat and oats-pronounced il
complete success accomplishing
more than they expected of 1t. We
have been much interested i'm watching
1 the Developments of this machine for
two seasons past, and believe it promis.
es more to lessen the hard labor in the
harvest field, and consequent labor in
the farmers family, than any machine
of its class in the country. Its merits
seems to be fully proved and we expect
to see it win its way rapidly into gener.
al use i'm grain growing districts. Mes
srs. Cannon & Prindle are making ar.
engagements to supply large number
for tho next harvest.-Prairie Far.
| 2Ger.