The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-31

PER month, and board for harvest hands
All the the help required in loading hay
by this machine is boy to drive and II
man to adjust the hay upon the rack, the
whole labor Of rolling and pitching being
saved Another advantage consists in
the rapidity with which the work may be
performed. An ordinary load of hay
may be placed upon the wagon in ten
minutes and even less. The machine
weighs about 175 lbs, and can be attached
and detached with great facility. Its cost
will be about 800. 1t seems the browning
desideratum connected with the harvest
ing of hay. We have already the mower,
the horse rake and tedder, and this Load
er completes the circle of ncedful ma
chimes for the bayfield, Mr.. Douglas
has patented his invention, and when its
merits shall become known by the farm
ing community, they will be duly apprc-
ciated."
The following letter is from the pen of
Prof. Stockbridgc of the Agl. College of
Mass.
Ag'l College, Amherst, Mass,
July 14th, 1869.
To N. B. DOUGLAS ESQ Sir: yours
of the 10th inst, making inquiries as to
my impressions of the practical utility Of
your Hay Loader, as received from the
exhibition of it on our grounds at the late
trial of haying machines, is received ]
reply, did not see the trial which was
made on Thursday in half dried grass
raked into huge windows very much al
random, but understood it made some
merriment for spectators, and would moi
operate in such circumstances. On Fri
day when the hay was dry enough to cart
was at work in the field with my fresh
man class and witnessed its operations
Its movements soon put to flight my pre-
conceived notion that it had some humbus
about it, for it worked finely, throwing W
the hay from the windrow on to the hinC
end of the Wagon, by its endless belt ar
rangements, faster than good hand coult
load it, and taking it from the ground a
clean as it could be done with fork.
am satisfied that machine to load ha,
from the windrow as the team move
along astridc of it, thus saving the labo
of two men, one to roll it and another t.
pitch it, would be very valuable on on
large farms, and from the exhibition o
your hay loader which | witnessed | re
ceive the impression that "you have foun,
it." 1t certainly performed its worl
well, and loaded the hay very rapidly.
believe the principle on which it operate
is correct. You have brought to the tarr
ian unavailable machine for the hay har
vest, and one of equal utility and impor
tance with the moving machine, hors
rake and hay tedder.
| am Sir, yours truly.
LEVI SToCKBRIDGE.
We forbear saying more except to ad
the certificate Of some of our own cit
zens.
We the undersigned having witncsse
the operation of the Douglas Hay LoaC
er are of the opinion that it is destined
rank next to the moving machine as
labor saving implement for the farmer
JAMES NJ. SLADE, Ex-Lieut. GovernC
of Vermont.
SAMUEL f. Cook, Judge of Probat
for the Dist. of Addison.
HENRY o. CLIFFORD, President of I'll
Addison Co., Ag. Society, Vt.
L. S. SrowELL, Vice President, of tn
Addison Co. Agt. Society.
The machine was on exhibition at II
State Fair at Burlington in 1868, recei,
ing the diploma of the Society.
Mr.. Douglas is anxious to contra'
with parties for the manufacture of tn
, above machine.
We predict for it great success.