The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-06-17
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r 1nlaasSsi|ae THIS Question, .xe =. sw.'s
that Il win be necessary to oombst the pop.
ular errorsvhat mahJ farmers have fallen
ia.o in relation to haryesterst The farm
ers Of the wLsle north west are almost ex-
olnsively engaged in the raising Of grain
with y rich svil, aud climate adapted to
tho production Of grain Of all kinds. they
are almost sure Of ~ abundant harvest.
The great bulk of.hs grain that 10 produced
ID this vast country j. raised from seed
| sown In tho spring, and hence The wheat,
|ea.a and barley, srs ready for. the sickle
sboa. the, same time. The harvest time in
.ths weit II the busy season Of the year, and
requires tho utmost sxertions, Of those an
gagged is agricultural pursuits to gather it.;
even the mechanics and laborers and school
sboys>o Of the towns and cities ore called on
to assist in the great and glorious work Of
{ gathering the 1ipened grain: The 7dsmsbd
f'r labor hss been 10 stea. for ! few years
past, aud the price % high during harvest.
!hat it is not strange that farmers are dis
posed 10 invest in that kind of machine
which they are told will accomplish the most
with the least amount of labor. Tho OK
cessive demand for help during harvest Of
late years has stimulated the manu.actul-
ers Of Harvesting Machines to devise some
plan to save labor, and tho result thus far
is the application Of seftrakes to Reapers
and band-binders on the Marsh Harves,ers.
But oil these improve ments thus far have
50 complicated the machinery a. to resder
them in : great: measure impracticabls.
Having seen nearly I'll these improved
machines in use which are claimed to save
labor in harvesting, we have come to. tho
conclusion that the hand-rake mac chine is
tar the best and most economical in sscnr-
ing . harvest, for The, following reasons:
lat. All the self rakers IN the markets are
very liable toge out Of repair aud Cause
much delsyin consequence, and nothing
causes :, more vex.tion than {. break down
in the harvest field, especially when the re-
pairs are:difdcult, - is generally the case
with complicated machines. I'd. Tho
grain ~ sst stand in good condition to cut
in order to do. good execution With self
'rskers or:'withi tho Marsh +: Harvester.
III. selfrsker that doc. good, work one
year,, when The grain al stands" upright,
may utterly fail the nextLif the grain: BE-
comes kriuIled or'lodged,, Sd: But fsv W. Of
,he { 'elf rekers ept over i've fe.t. vide. and
cannot, therefore, d. row I or rs: IL much
Is hand rake uaohine cutting six .eet,
and ths draft is 50 much greater great g. thaiit =
Jingle: team cannot stand il t. votk ,.thsn:
without stopping to. reet' good portion of
the time. :: 4th. It needs man Of superior;
skin lsnd judgment = drive thsl team and
4. eelf:rater properly, while any
boy or girl old enough to- handle the rsins
can do the driving for = hand rsker. Nov,
" olef1 th.t these objeetions Is i.elEr.ktears
are we'll founded naad are sustained by
PRACTICAL experiences. We claim that ma
chine simple In construction, not liable 10
get out of! repair, that can always DO do.
pended on for; . big: days work, that win
do good execution in every kind or oondi-
ton Of grain, that cuts six feet vids, that
10 handled with perfect ease with . single
team, outing from sixteen to twenty acres
per day, is the machine to purchase. All
those desiring such machine will find
that the Bsloit Reaper and Mower, manu-:
f.ctursd BY Parker l.: Stone, Of Beloit,
Wisconsin, il warranted to fill tho bill. =.