The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-06-02
ONE HORSE CLIPPER,

AS being ahead Of anything of the kind in the market
and not equalled in the world
WIDE 3O-inch driving wheels, weighs 500 pounds
and has been designed expressly to be worked with one
horse.
Great pains have been taken to make it as perfect as
possible in every respect, and to demonstrate that
mower can be made that will work as successfully with
one horse Il two-horse machine with two horses
The horse walks by the side of the standing grass, in
track by the 8wath board, and for this
Is as easily guided as the horses are on tWohorse ma
chine 1t is capable of cutting from one half to three
quarters OF acre an hour with ease without trettng
This machine was first brought into the market in
sold. The First Premium aold nedaI at the
great trial held at Auburn N, Y, in July of that year,
was awarded to it as the Hest Machine of its
The One.Horse Clipper was the Iightest-
drausht Machine at the great trial Of mowers held
at Amherst June, 1862 by the New England Agrcultur
al Society.
The Clipper No. , cuts a swath four feet wide has
3o-inch driving wheels, and weighs 535 pounds
This is small, compact and strong machine and
responds in size to the Wood and that class Of
known as the Junior machines 1t works equally well in
the heaviest grass and over the toughest ground.
Though light it will be found very strong and durable
Weighing only 535 pounds it is very easily handled and
will do more work, with greater the team than
any other machine having the same length of bar.
This machine has been carefully improved and strength
ened for the harvest of 1870, and confidently
commend it to those who desire small twohorse NOW
er a as u 1,, BY any in the market
feet wide has y inch driving wheels and weighs go
pounds.
embodes the principles from which the other sizes
constructed. Though it has been considerably modified
in detail the principles first adopted remain unchanged
The universal testimony in their favor is proof that
they are adapted to the wants of the farmers every
The Clipper No. 4 cuts a swath four and half or
five feet wide, has 36inch driving Wheels and weighs
20 pounds. No harvester ever before offered to the pub
lie has met such perfect success this machine. Aside
from the general excellence of the Clippers
for the great success of this machine may be found
in the fact that have been able to construct large
machine with high wheels, which at the same time, is
light in weight and of very easy draught
Farmers who have used machines with both small and
large Wheels appreciate the important advantages of
large wheels when combined with light weight and
sequently light draught.
The large wheels cause it to steadily, eapec
ally over rough and Doggy ground and make it the
easiest machine for the driver well for the team
1t has been demonstrated by number of dynamometer
tests that the Clipper No. cutting four and a
half even five foot swath il Of lighter draught than
the small machines of other builders which cut only
four feet.
An ordinary pair of light will work this ma
chine through the day, cutting four and halt five
foot swath with the greatest ease
This, as No. B. is made also Il combined machine by
attaching to it dropper, to cut swath five or six feet
in width.
These Clippers besides possessing the points of excel
ence found in some other two.wheeled machines have,
in addition, many valuable and important features dis
tnctly and peculiarly their among which the
following:
A Patent Runner shaped CastSteel Finger Bar; n
Patented Finger forged from castsee with point and
cutting edge tempered an improved Outside Shoe with
Shoe Of meable iron light strong and eyery way su.
bearings and Bali and socketiont a Wooden Conner
ing Rod light, elastic and strong not liable break the
knife knife head Cutting Apparatus, connected to
the frame that it may be brought instantly to the very
over DOGGY and stony ground; strong Iron Frame,
applied ' ns to MAKE AK the m the ges rnnng
mower in the world The materials and Workmanship
of character that make it the most durable, and
consequently the cheapest machine to buy.
THE CLIP e II VA HINES A IL L
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