The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-25
About Moving Machines.

One of the most desirable things is to
alwaysha 9 small stock of the var
ious parts Of the machine constantly on
hand. A sudden dash iagainsts stone
hidden in the grass will many times
break a guard or knife, which, to re-
place, if you have both on hand, will
require but little time One or two Of
each carried in the toolbox attached to
the machine will be the best disposition
that can be made of them.
Another thing A good mover is
always a venturesome man. 1t willnot
DO to let the horses 90 slow, for fear of
hitting against some obstruction; but,
whatever is in the way, if the wits of
the driver are in exercise, and his hand
is on the lever, he can generally sue
coed in stunning. If the horses slacken
their speed, the machine viii clog and
what with backing and clearing and
starting, time will be lost, and the job
will be bad one at the best.
Most important Of all, interest the
team in the work they are doing
Horses know much more than most
men give them credit for. A well-fed,
intelligent, trusted span, under the
tutelage of sensible, kind, good-natur-
ed driver, who will pet them when they
stop, giving each, perhaps, wisp Of hay,
will learn in three days so much about
the mowing-machine that the driver
will need to give them but little atten-
ton, and TINS his mind and his eyes can
he given to his particular work. More
over, they will -evinee an interest
in doing the work well, and in doing
considerable of it-as their prompt and
ready response to any word Of command
clearly indicates
We know Of a driver who makes a
practice Of talking TO his horses as
though they were men-a man who
cuts one hundred tons year, and after
the land is set he rarely tightcns the
reins from morning till noon; and q
better mower does not live in the
country.
WHAT MACHINE TO Buy.
That every farmer should buy some
machine is with us Il settled question.
They cost from 500 to 1875, and they
will pay for themselves every two wears,
if the farmer who owns them cuts an
nually forty tons of hay.
Six years ago. the writer OF this article
bought Buckeye, and paid for it 1928.
That machine is almost As good a new
now. The first year il cost for repairs |
and oil, 81 30, and in no year since has |
it cost over 81 for these two items of
expense The first year, we moved !
smooth meadows: the next, meadows
not so smooth the third year it did not !
make much difference what and the
fourth, of forty acres or fifty moved |
over, only a boz, ont of which the hay |
has to be poled, was cut with scythe,
with such clipping around the walls
and fences aS are common and lncvlta- !
BILE.
We have broken (carelc-Sly) two or
three anticipates and two or three
guards, hut outside OF that, the machine |
has gone through these wears of work /
II the Buckeye is handy to get, wc
should get that if the Clipper is equal
Is near, there would be equal reason, for
aught we know to the contrary, for buy |
Ing that We have heard it spoken OF
by men who have used it rs ahead ofany |
thing
Ia fact, each machine has It's admirers,
and when man has ridden on one
through thick and thin, from the begin
ming OF the having season to its end, he
generally speaks well of the bridge that
rlrries him safe over