The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-05-30
our Manutnc turing Establishments.
rnE srgAGuE MOVING MACHINE co.

THE >PEAtlE MOVING MACHINE co,
In the development of the resources of
our country, and especially adapted to
the highly cultivated lands Of the Eastern
and Middle States and wide prairics of
the West, agricultural implements of
greater power than formerly used, have
become not merely desirable, but essen
tial. TO do in agriculture what has
been so successfully done in manutact-
ures to make machinery do the work of
men, and do it cheaper, better, and more
certainly, is the need Of the day This
accomplished, more land will be improv-
ed; farming will become more pleasant
and more proitoble; and while the
farmer will do better for himself prices
will be made lower for the consumer.
Every implement which does in one day
the work of ten men, and does it at less
expense, is a gain to the prosperity of
the country, is an element in the material
p ogress, and indirectly in the moral and
social improvement, Of the nation. Agri-
culture is the basis of all advancement
Food is the first necessity, and manufac-
lures, commerce. and trade depend upon
the full and reasonably cheap supply of
beef, wheat and corn. And these, again,
are plenty and cheap in proportion to
the grass grown, and hay cut, In coun-
tries where the land is worn out, it is an
axiom in farming that grass-growing is
the fundamental principle of success.
Within decade, immense strides have
been made in this country in the pro-
duction of labor-saving machines for the
farm, and among these the horsepower
mower stands pre-eminent for utility.
The Sprague Mower, of which we give
several representations, is one which has
commended itself to practical farmers as
one Of the most compact, durable, cheap,
effective, and desirable machines in the
market. 1t has been thoroughly tried,
and while it has the emphatic approval
of.all who have used it, it has received,
in competition with all the best known
machines, diploma from the Agricul.
tural and Mechanical International State
Fair of Pennsylvania the first premium
at the Vermont State Fair, and first pre-,
miums at numerous other fairs. 1t i:
constructed entirely Of iron and steel
without any woodwork, except the pole
and its attachments. The gears are
cast from the best American iron, and
are the strongest gears in use in any
moving machine made are arranged il
the most compact manner; so enoased al
to be protected from dust and grass, and
SO as to be safe for the operator. 1t i,
light aud durable, and glance at our il
lustration of it will shew that it is al
which science and skill could make it as a
machine perfectly adapted to its work
1t is warranted to cut grass equal to thu
best work with scythet and at the rat,
: of one acre per hour, or ten to ffteeI
acres per day, with "a pair Of horses
: Aud the value and trustworthiness O
, this mower is guaranteed by the fact tina
the Company manufacturing it permi
the purchaser to make trial Of it, ant
assume the responsibility ofits performing
all that is promised for it.
The "Sprague Moving Machine Com
/. pany" is located in the city of Prov
dence, possesses capital of Ave hundre,
thousand dollars,-the Hon. William
I Sprague, Senator in Congress, is the Pres
r ident (who has those traits of character
9 energy and perseverance, which make