Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-22
FOR FARMERS.

Since 1858, One Hundred Thirty-six thousand
and Six Hundred of Walter A. WOODS darvess-
ting Machines have been manufactured ana sola.
At least one hundred and ten thousand were In
use during the past harvest season, and IN hui
land County alone there were in good running OF.
der, during the having season OF 1871, ~ leass
to twelve years old. During the last twelve years
q score Of different Mowers have been brought be.
fore the public, tried. found wanting, condemned
and thrown under the fence.
In 1868, the Whitehall Chronicle, in speaking
of Moving Machines, said Every year witness
es the death of Mowers constructed on wrong me-
chanical principles, and every year new Mowers
como before the public destined to the same In
A few years ago there were In Rutland county,
Moving Machines that were for . time sharp
competitors Of the Wood Mower, but to-day,
where are they? Thrown aside, or sold for old
iron, and no more Of the same kind are being
manufactured. II there should be few OF those
machines still in existence, the much needed ex-
ira parts for repairs cannot be obtained-hence
they are worthless to their owners.
i think the observation and experience OF farm.
ers will uphold me in the above statement. AL
this entails loss On the farming community, and
any one can perceive it would be cheaper to pur'
chase only Standard Mowers.
Nearly every agent for these new Mowers re-
| commend their own machines by decrying first
| class standard mowers. And the Wood Mower
seems to come in for full share OF such abgs bus
Reasoning according to the old adage, that "The
most clubs are found under the best tree in the
orchard, !" the Wood is entitled to something more
than passing notice.
As q rule, all new mowers are recommended az
being of lighter draft than any of the standard
machines. They are great Improvements and
must take the place of all other machines nov In
use, of course they must, because they are Later
improvements, and possess some very novel fea.
lures, Even if the novel features are obtained at
the sacrifice of some practical feature it Is claim
| ed to be an improvement. One agent says
sWby, the man that invented my mower, was
! the same man that invented the Wood Mower,
| and sold him the patent" Another one, in his
ty-fve thousand dollars for the patent on my
mo ser." These stories are hardly worth atten-
ton, but are mentioned to show the ways resort
ed to by agents to force an inferior article upon
| farmers.
AS a rule, the inventor of the Wood Mower
| is novel. His aim is to produce as simple and
practical Mower as possible. At the manufac
tory, large numb of proposed improvements
| are tested, but where one is adopted, scores
are rejected, and, in many cases, the novel at
tachment of some new Mower, that is trumpetec
abroad by their agents, it is Afterwards learned
has been tested at the Wood mandatory anc
rejected.
| If any manufacturing establishment in thu
world has the facilities fer making good work
! has the mechanical and Inventive talent fol
| bringing out improvements-the experience Il
enable them to judge of the practicabiity OF sucf
improvement-can point TO unprecedented sales
as evidence of success-can say to their pat
rons, we have always furnished extra parts tol
our machines, even for those first made, and car
| show large number of very old machines SIM II
good running order--it is the Walter A. Woot
Moving and Reapipg Machine Company, OF Hoe
=. W. MOsFLEY Gen. Agent,
TX Ponltney, VT.
Send for Circular. Names of Local Agent
| will be gwen hereafter mayi5dIw20m2