The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-08-06

| III the machlne presented, which lett but
t@o to compete finally.
NEW MODEL BUCKEYE.
Weight, 430 lbs.
| Length OF cutter bar, 81 f.
Size Of drive wheels, % in
Price, $50.
Claims, simplicity; few parts; fra. e
II one piece Including tool-bUX; llghtucss
If draft cold rolled iron for shaitng,
shifting gear new eucased driving rachel
,djusted from outside easy riding seat
ice fitting Of parts; ease OF taking apart;
six keys strips whole machine spring
track clearer slide.
Test 10y dyDAmoneter Draft above
thills width cut tt . ill.,; draft l65
lbs. Average weight Of grass cut.
| spRAGuE
Weight. 425 lbs
| Length Of cutter bar. 81 it.
Size of drive wheels, 2S in.
Price, $50.
Claims, some general claims as for
two-horse Sprague mowers. Horses di.
rcctly forward of drive wheels III track
cut cearen Superior goo, c.neck TO
raise thills. Light cutter bar, and SUI
perior draft arrangements.
Test by dynamoneter. Drafts unde,
hills. Width cut Sit lin, draft l75 lbs
Average weight Of grass upon ground.
For testing the draft OF the ono horse
uowcrs, Fairbanks d n .mometer was
used, no tie was taken.
In arriving at their conclusions the
committee have taken into account what
machines on the whole were best adapted
tor &c ,cral use in the State Of Vermont,
aud would also state that premium. Civ.
en to one machine OF any patent, is re
cognition Of the merits OF the same prin-
ciple- or patents in other machines.
After carefully considering the who'll
subject the committee awarded the So
,ietys,
Gold Medal to the Eureka
The Silver Medal to the st. Alban>
Buckeye,
The Bronze Medal TO the Kirby
The Societies Diploma TO the Wood'e
ONE HORSE MOWERS
The Gold Medal to the New Mode
Buckeye.
The Silver Medal to the Snragnc.
The committee would notice and con
mend with pleasure combined Self Rakin.
Reaper and Mower, manufactured nv d
VI. Osborn g. Co., Auburn. New York
and exhibited by Mr.. Kirby the mvcu
tor The team used, was small one, hui
they appeared to handle the machine
with ease, and the quality of the work
e both 10 reapirg AID moving was excel
ent. In moving the machine cut Aft Sir
T. in reaping five ieet. There appeared
TO be no side draft and the whole wol king
y parts seemed substantial, simple and dur
: able. The committee regret they hav,
no premium to award it as they deem il
:, well worthy OF one.
The committee would return thei
thanks for the general poli'eness and pa
thence evinced by the exhibitors and rep
= reseutatives of the different mowers, anC
y comment the alacrity with which they
i submitted to the several tests required o
them. They exceedingly regret they arr
obliged to make any exception to thi
=. rule
t At the close Of the regular test by tn
]. Dynamometer the committee to satisf,
}. themselves upon disputed point, in re
II gard to the draft of the same mower. up
r. on the tongue or by under draft by chat
y from the working parts Of the machin
n selected the Woods Mower. as tho one t
k test the same as that machine is so con
IN structed as to draw from either po'nt
" The committee being fully satisfied fror
At their intercourse with the representative
Of the different machines of their fairne'
lie were not looking for any deception, an
A. supposed all would be conducted fairly
fl hut after comparing tho result, and frol
information received they are convince
n deception was practiced upon them b
. hitching up the chain and throwing III
(, weight of tho cutter bar unon the necks
~ the horses. They would express the
n Indignation that such deception was pra
10 ticed upon them, and that they were d.
- prived of the opportunity to inform then
80 selves of the difference in the two met
DDS.
's. In giving answers TO the questions
II. the committee, the representatives
IN. some of the machines merit the CONNER
-. dations of the committee for their fran
TT, and truthful answers. but some of the
1T. fell into the mistaken notion of GOVERN
th up the weak points of their machines, Q
lft recially. in their answers to the Oh que
mt ton. Snch conduct did not have a ia
or orahc influence or raise the machines
Us question or their representatives in Il
ny estimation Of the committee.
ed The committee would return the
Ter thanks To the Secretary OF the Societ
eel Henry Clark Esq. for the many faei
81 ties he placed at their commend as VT
up as to the citizens Of Rutland who place
their fields at the disnosal Of the committo
IT, and especially to Henry HAYWARD, EsC
1t, who not only placed his fields at the
on disposal, but with his family, accord
such generous Inequalities the last day
the trial
bs. GEORGE HAMMOND,
III. LAWRENCE BRAINERD,