The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-14
Field Trial of Mowers and Reapers

Last Saturday was the day appointed
by the Farmers Club for field trial of
mowers and reapers. A considerable
rain fell early in the morning, which
doubtless prevented many people from
being present, under the belief that the
trial would be postponed. The moving
trial took place on Col. Myers MACK
Place." about one and half miles from
town, on the Mt. Pleasant Turnpike.
Several of the committee appointed by
the Farmers Club to superinted the
trial, were absent, and we are requested
to give them ginger" whatever that
may mean. Other gentlemen appointed
in the place of the absent ones. Below
we give the names of the committee !:
Col. ID. F. Wade, Chairman; DIR. J. II.
Akin, L. III. Williams, Major w. S.
Ridley, Z. w. McRady. The commit
tee appointed the following named gen.
tlemen as judges: Melville Williams,
Chairman: M l.. Stockard, L. A. Boyd,
f. A. Lombard, J. III. Peden.
Five moving machines were entered
forfhe contest, tO-wit:
Old Clipper and New Clipper, repre-
scented by J. NJ Mayes d Co., local
agents, and w. J. Andrews, general
agent, and S. w. Baldwin, Superintend-
ent of the Clipper Works, Yonkers,
New York.
Kirby" by Hine & Parker, local
agents, and b. Cheatham and w. j.
Clark, travelling agents.
Buckeye, by S. p. Norton Il Co.,
local agents, and J. n. Wells, travelling
Buckeye Works, Canton, Ohio.
Excelsior" by L. H. Attweli, local
agent, and Ed. Gilbert, travelling agent.
Wood, French Bros, agents, Nash
vile, and Mr.. Moran, general agent.
A large number of Northern gentle
| men we're present, owners or represen-
| tatives of machines, and the trial,
which lasted AL day, was very interest
ing and exciting.
Report of the committee of judges
| to whom was referred the matter of test
ing various mowers on the place of Mr..
l.. ID. Myers, Esq, near Columbia,
| Tennessee;
COLUMBIA, June 10, 1872.
in accordance with the following in
structions given us, to-wit: That the
Judges do not express their opinions as
to any point to one another, nor to any
one else, ror to have the opinion of any
/ one else until after final vote on each
point, and the voting to be done by bal
| lot;" we render the following Report by
actual vote, and we also submit the bal
| loting on each point of the various
machines, then and there on the field
June S, 1872. The points to be consid-
cred were:
1st. Simplicity of construction: Buck
eye, 8; New Clipper, 2.
ID. Ease of action: New Clipper. 8,
Buckeye, l; Kirb- =, 1.
Sd. Character of work: Buckeye, 4
| Kirby, 1.
4th. Width of cut: Regular Clipper
4 feet, 6 inches; Buckeye, feet, "a in.
ches; Excelsior, 4 feet, inches; Kirby
4 feet, 3 inches; Wood, feet, 3 inches
New Clipper, ieet; Wood, Hollow
| Wheel, feet, inches.
5th. Draft: New Clipper, 200; Regular
Clipper, 225; Buckeye, 237 y; Wood, $50
Kirby, 275; Excelsior, 300; Wood, Hol
low Wheel, 325.
9th. Material used in construction
Buckeye, 3; New Clipper, 2.
7th. Combining everything in creates
degree: Buckeye, 3; New Clipper, 2.
Respectfully submitted,
j. II. PEpEN,
| +. A. LEoNHARD c...
N, |. sToekAED, Committee
MELVILLE WILLIAMS. Chairman.
No decision was made at all on Sat
urday. On Monday the reaping tria
took place on the farm of Mr.. Geo. NJ
Martin, on the Mt. Pleasant Turnpike
Below we append the. report of tn
committee, prepared in an excellen
manner:
COLUMBIA, June 10, 1872.
In connection with the report OIL
mowers, we here annex the followin,
on the trial of reapers to-day, bein
governed by the same rules as i'm tn
case of mowers in regard to all essentia
parts:
1st. Best mower and reaper wit
dropper attachments: Buckeye 2, Clip
per 8.
I'd. Best mower and reaper with sell
rake: Kirby 4, Wood l.
Sd. Best combined machine: Buckley
2, Clipper 5.
The committee are most tavorabl
impressed with the merits of the Buck
eve as a selfrake, and share the genera
disappointment at not seeing it wor
as such, which was prevented by th
! accidental loss of one piece necessary
, its operation. Weaea's constrained
speak in most flattering terms of til
= Lever and Reel on the Excelsior ms
= chine. Respectfully submitted,
+. A. LEoNHARD,
? l.. A. BOYD, tco,;,,o
J. III. PEDEN, oo''i''0
.