The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-08-08

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The arrangements were very bad
there WAS no programme. no system.
There appeared 10 be 10 rule about the
number Of rHsn who should ACCOMPANY
Elarhine- Some machines were worked
BY a siazie man. while Others has man
on the sear. another driving or leading
the horses. aud two or three more walk
ing beside il. punching the animals with
.tAeir umbrellas. and pulling ont ihe
straw VIXEN the knives get clOggsd.
Most of the teams were unused 10 the
work and gave a good deal of trouble.
some were immense. powerful stations.
and cthers wre-ciled, Taw-boBed beasts
that could scarcely pull the machine.
Then the grain differed greatly in diff
ferent parts Of the field go the trial.
with the conditions 20 unequal. was no
test a. far a speed was concerned. All
the American n1achiue- lid good work.
except one of " Gods. W hich broke down
az the siarr-thrOugh no fault of the ma
chine. tuE through the stupidity OF the
driver aHd did not cut the section as
signed % t. The Austrian reaper also
worked well. ard wa among the first TO
.e0mplete il task. Inc German ma
chimes were zoo heavy for tie hOT-es.
One 81 them broke down and u ls len in
the led The other tho were the last
cut The johnson reaper was the first
out cutting IL Joch in fifty-six minutes:
the Burkeye Senior second. in fifiy-eight
minutes: the johnson Combined came
third in -. and i've minutes later the
Neoi and three or four Others were
through Tie, rs~t Of the AInericans
folio Hed close after The arrangements
we're % -tupitiy defective thar It wzs
almost impossible 10 get the time Of any
ireaPer except from personal ob>erVa-
tlo4.s- which could n0t extend over the
Whole field After the trial followed aa
iarerim Of TWO hours for lunch- There
Wa a tent for the jurors. one TOR
tie general. pubiic, KhO were hungry
enou-h 10 pay high price tor warm
beer and sandwiches. and a third where
the = Iuckeve7 agents spread hO>pIt-
able table tor their cOuntrymen. Then
We j0lted acrus- the lots ili country
Wagons to the moving ground. which
was no meadow. bot a field of vetrh
cultivated Tor green fodder. Tbis plant
looks a. IL il had tried hard Ia br peas
and failed IL has q soft stem. and i
much easier TO cut than gTass. I should
-ay- The Joch sections we're marked
ous - in the grain. and the machines
took ~ their positions in line in the iOI-
lowing order:
l. Kirby Mower. Auburn. New York.
= Johnson Mower, BTOckPOTf, New
York
} IIefherr Mower, vienns. Au.triss.
4. ChamPio Mower. Springfield, -
fl5- -uperIor Mower, Wheeling. West
Virginia
.. Buekeye New Model Mower, New
Yofk-
:. Buckexe senior, Akron. Ohio.
9 HoOd Mower, Hoo-iek Fa.is, New
YOrS
> Airby CONFINED, Auburn, New
York
lu. Mccormick Combined, Chicago.
Illinois.
H. Hubbl-d Combined, Rochester,
New YORK
L. Excelsior Combined. Akron Ohio
Il Beckeye- Combined, Akron. Ohio
H. Champion Combined, Springfield.
Ohio
Is. johnson Combined, BrOckpOrt. y
York
Al were American with oneexceptiOn-
There wa less trouble with the leans
tilan In the reaper trial but the same ir-
regularity was noticeable in the number
OF men allowed TO accompany tile ma
chimes One exhibitor sat in hi- carri-
age and trusted has German driver to
manage bis mower. another drove his
narhIue himself; Va lille others had four
or five men 10 follow their mowers. to
encourage the horses and help in case OF
obstacle o. accident The johnson and
Superior mowers were the first to finish
their work but there we're a number Of
Others that came out only n few minutes
later II j. reported that all the -Ameri-
ean mowers and reapers that took part
in the trial viii get medals. Those that
do not get the medal Of progress wilL ia
j. expected receive the medal OF merit
AL are excellent machines and deserve
sueh n recognition II is worthy of
espccial remark. a. In n high ..egrce
eretiFable to our exhibitors. that every
mower and reaper shown in W aETicul-
turai hall was in the trial with two ex-
options the >pague Mower and the
JIar-h Harvester; and these had me-
agents here. and consequently uu one
70 make the necessary arrangements for
their trial The award OF medal, v AL not
De made until rext month-