The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-10-09
THE CAYCGA CHIEF IN THE H lar
VEST FIELD OF IS73.

The Cayuga Chief has proved itself to
be the leader of the field to every farm
er it was sold, it has given the best of |
satisfaction, as may be seen in another
part of this paper in every trial it has
come out victorious at every fair of any
consequence, it has received the first
premium in fact, go where you will,
the Cayuga Chief stands unrivaled as
combined reaper and mower, or as a
single mower We challenge the coun-
try to beat u.s. The following is one of
its victories during the past harvest,
taken from the OUid Independent, July
18th, 1873.
REAPER EXHIBITION AND TRIAL.
Several farmers of our county who ex-
pected to purchase harvesting machines
the present season, expressed desire to
witness the different machines on sale in
our county in practical operation in the
harvest field
Cornelius Peterson, well known and
substantial farmer, kindly offered to fur
nlsh a field of wheat, and notice was ac-
cordingly given that all agents of ma
chimes that desired could have an oppor-
tun1ty on the 10Th inst, ON Mr.. Peter
sons farm, one mile east or half II mile
south of Farmer Village, to exhibit their
machines On the day fixed upon, the
Improved Cayuga Chief appeared on the
ground in charge of Mr. Charles Van
Duzer. To the surprise of the farmers
present, no other machine made it's ap-
pearance, though several of the agents
/ Mt
his machine at work in field of wheat
OF heavy growth, badly lodged and tangl-
ed, and laying in many places SO flat that
many farmers expressed their opinion IN
advance, that no machine could cut or
gather it. In a very short time, however,
| their opinion was changed, as, to their
! surprise, the machine operated success
fully in the worst places, and doing bet
ter work han they ever saw done by
| hand. Different farmers seated them
selves on the machine and drove around,
and from first to last, for three hours,
the machine was kept in operation by
different persons, performing to the evil
dent satisfaction of all present. The
facility with which the cutters can be
dropped down or the points of the fin
gers dipped to take up lodged grain, is
amarked feature of the machine, enabling
the operator to gather grain which in
places appear, to flat, that no person be-
fore seeing it done would say it was pos
sible. It was finally asserted that the
''Chamion" would be brought into the
field the following day, and had failed
to com to time by reason of the nom
arrival of its general agent, who had
| been sent for for the purpose. By gen
| eral consent further trial was postponed
until the following day.
| On the morning of the 18th inst, the
Champion appeared on the ground ready
| for action, and was set at work in the
grain field with the Cayuga Chief. II
was followed by the farmers present,
| with evident interest, being q new com
petitor for public favor in this locality.
Its work was carefully examined and nc
point escaped attention. The farmers
having constituted themselves a com.
mittee of the whole, were determined to
give each machine fair trial before de.
Gliding which machine they preferred tc
purchase. The result is summed up as
follows !: The net result of the two days
trial was the sale of eleven Cayuga Chic
Machines to the following wei. known
farmers John Bloomer, Grin Severns
Ryan Covert, Geo. Huff, VIM Ditmars,
VIM. Mundy, J. B. Covert, Cornelius
Peterson, Chris. Peterson, Marion Rap
I pleye, Fred. Rappleye. We also Learn
from Mr.. VanDuzer that fifty-fve I'm
proved Cayuga Chiefs have been sold il
this county the present season. A large
number of the earlier make of this ma
chine are now in use in this county. G.
Peterson, in whose farm this trial waG
held, has one which he bought in 1852
and which has cut over two Thousand
acres, expanding only about eight dol
lars for repairs, and it is a good machine
yet. The operation of the Improved
Cayuga Chief with self-rake in his tangl
ed wheat convinced him that he could
not afford to mandrake his grain, and he
appears as one of the eleven purchasers
of machines at that trial. He says
however, he shall continue to use the
old Chief as a mower, and that it is goo6
for one thousand acres of grass yet. One
point we forgot to mention, is that Mr.
Van Duzer, while operating his machine
in the field, removed the neck yoke, ant
for more than an hour operated the ma
chine in this way, showing conclusively
| that it was evenly balanced and entirely
free from side draft.