The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-30

dltions go unequal, was no test as iar az
speed was concerned. All the Ameri-
can machines did good work, except
one Of Woods, which broke down at
the start-through no fault OF the ma
chine, but through the stupidity Of the
driyer-and did not cut the section as
signed to it. The Austrian reaper also
did well, and was among the first to com
plete its task. The German machines
were too heavy for the horses. One oi
them broke down and was left in the
field. The other two were the last out.
The johnson reaper was the first out,
cuttingits Jock in Sc minutes; the Buck
eye Senior ID in So minutes; the john
con Combined came third in LOS, and
five minutes later the Wood and three or
four others were through. The rest
of the Americans followed close alter.
The arrangements were so stupidity de-
fective that it wss almost impossible 10
get the time Of any reaper except from
personal observations, which could not
extend over the whole field. After the
trial followed an interim Of two hours
for lunch. There was tent for the ju-
rors, one for The general public who
were hungry enough to pay a high
price for warm beer and sandwiches,
and a third where the Buckeye"
agents spread a hospitable table for
their countrymen. Then we jolted
across the lots in country wagons to the
moving ground, which was no meadow
but field OF vetch cultivated for green
fodder. This plant looks as if it had
tried hard to be peas and failed. 1t
has a soft stem and is much easier to
cut than grass, should say. The Jock
sections were marked out as in the
grain, and the machines took up their
positions in line in the following order:
l. Kirby Mower, Auburn, n. Y.
,. johnson Mower, Brockport, n. Y.
3. Hoffherr Mower, Vienna, Austria.
4. Champion Mower, Springfield,
Ohio.
5. superio: Mower, Wheeling, W.
Va.
6. Buckeye New Model Mower, N. Y.
7. Buckeye Senior, Akron, Onio.
s. Wood Mower, Hoosick Falls,
n. Y.
9. Kirby CombiDe ed, Auburn, n. Y.
10. Mccormick Combined, Chicago,
IL.
II. Hubbard Combined, Rochester,
n. Y.
12. Excelsior Combined, Akron,
Ohio.
13. Buckeye Combined, Akron, Ohio.
IA. Champion Combined, Spring.
field, Ohio,
Is. johnson Combined, Brockport,
n. Y.
All were American with one excep-
ton. There was less trouble with the
teams than in the reaper trial; but the
same irregularity was noticeable in the
number OF men allowed to accompany
the machines. One exhibitor sat in q
carriage and trusted his German driver
to manage his mower; another drove
his machine himself; while others had
four or five men to follow their mowers,
to encourage the horses and help in
case Of obstacle or accident. The
johnson and Superior mowers were the
first to finish their work; but there
were q number of others that came
out only q few minutes later.
1t is reported that all the American
mowers and respers that took part in
the trial will get medals-the Buckeye
Senior, the medal Of progress, probably,
for its new table rake, which attracted
much attention from the jury, and the
Superior mower for its new and simple
method OF communicating the motion
from the wheels to the knives by
screw, and perhaps two or three Others
for improvements made since the Paris
Exhibition. Those that do not get the
medal Of progress, will it is believed re-
ceive the medal OF merit. All are excel'
lent machines and deserve such recos-
nition. 1t is worthy OF especial remark,
as in high degree creditsble to Our
exhibitors, that every mower and reap.
er shown in our Agricultural hall was
on trial, with two exceptions-the
Sprague mower and the Marsh haryes-
ter; and these had no agents here, and
consequently DO one made the necesss-
ry arrangements for their trial. The
award OF medals will not be made until
next month.