Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-07-29
THE CRUCIAL TEST.
Farmers Read and Take Care of Your
Own Interest. 49,.

Own Interest. =.
Buy Only Such Labor Saving Machines
! as will Yield You a Profit The
Mccormick Harvester tho GEN.
| uinc Farmers Friend
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press, July 23d.
Brief reference was made yesterday In these
columns to trial of harvosters which took
place at Laagdon, in Washington county, on
Wednesday, July 2lst. The repult of that
trial and tho verdict of the farmers who wit
messed tho workings Of the different machines
present upon that occas ion arc of i'm D. rtance
to every farmer and grain grower in the
State. The indications are unmistakable that
the promise that tho "hsrvost shall not fail
will be more than fulfilled this season md
that the husbandman will reap an abundant
reward for his labors. Mover in the history
of the State has our great staple wheat, look
cd SO promising. In view of this fact and al.
so in view of tho further fact that already the
field is white for the harvest, it behooves the
farmer to consider tho vital question as to
how he can best gather the product of his
land.
Our western farmers. who have hundreds OF
acres in wheat, rye and barley, and oats, know
full we'll the absolute necessity Of taking time
by the forelock. The harvest waits for no
man, and the frugal, thoughtful farmer will
take I'LL wise and needful means to save his
crop; and be knows that when his wheat be-
gins to ripen the quicker he can gather it tho
better, and tho more profitable it is for him {.
He knows hs has broad and long acres to
! look after-that farm labor is scarce and high
and that time is everything to him in secur-
ing his Drops. To aid him he calls to bis as
sistance the inventive genius of nan in tho
shape of labor saving machinery, and thus
bring US back to tho contest alluded to in the
opening Of this article, and to the consider
alton of the merits of the different machines
now asking the patronage of the farmer.
At the trial at Langdon, July 2lst, it was
notable fact that the Mccormick Harvester
was ritted against the entire field. There
| were five machines that contested for The IA
vor of the farmers present. All five had .
fair trial and all present saw the workings of
each, yet when the trial was closed and the
vote was to DO taken upon the merits Of the
! respective machines the Edward was with.
drawn and by common consent as it seemed,
all the friends of the other machines combin-
cd and voted in favor of the Marsh machine
against the Mccormick. Yet notwithsta nding
this unfair combination the Mccormick car.
ried OF the honors, having more friends
among the farmers present than oil the other
machines combined. This single fact is sig
nifcant and should set tho farmers all over
the State TO thinking. Why is it that the
manufacturers Of all other machines combloe
mick? There must he some cause, and the
intelligent, thoughtful farmer will not be long
at q loss to account for it.
No sooner was it announced that McCor.
mick & Bro. were intending to build har-
vestcr for the season Of 1875, than immedi-
| ately there arose an angry howl from all
other manufacturers Of harry csters, and ferc G
| onslaught Of scur:i:ous circulars and were
hurled at them, containing fa!sehoods Of ev-
cry description to in urc the harvester in ad-
| vance of its appearance. Why was this? Why
! not wait until it madc it's appearance, and
| let it stand or fall on its merits when it came
! to be tested? The answer is readily found in
the fact that the reputation Of tho McCor-
micks' rs builders If first class implements
was so we'll established the world over, and
the superior quality Of the workmanship in
| thoir machinery was so we'll known that they
felt convinced that anything Mccormick 4
Bro. built and offered to the public would he
far ahead of anything Of the kind before pro-
duced, and that the day for foisting one of
! their fimsy contrivanccs upon the farming
| community had passed.. This is the secret Of
, the united opposition of the manufacturers of
| all other kinds Of harveste:s to crush the
Mccormick harvester in its infancy, we'll
knowing that u years growth would place the
Mccormick harvester far beyond their reach
ana IN advance OIL all others.
And now what is this Mccormick Harvcs-
ter, and what are its claims to the patronage
Of the farmer?
In the drst place it has no leather bolts,
! which as all know who have used harvesters,
| is "a contamination devoutly to DO wished"
| As they are q constant scource of annoyance
and trouble. In their stead is used gearing
and chains by which all friction and lost mo
ton from slipping belt is avoided
The spur on main driving gear wheel is q
part of one Of the hubs of the main wheel, in
stead Of being bolted upon the wooden spokes
as in other harvesters, and as a necessary
consequence, must be always true and in its
place, not being affected by the shrinkago OF
| the wood.
The gear shipper is very neat and sim
pie, and can be handled by the driver
while in his seat, and is so securely arrang-
ed that it cannot possibly get out of or
der.
1t has also very convenient arrangement
for leveling the apron and platform to suit
tho rise and fell Of the ground, by means Of d
fitting lever attached to the tongue.
Next comes an important point, which ev-
cry farmer should we'll consider. He buys a
machine to help him save his grain not the
straw. All the machines made will cut and
gather straw more or less perfectly, but the
important matter farmer to take into corsid-
GRAFTON is whether the machine in doing this
is not at the same time threshing the graf
and scattering it upon the ground, which, like
water, cannot be gathered up again. In this
particular che Mccormick is pre- eminently
ahead of all others. 1t elevates the grain by
two aprons. tho inside Of which run in th,
same direction and carry the grain betwee,
, them in such a manner that it may be sale
that from the time the straw falls upon tn,
platform until it is delivered to the binder tn,
grain lies perfectly still, being carried mo
tionless by the aprons to the binders. b.
this important improvement the farmer vii
see at glance thore is no chance scarce
2 ly for the grain to shell. A conside, alto,
worth many hundred bushels of VIII eat, es
pecially where it is dead ripe and easily shell
led,
The receiving and binding table is plan