New-York tribune., 1876-06-28
NOWING MACHINES Ar TIE CENTENNIAL.

TIE FIRST FIELD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MA
CHIMES CUT CROP OF HAY-IMPERFECT Ma
TURE OF THE TRIAL
IFRon TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBusE,l
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.-The trial Of now
ing machines began to-day the large field prepared
for the purpose EddngtOn station, on the New
York Division OF the Pennsylvania Rllroad about four
teen miles OF Philadelphia. IL has only semi
official character, because the Centennial Executive
Committee reversed their previous plans few
weeks ago, aud decided that the trial should
neither be obligatory nor competitive. such man
ufacturers. as desired TO exhibit their machinery
at work the judges would bo present to
iuspcct their operations. Those. however who did not
desire to go into trial should not hc deprived that
account of an award The proof OF moving machine,
one would think, would he In the way 1t moved, and
this decision the Executive Committee that an equally
good chance for an award shall be gwen to machines
that do not demonstrate their ability TO cat
grass is, toI say the least, extraordinary
To-day % different machines the gr )und. TO
gether with majority OF the judges in the group Of
agricultural implements. The machines went TO work
one after another aud the judges followed them about
the field under the garing sunshine Yet IL was not
competitive trial Such OF the spectators at the
Vienna Exhibition remembered that scorch!ng day In
July, years ago, when tue American mowers and
reapeIs their great victor all European
petitors tho plains Of the Danube That affair
coInpet trial In the full Of the word aud this
ought to have been the same
The attendance at the trial cOmprised two or three
hundred practical men, including manufacturers,
farmers aud newspaper men, who watched the proceed
ings with sharp scrutiny that showed that IL not
merely the awards OF the judges that manufacturers
should care for A sufficient number OF long,
sections OF about an acre each had been divided
field by cutting openings In the gruss and these had
assigned TO the several machines by lot The grass which
was mostly timothy, light crop. II stood up so
well that task Of cutting it really too easy to
iofm practical test. The exped3n OF running heavy
roller before the particular mower which the Judges
were watching made use Of but as the ground
very level those machines adapted for low cutting
such a surface had the advantage.
The following the manufacturers exhibiting nj the
trial ai their respective machines In the order Of the
drawing Of lots: on. Brothers the HayInaser; W r.
| Goodwin, the Reclprocating Screw Machne; The
| IOwanda Eureka Mower; Warder, Mitchell Co.,
WhIteley, Fasser a Kelly and the Champion Machine
| Company, each making the Champion Machine; Gregg
A 90, the Meadow King; the Screw Mower and Reaper
Company two lots showing tho Keystone and the Screw
Machines; q. Russell Co., the Peerless; Hillbcrn,
Buckmau * Co., the Hallenbaeh Machine; the
| Johnston Harvester Company two lots, show Ing
their aud their combined machine ~ mower; the
| Bradley Manufacturing Company the Bradley machine
AdiaBce Plat CO.. two lots showing the Buckeye and
the Model Buckcyr Adrian. PnZ Co., The Centennial
| Dorsey ID. NJ. Osborne Co.. two lots, showing the
| KirDy sBd the Wheeler machines; G. Antman N Co and
| AultuaB, Miller Co., the Buckeye machine; Walter A.
Wool the wood machine Rochester Agricultural Works
! the Hubbard machine.
Several u The companies have tents on the ground,
| aud refreshments number Of tcdd,rs, rakeH
except the mowers were Ia operation to-ssy. The
iudges viii DE IN the neld tomorrow and also Thurs
day aud Friday ia order 80 examine carefully the work
Bs VI all the machines on July the trial Of harvest
ing machines will begin, Ia a large wheat Held u
Eclencks station, mile from Eddpk and Will VI
continued ter tie next two days.