The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-17
The Anti-AGonopo1iSt.

the enterprise they would have made 9
signal failure, but as new obstacles pre-
scented themselves it only urged him to
exertions and Of course to new
tri umphs.
One need not be told that the manu- {
facture Of machine Of this kind on en-
tirely new principles required careful
study and great mechanical skill, but
every obstacle is overcome and Mr.. Il
Gillett is, to-day, the'proud possessor Of
the LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE
THREsHER IN THE WORLD. The i'm
p1ovements in this class Of machinery
have solved the problem of raising wheat
on our western prarfes. With the seltbind-
ing harvester and the centennial hsresher
Minnesota can safely say to the world
that we propose to stay in the wheat
market no matter at what price it is to be
sold.
Our reporter has had a watchful eye
on this father of threshers all summer,
and determined to be on hand to witness
its first trial, which took place on Tues
day last, on the farm OF Hon. p. H Ra-
hilley, and give the thousands Of readers
OF the ANTI -MONOPOLIsr q faithful re- |
port OF its merits. Ofcourse no ordin-
airy farm would be thought of to test
such machinery, as they would only |
furnish grain for days work but on |
such farm as Mr.. Rahilly's enough |
grain could be found to give it one meal
at least.
Mr.. Rahilly is proverbil for enterprise
in this direction, and Of course was the
first to invest. To say that our highest
expectations were fully gratifed would
but feebly express what the machine
merits One would naturally expect a
new piece of machinery to require a
great deal of care and adjustment at first,
but so perfectly had the mechanical work
been done and the plans so skillfully de-
vised that it was success from the very
start.
Mr.. Gillett has produced just what our
friends Dalyrymple, Deakin, Becker,
Camp, Mccarthy and a host of others
of the large farmers in the state
will fully appreciate, and we feel confid-
ent that he will find in them appreciative
customers, and.;n filing their orders he
will not only confer lasting favor on
them but he will receive that pecuniary
reward, that such skill and energy is
entitled to. He will manufacture y lin
tied number Of them to order the coming
season and we would advise those hay-
ing large crops to investigate for them
selves aud see ii there is not money to be
. made by having something to secure the
grain after raising it. The machine is
driven by Is horse power engine OF his
own manufacture, with a steel boiler
manufactured by Freese & Mason of this
city. Its capacity is fully 1900 bushels
} per day.
Below we give somewhat meager
description.
! In outside appearance it resembles all
: apron machines, but it has no apron,
that being long since discarded by the
I best threshers. 1t is mounted on wheels,
feet inches and feet s inches, with 4
inch tire and wooden hub: the cylinder
/ is GA inches in length on steel shaft
' 1-2 inches in diameter, all the other
shafts are IA inch cold rolled iron.
Immediately under the cylinder is an
i over blast pan Tor the purpose OF cleaning
i the grain that goes down the cylinder
!. all threshers are aware that three fourths
: fthe grain is separated from the straw
at the cylinder and if you do not again
: mix it you have less grain to seperate
) with the machine, this separation and
cleaning Mr.. Gillett does completely
] here. The straw is carried through the
machine on raddles. in three seperate and
distinct sections, with a tall from one
to the other Of about twenty inches, and
under this raddle is rake for conduct.
ing the grain to the sieve, which has l6
teet OF surface, with an end shake and .
very ingenious device for agitating the
> finger wires,so that it is an utter impos-
siblity to clog the sieves. The grain now
passes through conyeyor, with worn
augur,t TO the tongue, where it is delivered
entirely free from all the dus. and straw
of the mac hine ard IN sacks ready fol
= market. A great many claims have
been made to clean grain ready fol
market, and in some instances the mach
inc may do it, but taking the grain fron
: the side Of the machine II is Impossible
to keep it clean after it leaves tht
selves. In this machine. being delivered
# at the end OF the tongue and form tight
conveyor, you absolutely hare no use
for a flaming mil.
The elevator is made entirely Of iror
hooked together in link form. and run By
positive motion, which cannot be clogged
!. the whole is driven By inch rubber
: belt, 81 feet long.
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