, 1876-07-11
IN THE FIELD.
The Practical Tests Of Harvesting.
Machines at the Cen.
tenniaf.
a Machine that Is Peerless " III EvcrS
Sense Of tho Word.
Something About the Paragon OF
Rakes.
Tho Successful Agricultural Implements d
the Exposition.

PHILADELPHIA, July G.--l do not know N
yet how thoroughly tho Jurors In tho DEPART
ments outside Of tho agricultural may be doing
their work, but, II oil are giving as searching,
patient, and understanding attention to what d
before them as Mr. Coleman and bis co-laboross,
there will b. no chance for carping 1t tho way
the awards are made. This sturdy English
gentleman and hta associates hare been dovot-
Ing large, portion Of tho past two weeks ia
critical and severe tests Of tic capacities OF tho
lcatling moving and rcaping machines exhibited
at the Centennial. Last week was mainly cot.-
sumed In field trints Of the mowers In spacioua
meadow at Eddington Station, and this week IL
given to similar tests Of the rcapcrs at scicnck's
station, both points being something less than
20 miles from Philadelphia. have been In at
tcnlnnce upon these wording exhibitions, md
MN surc echo the opinion of all unbiased
spectators wllcn say tho trials were more
thorough and systematic than lnyo ever before
hcc, Witnessed ut any fa!r, whether county
State, national, or international. The marked
feature In tho manner IN which they we're con-
duetcd WIS what might bo called the une1pectr
I'd element fn them.
The Jurors were continually proposing somo
thing n1yel 1T the why Of tests to tho owners o.
the machines. For tn4tancc, after brisk thun-
dcr-stortn ouc afternoon, tho Jurors ordered
heavy roller 10 Ge drawn over the grass, mnshtDg
1t down into vet and tasglcd Wal. Tho c1.
hib!tors q maeh!nes were t1len invited to show
way Of cutting this fiat, rccklng mass. 9omt
declined to attempt what they called 70 's al,
surd " u thing. Others tried under protest,
only to almost utterly fail 10 the endcavor.
less, manufactured hy c. Russell, Of Can.
sa so .itaaio III e III r. seRP neSes %seVsE q ito L.
company which manufactures these superb in
checrfully along alter the roller. followed, In
cotnpany With other Dress delegates, Jurors,
and miscellaneous spectators. The Peerless
proved itself well worthy Of It's name, for it
braSkcn S grass close to the ground, ar!d ferycnt
phrases u admiration broke from almost every
person In attendance II there were any excep.
tionB to tlIls wcll-ngh unanimous outburst Of
etel md I sss a=enss = 9nGs M co1e
man, Drit!sh Commissioner md head Of tho
agricultural jury, albeit he is a peculiarly re-
served gentleman with but little of tic over
enthusiastic In Ills naturc, Joined fervcntEy IN
the expressions OF wonder nlt admiration at tho
Pccr}css' magnificent SUCCESS.
In tbs trials Of harvcstcss at Gchenck's Sta
tton the present week, the superiority ot tho
Tle cnsy draft of tho Peerless; its pcrfect SELF
ruliInE ndtuncts; its utter freedom t,M any
tel4lency to clog; It's simplicity. yet thoroughly
| evident perfection Of construction, and the f.
cisy With which 1t catl tc changed from
| 1nuwer tu n reaper, wcre points III its favor
| which commanded Eool words frtm all Bpecta-
tors during both weeks Of tic trfn!. The har-
vesting tests were rs noyel aud exnctfng o. thu
| moving, and In all Of them the Peerless hclu
steatlIly aIcad OF everything in the shape Of
| competition. It proved, in nlditton to Its other
| features Of supremacy, absolutely ensy to man.
ngc, and, while 1t did Its work with an unrlvnled
| completeness md dispatch, gayo no troMbta
cn1nprchcnslrc, and Without parallel tu tue cascs
Ut any Of It's competitors.
Thu proprtctors of the Peerless, though con-
4 ntASf111& ryrR1nnct. nf Tim rtu5r rrAr+irnf