Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-23
THE MCCORMICK HARVESTER
A Reaper and Binder-The Farmers
Friend.

There was on exhibition at our late fair q
machine which might appropriately be called
the ''farmer's friend" 1t is nonsense to work
u year to raise u crop OF whest and then waste
one-third a. or one-hali by bad handling, or allow
it to rot because harvest hands cannot be hired
to take care Of it. Hands are often hard to get,
and are always expensive in harvest time; but
this machine will do the work Of nearly u dozen
good hands. This machine Is the Mccormick
Harvester. 1t cuts AMI binds ten acres Of
grain u day, and does each part OF the work in a
better manner than any other machine ever
made. 1t is very light and every part is strong.
There are levers by which the driver can adjust
the reel or sickle to any kind of work, and with
Is standing or down. The sickle can be made TO
shave the ground or cut twelve inches high, on
hillside orlevel. Either sickle or reel can easily
be placed In any desirable position. while the
machine Is running, and they are held there rs
firm as bolts can make them.
The binder is an Ingenious device, worthy OF a
it. 1t can be made to bind long or short grain,
and binds each bundle IN the middle. The
binding is with wire. And the tie is as strong as
the binder can be made run slow, so AS to make
the bundles large enough. livery part OF the
machine is stamped with numbers, and il any
thing should break 1t I'm be replaced by OF der
ing that number. Altogether, this is the most
complete labor-saver we have ever seen. The
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wheat and oats, and still looked rs fresh rs new.
This machine Is selling IT $500, and we believe
the agent, Mr. 5. u. Iinkham, sold six or eight
during the fair to farmers III this county.
There was no premium offered tor this class Of
machinery ut our fair, but the officers OF the
Association deemed the Harvester worthy of
extra mention. and took the following action:
a the lOth annual fair OF the Agricultural
anu Mechanical Society OF Lafayette county,
Mo, the officials deeining tue Mccormick
Harvester with automatic binder, worthy of
more than ordinary attention, ami especially
that attention usually given agricultural imslc-
ments, therefore resolve to investigate the merits
of said Harvester and Binder, by appointing a
conmittee Of practical men. who shall report
their opinion. with their approval or disapproval.
Inc following Is the report OF the committee:
we the committee, appointed by the A-ri-
cultural and Mechanical society Of Lafayette
county, No., fully endorse all the points OF
superiority claimed for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
and Binder. viz: The work is perfect, binding
the she;if better than any other way known to
us, IN the most economical manner, saving All
gram, aud with the labor Of one man, who does
the driving. This niachine cuts ten acres a
day. Its construction is of the simplest kind
which renders IL rs durable rs the wcll-known
Mccormick machines have heretofore been, with
less drauSht ON the horses than most combined
reapers and mowers, and all things considered,
We ITO recommend this machine TO every farmer
who raises grain, believing 1t to be the best
harvester that can be had, and the most mproyrJ
way OF HARVESTING gram.
l.. y. GoRpoT,
Evan YovSG,
L. Il. CAMPBELL, President.
JOSEPH DAVIS,
JOHN Il. LONGDoN, Treasurer.
JOSEPH HOOK. Marshal,
JOHN ID. ROBINSON, Sec'y.
Farmers wishing = machine, or any further
lnforInation. can obtain it by addressing Frank
! Iraycroit' the general agent, ut sedalia.