The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-02
An Honorable Record.

A machine which has of late attracted unusual
notice, owing to its creditable performance in q
contest held in presence of the judges of the
Centennial Commission at Schenck's Station, in
July last, is the Doylestown Excelsior Horse
Power An inspection of this new and most
improved machine will satisfy any impartial
observer of its superiority.
By novel and approved method of applying
certain mechanical principles, the usual friction
is avoided and an ease of action gained, which
greatly reduces the power required to run il
while 1t largely accumulates the speed. This is
attained by means of friction rollers acting on
stationary drum. 1t is very ingenious device,
and while it does not require the horse to walk
so fast as in the ordinary machine, 1t gives suf
fcient speed and n very uniform, steady and
noiseless motion. In this single vital point the
Doylestown embodes feature, which gives it
an advantage SO marked as TO insure for it O
arge and o growing sale.
At the great competitive tests at Schenck' S
Station July II 1876 before referred to, the
most critical and scientific conditions were i'm.
posed. The result of this contest was so mark.
| ed in favor of the Doylestown that its most
| formidable competitors were free to admit its
superior achievements, and admitted, with be
| coming candor, that was master of the stua.
| ton. The advantages claimed for this machine
by its inventors were fully indicated 1t thresh-
| ed q greater amount OF grain in q given time
with less confusion and with less effort on the
! part of the horses operating it. In all leading
| particulars and in all details il completely sus-
tanned the claims made in its behalf and won for
| itself name as enduring as its merits were
| evident.
The Doylestown machines on exhibition at
| the International Exposition were models OF
| mechanical excellence. The threshers, as well
| as the powers were most approved in their per
| Torrance, and their entire structure entities
! them TO the warmest approval of those having
| occasion to use machinery OF this description
| The peculiar motion of the shaker, as well as the
| way in which it is made, insures the greatest
saving Of the grain, fact which is readily I'M
| derstood and admitted
The method of attaching the rods to the shaker
is original, and obviates the CHATTER so usual and
| so very annoying. The stiffness with which this
thresher, which is called the Junior runs is both
surprising and agreeable, and it is sure to be
| adopted by farmers and planters when its advan-
| tages are fairly understood. This arrangement
admits of the use of any desired size and shape
of fan, thereby insuring the requisite amount Of
| wind. Sleeves of good length and width are in
troduced, aud are adjusted firmly, so that all
rattling is prevented The length of these
| sievcs insures great saving of grain
| Another feature of the Junior is the adjustable
| tail-board, which also prevents the loss of n
| great amount of grain. The duster used by this
machine is also great improvement, as it makes
| it possible for the feeder to 90 on with his work
| without interruption from the dense dust which
is so usual to threshers The double revolving
rake lisa still further improvement, and performs
the office of perfectly separating the grain from
| the straw.
The Deylestown Machine Works, manufacture
in addition to their powers and threshers, hay
rakes, corn shelters, plows, cultivators, harrows,
&c. Messrs. lIushizer Larzelere, the pro
prietors, are practical inventors and mechanics
of long and successful experience, and in intro
! ducng their admirable machinery to the public,
they prefer to rest its claims on actual merits.
Tile South.
Mr.. Vim. GLADDEN., Chrome Hill, Hartford
county, Md, is agent for the Doylestown Excel
sior Horse power, the Junior Thresher, and all
other farming implements manufactured al the
| Doylestown Machine Works.