Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-07
The Harvester and Binder.

since Fulton, in the latter part of the
eighteenth century a>tnuishrd the world
wIIh his rapid >iirrr>>ion of Inventions. first
III Practical agricultural nachlu,ry, ana at
trrM ara In thu grand achievement of his M"
- the application OF steam pow II - u means
of proFriling honts-the pr .resS OF imNrm-
llNt Genius has been simply wonderful.
From Mnr-r' ~telrgrAPhy to The thousand
aud one patent churn-, there has Dr-n steady
march forward IN Improvement. until this
~'""tutN II moi the best aud wistst-cau Ger
titnit claim lr--rmInruc- a. the age vi the
GIaid">t deN ciOTmrnt OF utttitariau ideas.
among HE many Inventions none have al
fia,ird murr attention. and nom have crea-
ted = sleat"r revolution III labor lh.u those
ia agriculture! ma,h,nerv. The reaper, the
mower. the .urn planter, The ihIc-ner, The
Steel pInm. both w4Ik,rs AMI Hiding, aud the
marker have zach Ia Iuru been dt>ru-Ned,rN-
aIninrd, d"uhtrd :Wr , While, and IinaliN lC-
copied Into pubic favor. The last machine
/" knn'h Al The door Tor ruhlic approval l.
III" c"m"Inei Irtpri snI binder. For >rN-
ct tNrtr-" We liN" heard VAGUE Tumurs that
SUCH = Int'hlLr had been NV rnttd a year
"t ~" a." 'htt II Lad hrru uulII and ttird,
AM that 1t was "r wnIti be 4 success. THIS
season the harvester and binder Is boldly
Launched upon the mtrhvt b, sr,"rll d!llrr-
emi iIIms AMI quite 4 number have been sold
IL I'M county. Thinking that II wuuid IN
ieFt>t our readers /" Annm with What -uc-
cess the MIavA'ur> are working, We accepted
a SCAT IN Mr.. Jn"- W. Waduell- buggy last
Monday. aud Went with htm 10 see INV the
machine tat ue had purchased OF Mr.. A..
y. smith, the Mccormick agent At this place,
was getting on. Like many Other, We were
very dubious A. 10 The complies success, Of
the machine. We doubted iI> ability 10
quickly and effectively Vary the sizes OF the
nuud'e> Al via, aud We doubted that ii could
tie {" uniformly t!gilt bundle. We remained
i'll The field for quite alcngth OF Time, follow
Ell tie machine IN The real and on HE side.
SAW It tested on hillside and level. in grain
tIat was tail and thick on one side OF the
neid aud thin and low on the other. and ii
DID liz worh thoroughly and effectively ev-
elkwh,rr. under liuf. Mccormack shIIltui
engineering. Int machine is OF moderate
draft for Tour soOt hOrse>-In this respect
about qn.I!ns an ordinary six foot cut
N"lN' - ''l'N 10 ~ h'N AAS ~ ~
The bundle il easily regulated by 4 mere
touch. which requires no eXertiOn. In a
moment the binder can be made to slIlitlr0m
the "utt 10 the heal OF the bundle. and -
far ~ We could see The provisions tor bind.
ing. slow "T quick. according L" the stand oi
wheat, answers the pCrpo>" thoroughly.
W" took >"mv pains 10 test the t.hlne>> OF
the binding. aud though we pitched many
~ the bundles round very roughly. not one
either ctm" unified or broke open From our
experiments IN this direction We N, satisfied
that Il much larger per centa.e OF bundle,
viii ." To stack IN order than by hand-Jind'
ing. The machine rrIuirr--to be success
fully run--iOUr horses or mulcs-a man ans
boy with the machine, and three shockers
who NAV he light hands. With tins force il
can easily ba made TO average ten acre, pc
day, saved III god style. As every ltrneI
viii readily .ue II saves live haud>-ihc mum
her usually required 10 DO the binding.
iwo dollars wages. this amounts 10 ten dol
TAR per day. and for len days harvr>lin:
i"ol- up one hun!rea dollars. beside the ex
!cLse OF board. and the trouble of 4 I.rg.
Number OF hands. 30 the good wife. Ia All
!i,iOn 10 this the new machine ha- this Al
vantage over Ordinary rrap-r-. IL doc, 10
waste any gralu-this IL almost true TO
quart PER acre. Tor If the reel l. properly sc
there IL absolutely no waste over th- plat
form. and The Ordinary waste made by IN
DiuIel III taxing mp his t,.ndir i. %rntirrl
lone away with With the reaper 81 ,radI
Their i usually from one to one ana \ tia.
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