The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-18
ALTON Ia, May 23d, 1878.

ALTON III, May 23d, 1878
Messrs. Gammcsa s. Dee.ine.
6ENlLEMEN. - The trial to-day was a COM
:plete victory at this place. The grain cut was
thick. and i'll places lodged The Mccormick
and Wood wee With as We were allotted
one half acre each. We cat and boun1 ours IN
thirty -One minutes, and without missing a
bundle or breaking s.wise and with pair OF
mules weighing | 1906 lbs. The Mccormick
cut theirs in one hour and thirty minutes,
breaking fOCc. wires each 1ound on an average.
And the Wood stsl,eea on the fourth bun ode
and soon broke dow u, and cut tw ;ae aroNnd
and quit, tao grain being too heavy and thick
for the Ca scitS OF their Binder The vigAorv
was clear and coM2lste for the Marsh. The
afternoon was ralnv and it rained all tho time
we were eating. MaNair tells me tlat the trial
at jersey Iil.e was success- l-1pecttO go to
Hillsboro to- ,noxssw. VIII hear from MoNalr
III the MORNING.
You' ; respectfully, r. L. Shsnts.
ALTON, H., May 22d. ISIS.
MeSSrs lssanno0n < Deeriny, Chicago, H.:
Gen.enisn in field trial near Alton to-
day with the Wood and The Mccormick
Harvesiers AMI Binders, the Marsh, as usual
WAS victorious. The wheat II which. We cut
vas ssEy inayy and gree,s. measuring in
Atigat lat all average neaav six feet. Half
an aa-~ wa> staked off and allotted for each
mack inc tocut and bini. fhe Marsh went in
IN isr oDr-Lalf acre at about go D. m.
ihAbed a.p without saOppage, ur without
"nse breaking the wire IL thirty one minutes.
On her second round tie Mccormick broke
DOWN So that the Marsh had completed her
work btoi- she was again ready for action
tntai'y, h. y ever, they gaded Through, meet
~ 0'!iy with thu Sigh. Inconvenience of hav-
l'g H. stop from three TO our times i'll every
rrtlid on account at breaking their wire
4 ~,
Wood Binder broke down Oh the first round,
and When in two hours she ras again ready
for the Held wa> uSahlc to complete her work,
owing to the wet grain il WAS raining hard
choking her lowA. Some two hundred people
witnessed this sra, and although greater
portion of then came as friends and supporters
OF the Wood and Mccormick, yet, at the close
OF The tllal, tie public ex preston was strongly
in favor of the Marsh Harvester and crane
Binder. A.ter Trial Mr.. Auten produced a
testimonial which was signed by many promi
nent farna2ss 0bedlentiy yours,
HOW IT GOES IN SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS.
SrgATA, III. May 18th, 1875
Messrs Cannon y De-riig, Chicago, IN.
Gents The Mccormick agents brought
forth a trial on one Of the best farms of our
country, and ,,,ad- Il desperate effort to clean
the Marsh ont, shut all in vain" The last
round the Mccormick made around one
fourth acre she pushed Of five bundles un-
bound, white the Marsh never missed single
bundle, hu, her work was perfect III every
speet, gaining the good VIII OF about four
ffths Of the crowd, which would be about two
hundred in number. We made several sales
a, this trial. tn. Mccormick men fei; bad to
see he crowd all for the Marsh W. have
been in several trials and can say we have done
our work in the most satisfactory manner We
have never broken down, and in all the trials
W. have never broken band. The McCor-
mick has broken down at every trial they have
been in but one, and then they had Mr.. Baker,
Master Mechani". from III. shops, and at
HarrisonvilIe they broke down with him
there 1t seems they can't help but have
break down at every trial. Yours.
Dickey < Bro
Our success at 6reenville. Ill yesterday,
Nav oath, ever thu Mccormick, Osborne, and
Adams and fencl, was complete. + he Me-
Cormick broke wire and burst handles The
Osborne carried grain over the lower canvas
TOWN into tn. coswheels and chok-d so il had
TO t- cut ont fully dozen tim-s The Adams
X F-nch did not bind more than three and
ci ol-d continually W. did not miss OF
bust single bundlr Yours,