The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-01
The Anti-AIonopolist.


twice while he was laying up and repairing.
We have also beat thS Osborne badly. Our
machine run one horse lighter and did better
work.
Yours, George Roth.
HIGHLAND, Madison Co., Ill May 9Th, 1878.
M-ssrs. Cannon & Deering:
We. the undersigned farmers of Madison
and adjoining counties. on Saturday saw the
Marsh, Osborne, and Mccormick Harvesters
andBinders working on John Balsiger's and L.
Buehlmann's farms at Highland, in hesvy
green wheat and rye, and, after close observa-
ton, unanimously says: We greatly prefer
the Marsh Harvester and Binders to the others
on account OF Its great simplicity, ightness OF
draft, ard the good work it did. Draft is light
enough for two horses, and the Binder is per-
feet. The Marsh is the machine for Southern
Illinois and good careful farmers will examine
Ensminger,s w. 5. Ramsey, John Gall, T. 3.
Hendrickson. John Berger, J. h. Leach, K.
Fricker, W. A. Leach, John Ambult, J. +.
Schmiedly, H. c. Barlow, Christian Ambuehl,
Bsrnhart Henrichs; Geo. Holtz. Chas. Traver,
Seth Rutherford. G. w. Hennrickson, Jules
Majonier. Calvin Lee, P. Thompson, F; Hence,
Fr-d Hershi, c. w. Digger, Buck Hoffman,
C. w. Martens, Henry Moelhenry.
PITY THE UNFORTUNATES. TRIAL
AT ALTON. ILL.,, MAY %.
1873.
ALTON. Ill, May Esd, 1878.
Messrs. Cannon & Drering:
GENTLEMEN. The trial to-day was COM
plete victory at this place. The grain cut was
green wheat, five feet ten inches high, and
thick, and in places lodged The Mccormick
or1 until u o1lOffa6
one half acre each. We cut and bound ours in
thirty -one minutes, and without missing
bundle or breaking a wire, and with pair OF
mules weighing i 400 lbs. The Mccormick
cut theirs in one hour and thirty minutes,
breaking four wires each round on al average.
And the Wood stalled on the fourth bundle
and sOcn broke down, and cut twice around
and quit, the grain being too heavy and thick
for the caracity of their Binder. The victory
was clear and complete for the Marsh. The
afternoon was rainy, and it rained all the time
we were cutting McNair tells me that the trial
at Jelseyville was success. IexpecttO 60 to
Hllsboro tomorrow. Will hear from McNair
in the morning.
Yours respectfully, B. E. Shonts.
ALTON, H., May god, 1878.
Messrs. Cannon Deering, Chicago, ILL.,:
Gentlemen in field trial near Alton to-
day with the Wood and the Mccormick
Harvesters and Binders, the Marsh, as usual
was victorious. The wheat in which We cut
was very heavy and green. measuring in
weight Lat AL average nearly six feet. Half
an acre was staked off and allotted for each
machine to cut and bind. The Marsh went in
on her one-half acre at about 900 p. m. :,
finished up without stoppage, ur without
once breaking the wire in thirty one minutes.
On her second round the Mccormick broke
down so that the Marsh had completed her
work before she was again ready for action.
Finally, how ever, they waded through, meet
ing only with the slight Inconvenience of hav-
ing to stop from three to four times in every
round on account OF breaking their wire.
Time, one hour and thirty minutes. The
Wood Binder broke down on the first round,
and when in two hours she was again ready
for the field was unable to complete her work,
owing to the wet grain it was raining hard /
choking her down. Some two hundred people
witnessed this trial, and although greater
portion of them came as friends and supporters
OF the Wood and Mccormick, yet, at the close
Of the t,al, the public ex preston was strongly
in favor of the Marsh Harvester and Crane
Binder. After trial Mr.. Auten produced a
testimonial which was signed by many promi.
nent farmers Obediently yours,
HOW IT GOES IN SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS.
SPRATA, Ill. May 18th, 1873
Messrs Cannon x Deering, Chicago, H.:
Gsnts.--The Mccormick agents brought
forth a trial on one of the best farms of our
country, and made a desperate effort to clean
the Marsh out ''but all in vain The last
round the Mccormick made around one
fourth acre she pushed of five bundles un-
bound, viii Z the Marsh never missed single
bundle, but her work was perfect in every re-
spect, gaining the good will Of about four
6iths OF the crowd, which would be about two
hundred in number. We made several sales
at this trial. The Mccormick men felt bad to
see the crowd all for the Marsh We have
been i'll 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
we 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 Mechanic, from the shops, and al,
Harrsonville they brok. down with him
there |. seems they can't help but have
break down at every trial. Yours,
Dicsey < Bro.
Our success a. Gr-envilie, III. Yesterday
May path, ever the Mccormick, Osborne, and
Adams and Fench, was complete. The Nc.
Cormick broke wire and burst handles The
OsboIne carried grain over the lower canvas
down into the co.w heels and choksd so ii had
K Fcnch did not bind more than three and
ell oked continually. We did not miss o,
bust single bundis Yours,
4 A. McNair.
FROM III NDNn CROSS