Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-25
The Trade in Farm Machinery.

While walking down Fl1tn avenue, laSt
evening, the Alert reporters attention
was attracted by the grand display of
farm machinery, made by T. J. Jones, at
the corner of the avenue and Second
street. Anxious to secure reliable intor-
nation as to the state of trade, the re
porter dropped into the establishment and
interviewed the gentlemanly proprietor.
Mr.. Jones is a veteran IN the business,
having been engaged therein for over fif-
teen years in Illinois and Kansas. Two
years ago he established depot for farm
machinery IN Jamestown, Representing
first class machines, and ever attentive to
business, Mr.. Jones has built up an ex-
tensive and steadily increasing trade. To
the reporter Mr.. Jones admitted that his
business had increased three fold during
the past twelve months; that it was keep
ing steady pace with the wonderful in
crease of acreage under cultivation IN the
fertile section tributary to Jamestown.
MIR. Jones represents the famous "Buck-
eve harvester" the favorite of the farmer,
aud has sold over thirty of them this sea-
son; they have all been at work, and
from each purchaser comes the greeting:
"The Buckeye harvester gives better sat-
isfactlon than any other self binder in the
field.'
AS agent of the "Buckeye mower" an
other general favorite and machine that
always gives satisfaction, he has made
forty five farmers in this immediate Sec
ton happy, and he could have sold 5oimore
of these champion mowers this season
had the manufacturers been able to I'LL
his orders.
The famous "1llinols header" is anoth-
er favorite machine represented by Mr..
Jones. This machine cuts and stacks
five acres of wheat per hour. The in.
credulous can go to the Cornwell wheat
field, some three miles northeast of
jamestown, and be convinced, as two of
the headers are at work there, cutting
and stacking forty acres OF wheat each
per day.
resents the best in the world-"The In
vlnc,ble," of Three Rivers, Michigan. 1t
IS we'll pamed for it has from its intro
duction, and it is the original vibrator,
been in the lead of all other th-eshers. 1t
does the cleanest work and with speed.
The other day, at Mrs. Pettigrew's farm,
five miles from town, an ''lnylncible''
threshed a lot of green, wet oats to the
astonishment of party of spectators who
vowed the task couldn't be done. Quite a
number of these machines, horse power,
have been sold by Mr.. Jones. The first
steam power thresher was sold the other
day to George Spangler, and will be put
to work at his place on Monday next.
Mr. Jones has made ample preparation
for the plowing season. He Is agent for
| the "Casaday Sulky Plow'-a plow that
has established a reputation with the
farmers 1t controls the entire trade and
| has thrown all other plows into the shade.
| Over two hundred of them are now III use
in Stutsman county, and Tie demand
steadily increases. Mr.. Jones has made
arrangements for full supply of these
champion plows to meet the wants OF the
/ fall trade.
MIR. Jones certainly merits the success
that has attended his efforts. His es.
tablishnent to-day is complete; in fact II
| is the farmers bazaar of the James River
Valley. There is no necessity for the
Alert to commend the gentleman to The
| confidence of the farming community
for the farmers well know him and with
them his name is Vponym for entespris'
and 1siE dssliaS,