The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-05-03

far-reaching arm, and its many teethed
rake, together with its reckless style OF
DONG Its work generally, compared with
recent improvements, can suppress
smile 10 think of a machine OF that
style III comparison with one of the plat
form binder class Just now introduced,
or even IN comparison with an elevator
binder IN use for severeral years past, Is
to provoke smile, such is the rudeness
and incongruity of the original COM
pared with the simE licity and perfection
since attained.
But to resume. Next after the self
raklng machine comes the e!evating,
harvester and binde', toploftical and
somewhat complicated machine truly
enough in its original form, yet one,
which, after fashion, undeniably perform
ed its work, and did it well, in comparison
with all predecessors in that line of
harvesting machines. This improve
ment, marked and marvellous as 1t was
at the time, some sixteen years ago, was
submitted by the inventors, the Marsh
Brothers, the same who now figure i'll
the MarshWhitney platform binder,
with an intimation, to say the least, that
they had not fully attained their ideal
in harvester. Even then, it appears,
they believed that it was not necessary to
elevate grain to an automatic binder, al
though at the time unable to supply a
simpler method for doing the work.
Still intent upon that belief and steadily
acting upon it, they have been endeav-
orlng, for the past four years, to pro-
cure a thoroughly practical platform
binder, one which dispensing with the
elevator, its thirty odd feet of canvass
and countless complications, should do
its work in far simpler and less COM
pick form. Beginning with wire "A
binding material, they had substantial
ly accomplished their puspose in 1880,
but recognizing then the demand for
Irvine as the most desirable, they at
once abandoned further work on their
wire binder, and, in connection with Mr..
Whitney, an experienced expert and in
ventor in binding machinery, began
on Irvine binder, to apply to their plat
form machine. The result of the years
work, added to what had been accOmp-
lished before, is simple, durable and
practical machine, which cOmmends it
self at glance, and operates in the field
as well as its appearance indicates that
it should.
Thus, the first to invent the elevating
harvester, which has afforded other in
veHtOrs and manufacturers something
to which to attach their automatic
binders, the Marsh Brothers are the
first to dispense with the unnecessary
elevation for such purpose and to bring
out for farmers a simple and practicable
machine, thoroughly reliable platform
binder; one which, dispensing with the
trouble and expense inseparable from
an elevator, does its work in the simplest
and cheapest form possible. Such was
the unanimous verdict Of the several
farmers present at a field trial on Mr.
l.. B. Daughtry's place, near the city,
yesterday. MY gollyr' exclaimed an
old negro man, on seeing the machine
in operation, Use been folIerin' ma
chinese, 10 desc many years, but dat
beats all" And such, in effect, was the
testimony given cheerfully by Messrs.
G. w. Stubblefeld J. f. Brown,
l.. B. Daughtry (who bought machine
on the spot aud number oi other farm
ers present all Of whom concurred III
the opinion that the Marsh Whitney
platform binder is by far the best they
had ever seen.
Major a. Hinchman, the well known
dealer, on witnessing the trial above re-
ferred to. Immediately ordered car load
of the machiHeS, and rs the agent, will be
prepared 10 answer all demands at this
place