The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-30

AND that was literally what they
were doing. 1t was plain to be seen
that the contest had narrowed down
to the Buckeye and Mccormick,
which had become the favorites. The
cCormick did we'll until at the last
quarter stretch, where it struck a
patch of grain that had been pros
trated by the storm. Here it, too,
fell short of perfect work, leaving half
the barley upon the ground, and pass
ing over the fallen grain, gave it the
semblance of the work of a field
rooler. Here it was that the Buck
eye won the admiration of the great
crowd of farmers, gathering up and
binding the fallen grain with perfect
ease. The beautiful work of the
Buckeye up to this point was evidence
that she was bound to win, and when
she accomplished this part of her
labor so beautifully, the verdict of
the crowd was already sealed in her
favor.
The fight was one of the most
iercely contested ever known in the
State. While there was an attempt
to bulldoze, and in a quiet way make
it appear that a vote had been taken,
which gave a certain other machine a
majority of the votes cast, the con-
trary is true. The alleged vote, as
published, was never made; 1t was
nothing more than a quiet little
scheme worked up by a paid represen
tative Of the Mccormick machine,
who, with a half dozen claquers in
the Mccormick interest, attempted to
secure an expression from the farmers
present, while the Buckeye crowd,
by far the largest number present,
was on the opposite side of the field,
a quarter Of a mile away. With all
their persistent electioneering, we
have every reason to believe that the
few votes taken originally showed a
majority for the Buckeye, and that
the figures were so t~ransposed as to
give the Mccormick the vote really
belonging to the Buckeye. The
Buckeye folks knew nothing about a
vote being taken, and the attempt to
secure this advantage of them while
they were on the opposite side of the
field was an unfair proceeding, and
received the unqualified condemna-
ton of the farmers and every honest
man. Newspaper victories will not
raise a machine in the estimation of
the honest sons of toll, who, from
years of struggle and experience, have
minds well fitted for deciding which
machine does the best and most per-
feet work, and to this class the Buck
eye appeals. During the afternoon
the Buckeye won the admiration of
the crowd by doing its work with
only two horses, while other ma
chimes were tugging away with three.
A large majority were in favor of this
popular machine. From first TO last,
its clean cutting, solid binding and
perfect work placed it far ahead of
all competitors on the field. The
lightness of draft of the Buckeye and
its ~freeness from side draft was CON-
plimented upon all sides. The result
of the days work won golden opin.
ions from the farmers, and, as a con-
sequence, the Buckeye not only sold
the trial machine on the ground, but
several other orders were taken on
the spot. With a single exception,
the Buckeye managers were the only
ones which sold machines on the
ground.
Talk is cheap, but money tells, and
the sale of machines is the genuine
test of merit, when the prices are
equal. There were farmers present
who came to satisfy themselves of the
respective points of excellepee of the
and their decision, in the
purchase of the Buckeye, was the
strongest evidence that it was the
best machine on the ground. The
Buckeye is winning fame on every
field of battle. 1t has more good
and fewer weak ones than any
other machine. This grand victory
for the Buckeye places it still higher
public estimation, and continues
it at the head of all competitors.