Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-19

One man is enabled to accomplish all this work 80
which is peculiar 10 the shippee machine. All the
horses are within easy reach OF the driver and the
| steering gear and hight adjustment are completely
| under his control.
We have been thus explicit in noting what we
saw, because it is somewhat startling to find ma.
chine taking 11foot cut in the grain, thrashing
| cleaning and saving, all with two men and ten
horses; that it is able to do much with such COM
paratiyely small force Of men and animals, is no
doubt owing to the close and perfect combination
and adjustment Of the parts in the Shippee ma
chine There seems to be no unnecessary moving Of
the grain; it goes directly from part Of the
chine to another and out into the sack with the
least possible power required to handle it. The
team therefore, has not to push lot of dead weight
around the field. W. D. Bugbee, City Wegher of
Stockton gives certificate that the machine weighs
but 1926 pounds In the Shippee machine the
header separator and cleaner are closely inter
woven than in any deyie Of the kind we have seen."
The committee appointed by the State Agricult-
ura Society to pass upon awards in this class Of
chinery reported as follows:
To the State Board of Agriculture We, the
undersigned committee, appointed by your Board to
visit San joaquin county and examine the working
of the various combined headers and thrashers,
have performed that duty. and after careful ex.
animation OF the different machines running the
felds-some four or five In number-we are OF the
opinion that the combined machine known as the
shippee machine is the most complete, perfect and
economical OF all the machines that we have exam
IL ~ zf
the age that it will revolutonize the manner OF
thrashing, and will reduce the cost OF harvesting
an thrashing to very low figure, not much ex-
ceeding two cents per bushe and that said machine.
is entitled to the premium offered by your Board.
II. NJ LARUE.
The following Endorsement spsaks for itself:
We, the undersigned, have seen the combined har.
vester above described, known as the "Shippee
Harvester" built at Stockton, with shppee Graft
tan improvements, working in the field. 1t does
irst-class work-cutting thrashing, cleaning, sack
ing, and saving the grain. The machine is eleven
foot cut, and worked by two men and ten horses
It was taking full cut in field yielding from
twenty to thirty five bushels Of wheat per acre We
recommend it to the farming community and public
with pleasure as being awonderu labor or,saying ma
chine, as also saving much mo,e grain than by head
ing and thrashing separately.
Signed: J. Trefren, San Joaquin county; c. L.
ortman, San joaquin county ]. B. Bingham, Graf
ton, Yolo county; A. Lsitch L. D. Wakefield. C. 81.
Wakefield, J. Jefferson, San Joaquin county; VIM.
L. Lapsy, Pttsburg Pa; Jas. Caven, Caleb Dorsey.
]. NJ. Garwood, W. II. Mahoney, San Joaquin coun-
ty; Il. ID. LaRue, C 20. W, Hancock Sacramento
]. Price, San Leandro; A. W. Lackhart, Sacramento;
Geo, F. Smith, andrew Wolf, H. Barnhart, NJ. }.
Draes P. j. Draes s. II. Mann, Il. E. Wright, H. C.
Tanner, C. N Whitmore, o. P Munson, J. P. Sar-
gent, Turlock; c. Z. Benjamin, Peters; B. E.
Brown, Waterloo; j. P. Austin, D. NJ. Pease John
Grattan San Joaquin county, and others.