Daily Republican., 1884-01-28
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
IMPROVEME. NTs IN
TKGN NDUCED-ENsII.AG MD
ANODDER CUTTERS.

There hav We been many and var. .
i'm mprDvemeL ts In farm implement
within the last few years, and wheI
the handson and powerful lighI
draught piougL's of the present day art
considered, it y. ems almost incredible
that within the present century the
ground even in this State WAS broken
by rough wooden .plOughs.
The inpyOveme uts have not been
confined TO ploughs, but almost every
implement used by the farmer has un-
dergone a change.
But a few years since the crops were
garnered with a sickel or cradle, now
the mower drawn by two horses cuts
the grass, and tho rake, operated by
the same cover, follows and tu'ns it,
while the housewife, who formerly
in hayIng time was obliged to leave her
indoor duties to take a rake and follow
"A man with scythe, i. now free to at
tend to her domestic affairs, and knows
that the work Is being done better and
more expeditions with q horse rake
than it could possibly be done by hand.
The same Is true of all other kinds of
farm work, and the husbandman who
SApet"o w ouSCSou, IhusG dNdli uihoci
of these labor saving appliances or
find himself far behind his progressive
neighbor.
Not only have Improvements been
made in all the implements used in
planting, cultivating and gathering
crops, but also In preparing the hay,
fodder or ensilage for feeding the
stock.
1t has been an established fact,
known tor many years, that it Is more
advantageous to feed cut food to stock,
than that unprepared. The old way of
cutting hay or fodder was by means of
a knife working on pivot at the end
OF box. The material to be cut was
pushed up with one hand, while the
knife was worked up and down with
the other. This method was slow and
laborious, and number OF improve
ments were made, still, with the greater
number of these machines, there seemed
to be some Objectionable feature.
Some would push the hay between
the knives and the end of the feeling
box until it became chOked, and fre-
quently considerable time was wasted
in removing the obstruction others
would, with the momentum attained by
the fly wheel when running even at a
moderate speed, tear the knives all to
pieces in case a piece of wood or stone
should chance TO become mixed with
the feed and run into the knives. There
were still other impertections that are
known to all who have ever used a
cutter, which prevented many farmers,
although they knew the value Of cut
food, using them.
But the inventive genius of man Is
great, AT d as fast rs these imperfeCtiOns
became manifest, means were adopted
to overcome them, and construct per-
feet machine that would do its work
thoroughly and effectively.
The desired end seems to have been |
accomplished at last in the Ross Giant
and Little Giant Cutters. The firm
manufacturing these machines have
made specially Of cutters for many
years, and kept pace with the demand ,
for Improvements in machines for this !
particular work, and the Ross Cutter il
the result of years of study and great
expense.
They have been tried and tested, and |
have proved their superiority over ev-
cry other cutter. Each cutter is
supplied with the Ross Patent Fly
Wheel, which secures freedom to the
machine from accidents, and perfect
safety to the operator. 1t is so arranged
as to be very sensitive to hard substan-
ces, and when properly adjusted will
let go at the first rouch Of a stick,
piece of iron or other stone coming in
contact with the knives, and although
the wheel will continue to revolve, the
IN Achine will stop.
The cutters are made with from one
10 four knives, and can be run either by
hand or power. They are heavier,
stronger and more durable than any
other, and will do double and treble the
amount of work they are guaranteed
10 give satisfaction for considerably less
money than any other cutters E II.
McWhorter g. Co., No. 2l5 West Front
street, are the agents for this State, and
will furnish any information concern
ng them.