The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-05-20

a Recently Perfected Invention That
WIN He Of Inessimable Value to the
south.


for what may be OF unlimited value
and interest to the farmers Of this
community.
The writer had the opportunity Of
<ssrving the jamestown Exposition
Co.. as custodian OF one of the largest
buildings Of the exposition. and In
that capacity had the opportunity OF
seeing and studying one OF the most
modern and profitable farm ma
chimes on the market. and SO much
Impressed was with the machine
and IN workings. that when I decided
20 locate IN your city. i. Immediately
commenced the negotiation for the
assncy for tails machine in this ter
ritory.
The machine referred to IL one
that win harvest. and at the same
tims thresh. peas from the standing
, vines. provided the peas are thor
oushly ripe and drt. 1t is very SIM
PIE n censtruction. 20 much 90 that
svsa shs mSst intricate parts can be
made In wen equipped farm black
snith shop. ana the machine can be
run ~ any farmer Of average intelli-
ssnea.
was disappointed that I could not
b prsssnt at some demonstrations
that we're made with the machine q
short distancs from the exposition
,srounds. but Am satisncd from my
experience with farm machinery that
the machine does everything that h
claimed by the inventor.
OF eourss. IKE every machine that
y pat on the market. this pea har-
vsstss does best work where the best
preparation has been made for its
uss. and the more closely the instruc-
tions are followed a. % preparation
for The use Of II. the better the work
win II DO. {l Ntlft 1,
The machine - light. 10 easily pull
- by two ordinary animals. and u
opsfaAsd BY one driver who. when the
sscspsicas for carrying the threshsd
p>as b full. simply dumps the con-
tents ON cottc.. sheet and drives
On. lsavins the psas and hulis to bs
vinnsrsd or famed BY ~ many Ia
borsss - y necessary to perform that
part Of the duty.
10 sss bsst results from this ma
chine. the pAas should bs planted In
rows frem - to 4 IL feet apart.
and should hs allowed 70 stand In
ths nsI1 until the greatest quantity
pceodbls are ripe and thoroughly dry.
ne bsss WORK. being done when the
psas ass thoroughly free from mois-
turo-
10 p claimed by the inventor that
70 VIII also harvest oats. wheat and
rice. bus n. ID distinctly . pea harvest
81, and 20 claim anything more for
is p 70 dsvsTs from It's real usage
and vaius.
IL has been my GOOD fortune to get
. small area planted In peas. q very
early variety. Sand the inventor has
+ promised to furnish the writer with
. sample machine in time to give an
early demonstration within the boan-
dry Of your city. and ar soon a. the
peas are ripe I hope TO be able TO
prove the actual advantages Of this, I
think. the most needed farm imple-
msnt ever put on the market as q la
Dor saver. f
70 has been my experience. and /
venture W say the experience Of ev-
cry man who has yentured to farm, in
this country. that after getting a good
crop OF peas on the land. II was i'm
possible to get them harvested. losing
one Of the most valuable assets from
. years product from the farm. II
has been the practice for the past
several years to give the negro labor
err on the farm at least half of the
peas 10 set the other half harvested,
sud even then Il IN q matter OF al
most physical impossibility to get
them gathered at all. and then. not
until there was no cotton in the field
to gather. and II frequently happened
that BY That time the peas were more
or iess. u not entirely ruined by
continued rains or been run over by
the unpastured stock which Is al
loved to roam at large In the fall sea-
son.
The majority OF farmers. because
OF this dinculty to get the peas har-
vested. have resorted to the moving
machines. until II IL wonder that
there 10 grass seed enough left to
furnish crop for the ensuing year.
70 aoy nothlug NJ tho loss 10 tho .o,,