The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-10-20
DAVIS ROTARY SEPARATOR
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A large delegation Of farmers anl
. business men from this section anl
ne!ghboring communities were in at.
| tendance at the public demonstration
! held here last Saturday of the New
! Davis Rotary Grain Separator. All
who witnessed its initial operation
il the rice field were highly pleased
with the performance of the ma
chine, although as its inventor and
the men who are interested in its
manufacture and sale understand,
some minor changes are required to
! adopt it to the successful handling Of
| rice, the machine used in the demon
! stration here having been built par
/ ticularly for wheat threshng. 1t
has been heretofore successfully tried
out Oh oats, barley, rye, Kaffir corn,
Sudan grass, beans, etc. It's trial
here at this time was made princi-
pally to determine what changes or
corrections were necessary to adopt
it to rice threshing.
In behalf of the inventor, Mr.. Mon
roe Davis, and MessrS C. L. Sayles
and Samuel T. Davis, who are here
with the machine from Enid, Okla
homa, Mr. R. S. Greer, editor of the
J Rice Belt Journal, announced the
plans and purposes of the company in
bringing the machine here at this
time, the Journal having taken a
marked interest in the new invention
since the report of it's perfection
early in the season.
The machine was operated in the
morning and again in the evening for
2 short time to give all who were in
.erested an opportunity to observe its
working principals, and its operation
was very satisfactory.
At a meeting in the banquet room
Of the Masonic Hall to which the |
farmers and business wen who are
interested are invited Wednesday |
evening at 1880 o'clock, plans for the
location Of the factory for the manu-
Eacture Of the rice machine here in
Welsh will be discussed in detail.
The company's representatives who
are here fully appreciate the advan-
tages Welsh offers as a point Of
manufacture and distribution of the
machine. Welsh is situated very
nearly in the center of the rice belt,
having the best equipped machine
shops in the country, with numbers of
skilled mechanics, and progressive
business men with sufficient capital
70 handle the proposition without out
side assistance. Should their plans
meet with the approval, the factory,
assembly plant and sales offices will
be located here at once.
The machine is an assured success
md will be in general use throughout
The rice belt the coming season. Its
low price and light weight are suf-
icient recommendation and with the
other features which it embodies /
here is no doubt of its general use.
After the demonstration Saturday
1ne of the largest rice planters who !
operates south of Welsh. informed S
dr. Sayles that with the necessary s
changes which will be made they
night accept his order for six ma |
,hines. G
In the development of the ma I
hines now in use in the rice belt In I
ricaey after intricacy has been add t
ID to overcome recognized defects, I
Eliminating in q mechanical mon. +
3trOsity SO cumbersome and heavy +
hat it can hardly be transported over
he roads and through the rice !
fields, especially during rainy sea
on. AS an example of the ease with
which Mr.. Davis machine is trans
'orted, it was hauled through Welsh
Saturday evening behind Ford CIR
due apologies to Henry Ford.)
Realizing that the old machines
ould never be developed satisfactor-
ly, Mr.. Davis spent number of
ears studying an entirely new sys-
EN- in threshing, using the princi-
oals Of centrifugal force, his efforts
in the perfection of the
lew machine which is now on the
market.
The cost of the machine is only
bout half the cost of the ordinary
eparEor, is light in construction,
My weighing about 5000 pounds, can
'e operated with the ordinary small
arm tractor, has neither cylinder,
oncave, teeth, riddles nor cog wheels;
md is designed not only for the /,
machine man but for the in !.
ividual farmer as WE'LL 1t has pneu- ,
natic fpedar tubn which ninLs thai