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Class 3.- Combined Mowers and Reapers
D. M. Osborne & Co., No. 28. One combined Mower and Reaper; time 55 min.; quality, 36.
E. F. Herrington, Valley Falls, N. Y. No. 29.
One Eagle Combined Machine; same as entry No. 40, except that it now has a pinion changed; stubble long, bearings cool; time 62 min.; quality, 35.
Walter A. Wood, Hoosick Falls. No. 30. One Combined Mower and Reaper (hand-rake); field good, stubbles left high; time 46 min.; quality, 19. Adriance, Platt & Co., Poughkeepsie. No. 31.
One No. 1 Buckeye combined. Cutting bad; time 51 min.; quality, 30. Driver unskilful.
Aultman, Miller & Co., Akron, O., No. 32. One Buckeye combined. Lot bad to cut, machine noisy and imperfectly geared; time 51 min.; quality, 38. Bearings cool. Dodge & Stevenson Manufacturing Co., Auburn.
No. 33. One Combined Machine (Dodge pat.) No. 2, wood frame.
C. Wheeler, jr., Auburn. No. 34. One Combined Machine (hand-rake). G. No. 35, One Combined (hand-rake) H. No. 34 G. time 39 min.; quality 35.
No. 35 H. Field stony and bad; cutting even; time 45 min.; quality, 36.
CLASS 4. - COMBINED (SELF-RAKING).
D. M. Osborne & Co., Auburn, No. 36. One Combined Machine. Field rough, stubble even; time 46 min.; quality, 35.
Walter A. Wood, Hoosick Falls. No. 39.
Combined Machine (self-rake.) No. 40.
Combined Machine (self-rake.) One One One Aultman, Miller & Co., Akron, O. No. 41.
Buckeye combined (self-rake.) Good field, cutting good; time 65 min.; quality, 38. All the Buckeyes leave the grass in good condition for drying.
Williams, Wallace & Co., Syracuse. No. 42. One No. 1 lIubbard Machine (Syracuse self-rake) No. 43. One No. 2 Hubbard Machine (Syracuse selfrake).
No. 43, work good; time 57 min.; quality, 38; bearings cool; good mower in all respects.
C. Wheeler, jr., Auburn. No. 45. One Combined Machine (self-raking attachment). No. 46. One Combined Machine (dropping attachment.) Entry No. 45, I. Cayuga Chief, not closely cut; time 48 min.; quality 34; journal cool.
No. 46, Cayuga Chief, J. A bad field to cut; time 37 min.; quality 30; bearings hot.
W. H. Halladay, Auburn. No. 47. One Marsh's Combined Machine (self-rake). No. 474, Marsh's Valley Chief.
No. 47. Field stony; cut uneven; time 46 min.; quality 28.
CLASS 5.- COMBINED REAPERS, (SELF OR HAND-RAKE).
D. M. Osborne & Co., Auburn. No. 48. One Combined Machine. No. 49. One Combined.
No. 50. One Combined.
American Agricultural Works, N. Y. No. 51, one Columbian Machine (hand and self-raker).
Field bad, cutting very bad; time 57 minutes; quality, 26.
Dodge & Stevenson Manufacturing Co., Auburn.
No. 52, one Dodge's patent combined Machine (self or hand-raker), wood frame, No. 1. No. 53, one Dodge's patent combined Machine (self or hand-rake), iron frame, No. 1.
No. 52, stubble not well cut, time 56 min.; quality, 29. No. 53, field good, time 43 min.; quality, 32. The above machines unite the patents of the Buckeye and the Ohio mowers, having the gearing of the former and the movable shoe of the latter. Both well approved machines everywhere, and have done good work. It is strange that machines combining the best features of both patents should make so poor a record as these have done upon this field.
C. Wheeler, Jr., No. 54, one combined machine, self or hand-rake, (K.) No. 55, the combined machine as dropper or hand-rake, (L.) No. 54, Cayuga Chief, K. Cutting not good; time 54 min.; quality 30.
No. 55, Cayuga Chief, L. Field rocky; time 43 min.; quality, 30.
Twelve of the Cayuga Chiefs were entered; all agreeing in general structure though not in minor details, they attracted much attention, but as a whole they did not appear well in the clover lots.