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Class 6. One-Horse Mowers

D. M. Osborne & Co., Auburn, No. 56, (one-horse mower.) Field good, well cut; time 64 minutes; quality, 35.

The work done by the machine of D. M. Osborne & Co., was done with tolerable uniformity, the average mark for quality of work being 34-36.

The average time exclusive of the one-horse Machine was 51 minutes. The machines were all remarkable for the steadiness of their motion and freedom from noise.

R. L. Allen, N. Y. No. 57, one one-horse mower.

C. Wheeler, jr., Auburn, N. Y., No. 58, one onehorse Mower, F, Cayuga Chief, cutting good; time 30 min.; quality, 34.

Pony Clipper (invented by R. Dutton.) R. Dutton, Brooklyn, No. 59, one one-horse gleaner mower (invented by R. Dutton.) Trial of July 29th. -(Same Machines.) Twenty machines made a trial upon lots of very irregular surface, which had not been ploughed for many years; the general surface was level, but broken up with many deep hollows and having a, thick growth of sedges and rushes. The prevailing: herbage was red top, blue-grass, and fowl meadow; Seymour, Morgan & Allen, Brockport. No. 44.

One New York Combined Machine (self-rake).

Field good, cutting irregular; time 38; quality 35. ❘ it was the hardest test for action in rough ground. that could be found in the vicinity. The following is the result; the marks for quality of work were 1 to 40, the latter number indicating perfect work.

Quality of work. 39 Seymour, Morgan & Allen, No. 44 The divider of this machine pressed down the grass, some of which was not cut off at the next round.

Cayuga Chief, D, No. 16 37 Cayuga Chief, A, No. 13 37 Dodge, Stevenson & Co., No. 52 (wood) 37 Dodge, Stevenson & Co., No. 53 (iron) 37 A spike projecting from the ground was half severed by this machine.

D. M. Osborne & Co., 37 C. C. Bradley & Son, No. 3 38 Williams, Wallace & Co., No. 43 Walter A. Wood, No. 8 E. F. Herrington, No. 4.

Herrington's Eagle was remarkable for its easy adaptation of its bar to the steep sides of hollows, in one case mowing with it sloping downward at an angle of 40 degrees. 38 40 37 40 Rhode Island Clipper, No. 18 Adriance, Platt & Co., No. 10 • 40 Dow & Fowler, No. 9 31 Aultman, Miller & Co., No. 32 38 Wm. H. Halladay, No. 17 37 Some dry grass caught on the ends of his fingers which prevented him from cutting clean for about 20 rods.

R. L. Allen, Pony Clipper, No. 57 36 • James S. Marsh, No. 47 38 J. D. Wilber, No. 6 30 "Those who had been present at the former great trials, held by the society were astonished at the general perfection which had been attained by the manufacturers of mowing-machines. Every machine, with two exceptions, did good work, which would be acceptable to any farmer, and the appearance of the whole meadow after it had been raked over, was as good as it could be, and vastly better than the average mowing of the best farmers in the State, notwithstanding the great difficulties which they had to encounter. At previous trials most of the machines would clog more or less, and some of them so frequently that they were of no practical value. At this trial, not a single instance of clogging was observed either in clover or fine grass. "At previous trials, very few machines could stop in the grass and start without backing for a fresh start. At the present trial every machine stopped in the grass and started again without backing, without any difficulty, and without leaving any perceptible ridge to mark the place where it occurred. We look upon these facts with pride and pleasure, as showing the great success which has attended the efforts of our mechanics to meet the requirements of the farmer, and we have good reason to believe that the experiments made at Auburn will lead to still greater advances in the path of progress. the work of each, under very different circum stances, could be accurately compared."