Implements Of Agriculture
Mowers and Reapers
The Great National Field Trial of Mowers and Reapers held at Auburn, N. Y., in July, 1866, under the patronage of the Legislature and…
Entries Under the Above, and Result
The Society's large gold medal (costing $75 or more) as first premium. For the second premium, a cash prize of $25. The mowing and reaping…
Explanation
Assuming that 40 to represent the best work that can be done; No. 30, as representing the best work that can be done with a hand-scythe…
Class 1.- Two-Horse Mowers
D. M. Osborne & Co., Auburn, New York. No 1 Mower. "Cut uneven and not very close." Time, 54 minutes; quality mark, 33. D. M. Osborne & Co…
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.
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…
Reaping Trials
The wheat field was divided into thirty lots, of one acre each, the bottom generally smooth, tolerably level, and the grain (Mediterranean)…
Badly Lodged
Quality of work. 30 Cayuga Chief, H, entry No. 35 D. M. Osborne, Burdick rake, entry No. 48 32
D. M
Osborne, sweep rake, entry No. 2. Seymour & Morgan, entry No. 44 Cayuga Chief, entry No. 54 Dodge, Stevenson & Co., Marsh rake, entry No…
Rye Lot
Quality of work 31 37 40 35 38 29 34 Wm. H. Halladay, No. 47 Dodge, Stevenson & Co., No. 53 Cayuga, L, dropper, No. 55
Barley Lot
chines were tried in the barley lot, which was on On the same day, after the rye was cut, the marolling ground, the barley varying very…
Implements of Agriculture
Wood's Mower, entry No. 8. Of these, the stubble | Class 5.- Combined Reaper, Self and Hand of the two first were slightly the shortest…