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reap-hook, from the handle of it towards its middle^ where 

 the corn is gathered ; the other part has a toothed ede«e, like 

 * sickle, and it will not scatter the corn so much as either of 

 the other implements. 



I shall furnish certificates to show, that I am the inventor 

 of it, and that it has considerable advantages in general use. 

 It is a great preserver of corn, in harvest, where it is strag- 

 |[led much from heavy rains. 



I am, Sir, 

 ^ Your obedient Servant, 



JOSEPH BUTTON, Jun. 



The following certificates were received. 



Tcsiimoniesof A certificate from Mr. J. Turner, of Ridgway, dated 

 itsutUity. Octobers, I8O9, stating, that in the year 1805 he had 

 made two dozen of improved reap-hooks by Mr. Hutton*» 

 instructions ; that they were the first he ever knew to be 

 made upon this plan, and that in the present year he and 

 others have made thirty-five dozen for him. 



A certificate from William Taylor, of Summit Lodge, in 

 Yorkshire, bailiff to G. F. Burton, Esq., dated September 

 29, 1809» stating, that after a few seasons experience, he 

 finds Mr. Hutton*s reap-hook preferable to any bther, from 

 the nature of its edge ; that the labourers under his sup^- 

 intendance used all of this sort the last season, and that it 

 is found to be a great saver of corn. 



A certificate from John Boothe, sithe, sickle, and reap- 

 hook manufacturer, Ford Mills, near Sheffield, dated Oc- 

 tober 12, I8O9, stating, that Mr. Hutton's reap-hook is 

 certainly superior to the common one, and that public 

 opinion confirms it as such, for there has been a great de- 

 mand for them the last two harvests. 



A certificate from Mr. Edmund Liftlewood, of Dent 

 Hall, near Dronfield, dated October 15, I8O9, stating, that 

 Mr. Hutton*8 reap-hook is superior to the common ones 

 now in use, especially in the last harvest, in which the crops 

 have been remarkably straggled, and bad to reap, owing to 

 the heavy raint and winds. That the common reap-hooks 



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