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lent feature, and prevents injury to the knives when a small stone 

 or other obstruction gets caught between them and the fingers. 



6. The cutter bar is attached to the frame by a double hinge 

 joint, which allows it to follow the surface of the land, without 

 being afi'ected by the working of the frame, and over knolls, ridges 

 and through hollows, the independent action of the cutters is per- 

 fect — either end of the bar raising without affecting the other — and 

 at no time has it to sustain the frame and gearing, as is the case 

 with machines where the bar is rigidly attached. 



T. The cutters are easily raised to pass obstructions by means of 

 the lever, which is always under the control of the operator. 



8. The cutter bar is in front of the driving wheels, and the seat 

 in the rear, thus enabling the driver to see the operation of the 

 cutters without interfering with his driving, and avoiding those 

 dreadful accidents which frequently occur when the seat is directly 

 over, or a little in advance of the cutter. 



9. The gearing is all permanently arranged in the centre of the 

 frame, distant from the driving wheels, thus avoiding all tendency 

 of its being clogged up with mud or dirt. 



10. The cutter bar being attached to the machine by means of 

 hinges, can be folded up on the top of the machine without removing 

 connecting rod, knife, or track clearer, as will be seen in the engrav- 

 ing. 



11. The palls on the driving wheels can readily be thrown out of 

 gear, and, by folding the cutter bar as above stated, the machine 

 becomes as portable as a common cart. 



12. There is a wheel on the shoe next the gearing, in front of the 

 cutter bar, thus avoiding all tendency of clogging at the near shoe, 

 in passing over cut grass. 



13. The ofl'shoe is only two and a half inches wide, and the last 

 knife cuts no more than any other, therefore leaving no ridge or 

 high stubble at the end of each swath. 



14. The cutter bar can be raised or lowered by means of an ad- 

 justable steel spring shoe at off end, and adjustable wheel at the 

 inner shoe." 



J. F. Anderson, Esq., of South Windham, writes me of this : "I 

 am just as sure that the Buckeye is the best machine as every other 

 successful operator is that the one he owns is the best. I am sure it 

 is the most convenient to move around, from its having two bearing 

 wheels and the folding bar. Mine has been over the road from one 

 end of this district to the other. I did not get it until half through 



