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to the most severe tests in mowing and harvesting 

 heavy and tangled grass and grain, it was driven into a 

 field of heavy rye, which was seven feet high, and every 

 part, self-rake and all, worked as beautifully as a lawn 

 mower. The " Buckeye" needs no words of commend- 

 ation from my pen. American farmers are familiar 

 with its worthy record. 



Fig. 73. — The Montgomery- 

 Fork. 



The Montgomery Fork. 



I give an illustration of this celebrated fork, made by 

 the Montgomery Fork Company, 254 Pearl street, New 



York city, because it is just such 

 a fork as farmers will find to please 

 them. The illustration shows how 

 the tines are secured to the handle. 

 Some of the merits of this fork are 

 these : In case a tine breaks, an- 

 other can be replaced instantly at 

 a trifling cost, and without loss of time. In repairing 

 one tine of a common fork, the other tine is invariably 

 spoiled, rendering the fork good for nothing. Should 

 the handle break, the tines can be refitted to another 

 handle in a few minutes. The handle is not tapered 

 at the end near the fork ; but, the whole strength of 

 the wood is left ; and when the ferrule is in its place it 

 binds the whole together, as if one solid substance. 

 The process of manufacture gives a more uniform 

 texture of steel than can be produced by any other 

 method. The weight is no more than the common 

 fork. The tines are warranted not to work loose. 

 This fork took the first premium at the New York State 

 Fair at Buffalo, 1867. 



