388 THE WHEAT CULTURIST. 



bar can be set to cut any desired height. The platform 

 and cutters can be adjusted to any angle desired, for 

 the more perfect cutting arid easy delivery of lodged as 

 well as standing grain. 



The raker's seat is comfortably and conveniently lo- 

 cated, and can be adjusted so as to enable the operator 

 to sit in any position he may desire. Many farmers, 

 when using this machine, drive the team and handle the 

 rake at the same time. 



The grain is delivered at the side of the swath, giving 

 abundant room for the team and machine between the 

 gavels and the standing grain. 



The reel is overhung and driven so as to operate 

 properly at all times. As a harvester, the drive-wheels 

 have a bearing surface of sixteen inches ; and the weight 

 is so distributed that the machine will operate success- 

 fully on very soft ground. When mowing or reaping, 

 this machine turns as easily as a cart, cutting square 

 corners without any backing of the team, being sup- 

 ported on its own wheels, and balanced independently 

 of the tongue. The raker's seat and platform preserve 

 their proper relations to each other, and the injurious 

 and annoying vibrations experienced in machines 

 balanced by the tongue are prevented. 



The best evidence of the success and popularity of 

 this machine is found in the fact that upwards of twenty 

 thousand are now in use throughout the United States. 



The Cayuga Chief Manufacturing Company at Au- 

 burn, New York, manufacture two sizes of this machine 

 as combined hand and self rake reapers and mowers, 

 and a smaller size. 



Mr. C. Wheeler, Jr., the president of the company, 

 a practical farmer and mechanic, is the inventor of the 



