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machine ; and he makes it his sole business to study and 

 experiment for the "Chief," and keep it fully up in all 

 respects with the improvements of the times. I am 

 assured by this company,"that they are taking especial 

 pains in the selection of material for their machines, so 

 that farmers have the assurance that the Cayuga Chief 

 machines will be unsurpassed for strength of material, 

 workmanship, perfection of fmish, and durability. 

 They say, that they intend that the "Cayuga Chief" 

 shall, hereafter, excel all others in mechanism and 

 excellent material, as it has heretofore done in its 

 combinations of valuable principles. I can say from 

 personal knowledge of the Cayuga Chief for several 

 years, that I can confidently recommend it to farmers 

 who desire a good mower and reaper. Mr. Wheeler 

 has expended a fortune in bringing the " Chief " to its 

 present state of perfection ; and the brain-labor expend- 

 ed, from first to last, in originating, improving, and 

 perfecting the various parts, is truly wonderful to con- 

 template. 



STACKING SHEAVES OF WHEAT. 



It requires the combined knowledge of an intelligent 

 practical farmer, a natural philosopher, and the con- 

 structive skill of an architect to build a good stack. 

 The chief object to be kept in view is, to place the 

 sheaves so that the straws will conduct the water off the 

 stack. Let me illustrate the idea more plainly : Let a 

 shed be covered with rails, or poles, laid horizontally, as 

 a roof; and, when it rains, all the water will pass down 

 between them ; but elevate one end of the same poles 

 to an angle of forty-five degrees, and they will convey 

 nearly all the rain that falls on them, to the lower end. 



