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of one of our most responsible students, (J. P. Alexander, 

 of Kishacoquillas) and did its work in the most satisfac- 

 tory manner. The raker not only performs its work of re- 

 moving the grain from the platform, but, by its well-adjusted 

 motions, in front of the knife, and near the ground, it 

 draws the tangled grain upon the knife, and removes it the 

 instant it is cut off; thus letting the machine down beneath 

 the lodged grain, should it by any means have got above 

 some of it, as often happens with reapers when cutting 

 grain in the direction in which it is lodged. The machine 

 was witnessed in operation by a large number of farmers, 

 many of whom owned other reapers, and all without excep- 

 tion admitted that it was the most complete reaper they had 

 ever seen. It is manufactured by McCormick & Brothers, 

 Chicago, Illinois. Cost of the reaper and self-raker attached 

 $175,00. 



Pennoctfs Iron Harvester. This is also a combined 

 reaper and mower. We used it for several days in our 

 grass. The ground was very rough, and contained an un- 

 due amount of stumps, roots, and stones, but the machine 

 did its work quite satisfactorily; it was drawn by two mules. 

 As a reaper, it was also used to cut about twenty-five acres 

 of wheat, which it did very well. It required three mules 

 to draw it, and two students to attend to it. This machine 

 is remarkable for the simplicity of its construction, and its 

 consequent security against getting out of order, as also for 

 its light draft. 



It is manufactured by Pennock & Brother, at Kennet 

 Square, Chester County, Pa., and the cost of the machine 

 is $135,00, 



Through the liberality of the respective manufacturers of 

 the above machines, the college received them both as dona- 

 tions, for which its officers would here extend their most 

 cordial thanks. Each machine has its peculiar merits, and 

 speaks well for the energy and enterprise of the manufac- 

 turers. For large farms and extensive crops of grain, there 

 can be no doubt that M'Cormick's reaper is unequalled by 

 any other in the world. For smaller farms, and when the 

 difference of cost would be an item of importance, the iron 



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