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hoped not. Never buy anything from or through a travelling agent, 

 is a safe rule to follow ; and a rider may be added to the effect that 

 it is not advisable to tamper with new brands. The only thing, in 

 my experience, that it is safe and best to purchase on the strength 

 of a new name in the colonies is bottled spirits ; the first consign- 

 ment of a new brand never contains the same generous percentage 

 of sulphuric acid, fusil oil and other cheerful, short-range poisons, 



that subsequent 

 lots do. But 

 though whisky, as 

 supplied to the 

 colonies, is oc- 

 casionally, and by 

 accident, made 

 from corn, and 

 frequently from 

 potatoes and 

 other farm pro- 

 duce excepting 

 corn, it is manu- 

 factured mostly 



THE " BUTTON " MOWER KNIFE GRINDER. from petroleum 



R. PURSER, W.A. Agent. o jl an( } other 



deadly sins, and, it is to be hoped, will not enter into the agronomic 

 economy of the new settler. To return to the reaper and binder 

 In purchasing this, and all other expensive machinery, the farmer 

 should deal direct with an established agent, who has a reputation 

 to lose as well as a living to make. There is no excuse for not 

 doing so, for all the best makers of agricultural machinery have 

 their established agents in the metropolis, and these in turn have 

 reputable sub-agents in all the towns of the colony. These agents, 

 when they sell a machine, fit it up and start it working, and guar- 

 antee it, and if any accident occurs it is always possible to obtain 

 duplicate parts without unnecessary and annoying delay. 



If it is decided to purchase a mower, there are many patterns 

 in the market, and the selector 

 should have no difficulty in get- 

 ting a good machine. The illus- 

 trations herewith show the 

 ordinary mower for two horses 

 (with a 4ft. 6in. cut) and the 

 self-raking reaper. This latter 

 machine delivers the crop, as 

 shown in the illustration, ready 

 for hand-binding ; the former 

 merely cutting the crop, which 

 has to be raked up afterwards 

 into wind rows. 



