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Fitchburg, by A. C. Barnard, one Buckeye Two Horse Mower, 

 cutting bar 4 feet 6 inches, draft 190 lbs., also one Buckeye One 

 Horse Mower, cutting bar 3 feet 6 inches. Henry Hale & Co., 

 Salem, entered one Wm. Anson Wood New Eagle Mower, cutting 

 bar 4 feet 3 inches, draft as usually run 125 lbs., and with the bar 

 rollers off the ground, 175 lbs., also one One Horse Machine, 

 cutting bar 3 feet 6 inches. Warrior Mower Co., Little Falls, 

 N. Y., entered one Warrior Two Horse Machine, cutting bar 4 

 feet 3 inches, draft 175 lbs., also one Warrior One Horse Ma- 

 chine, cutting bar 3 feet 6 inches. 



All of these machines performed their work in a very satis- 

 factory manner, and stood the tests to which they were subject- 

 ed, except the Garfield Mower which failed in some particulars. 

 This machine seemed to the Committee to be too light to bear 

 the somewhat rough usage which our New England farms re- 

 quire. 



The Buckeye, and Wood's Iron Gold Prize Mowers are too 

 well known to require any especial mention descriptive of either 

 the acknowledged strength and durability of their construction, 

 or the excellent quality of their work. 



The Warrior Mower, apparently very simple in construction 

 and having fewer parts, to the casual observer might seem to 

 lack strength, but in fact, owing to a stump and a tree being in 

 the lot which was assigned to be mowed by it, the operator vol- 

 unteered some tests unusual of its strength, without injury, which 

 surprised some members of the Committee at least. 



The Wm. Anson Wood New Eagle Mower is a machine recently 

 introduced, and possesses some advantages and improvements pe- 

 culiar to itself. The castor wheel at the base of the cutter bar 

 seemed to the Committee an improvement on any other machine. 

 It was well constructed in all its parts, did excellent work and 

 must take its rank as a first class machine. It was also remark- 

 able for lightness of draft which was less than that of any other 



