174 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



William Deering & Co., of Chicago, III., exhibit one of their Junior Deering Har- 

 vesters and Binders. This machine claims special merit for lightness of draft, easy 

 adjustment, and being well adapted to handling all kinds and conditions of grain. 



By the same is exhibited a Deering Giant Harvester. This is a large, strong 

 binder ; no especial points of merit offered. 



The Plana Manufacturing Co., of Piano, III., have on exhibition one of their 

 Piano Harvesters and' Binders. The points of special merit attaching to the Piano 

 are light draft, no side draft, tight binding, gearing on outside of master wheel, 

 and the reel effectively handled by one lever. 



George E^tertg & Son, of White Water, Mich., liave on exhibit one Esteriy Self- 

 Binder. The representatives of this machine are quite modest in their claims of 

 Buperiority over all other machines. Its leading points of merit are lightness of 

 draft, a good balance, and simplicity of binder. The Esteriy is a beautiful ma- 

 chine, strongly built, with unique and simple machinery, having all the essential 

 marks of a good general purpose self-binder. 



The Peerless Reaper Co., of Canton, Ohio, exhibit a Peerless Reaper with enclosed 

 gearing, Ball, Pitman & Johnson rake. 



Hoover S: Gambol, of Miamishurg, Ohio, exhibit one combined table rake and 

 mower, the .Junior-Senior. This machine lias strong merits in its ease of manage- 

 ment and lightness of draft. 



By the same, one dropper and mower combined. The strong point of this ma- 

 chine is its being well adapted to uneven ground. 



By the game, harvester and binder, Excelsior No. ?,. This machine is easily 

 manipulated, and .so constructed that all improvements can be readily attached to 

 old machines as well as new. It has a bundle-sizer and bundle-gatherer. 



The Dennett Harvesting Machine Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Hairy F. Ward, 

 General Agent, Indianapolis, Ind., have on exhibition one Dennett harvester and 

 twine binder. This machine exhibits several points worthy of special note. By 

 its siniplicity of structure there is a s.^ving of many pieces of machinery. The 

 •cutter bar is made by bolting a flat and angle iron bar together, combining strength 

 and durability. The construction of the cutter bar enables the operator to run the 

 fiickle very close to the ground. The guards are made of malleable iron, and on 

 the face of the guard, where the sickle plays back and forth, there is a steel leger 

 plate riveted. The edges of these plates are ground sharp so that when the sickle 

 is put in motion it acts like a pair of shears. The guards are bolted to the cutter 

 bar, and one can be taken off and another put in its place with little delay or 

 trouble. The sickle is raised or lowered by one lever, by the driver, without stop- 

 ping the motion of the machine. It will cut stubble from four to twenty-two 

 inches in height. The reel is large, and driven by a double sprocket wheel, giving 

 it a fast or slow motion, as speed of horses or condition of the grain may require. 

 The reel has a vertical and horizontal reciprocating motion, each independent of 

 the other, and can easily be put into any position by the use of one lever under 

 control of the driver. The master wheel is large and broad. A cast iron sleeve 

 runs through both nuts, so as to prevent binding on the shaft or axle. 



