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NEW ENGLAND FARI^CER. 



June 



THE GOLD MEDAL CLIPPEB, 



AT THE GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL AT AUBURN, N. T., 1886, 



We present a cut of the Clipper Mower as 

 one of the leading standard machines of the 

 day ; and one which, in our judgment, is worthy 

 of particular criticism by those about to pur- 

 chase. It is claimed that its steel guards; 

 iron frame; enclosed gearing; malleable 

 shoes ; adjustable height of cut while at work ; 

 height of wheels; front draft; ease of draft; 

 adjustable gear shifter; with its simplicity of 

 construction and tasty style of finish, are 

 considerations to be appreciated. 



AVe notice in the report of the committee at 

 the Auburn, N. Y., trial, (see report, page 

 60 to G7,) the following highly compli- 

 mentary remarks to the inventor, Mr, llufus 

 Dutton: "Its mechanical execution reflects 

 upon him the highest credit ; in this respect it 

 burpasijcs all the rest ; all the bearings are as 

 Buiooth as machinery can make them; all the 

 joints are closely fitted ; all the working parts 

 are mathematically in line ; all the materials 



of which it is composed are the best that can 

 be procured. So excellent was the workman- 

 ship, that a protest was made by one of. the 

 exhibitors, in writing, that it was better than 

 those offered for sale. A sub-committee was 

 appointed, and after a careful examination of 

 machines in the hands of farmers, and at their 

 warehouse, reported that the machines at Au- 

 burn were in no respect better than those of- 

 fered for current sales." 



Only oxe Cusco. — In the table of the 

 comparative products of different seed pota- 

 toes, in Jlr. O. C. Wait's communication, in 

 the Farmer of April 11, Monthly page 210, 

 by a mistake of the printer, It appears that the 

 same number of the Cusco was planted as of 

 the four other varieties named ; when, accord- 

 ing to copy, the seed for the twenty-eight 

 hills which produced two bushels, was from a 

 sinirle tuber. 



