|l 1850, 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



175 



My 



chine i 



when [ got it of you. 



Tho9, Rushmore. 



HUSSEY^S RKAPING MACHINE. 



WK would respectfully call the attention of farmers to the fact 

 that we have the excluaive agency and the exclusive sale 

 of the ahore named Reaper, in all that part of the State of New 

 York west of Ontario county, and we are also general agents for 

 the United States and Canada. We sell the Reapers at the Man- 

 ufacturer's prices, adding only cost of transportation. They can 

 be examined at our Store. AH who design purchasing are ear- 

 nestly requested to hand in their orders at once, as this will ena- 

 ble us to have on hand in season all that may be required, and 

 prevent any being disappointed, as might be the case if orders 

 were delayed till tl'e harvest had begun. That they are the best 

 Reapers made, and that it would be greatly to the advantage of 

 farmers to have them, there is no doubt. 

 Annexed are a few of the many certificates which might be given : 

 MacEDON, Aug. 29, 1849. 



Messrs. Rapalje &. Brigga— Gents :— The Reaping Machine I 

 bought of you, made by Messrs. ElJred & Ilussey. at Auburn, has 

 bpcn thoroughly tested by me the present harvest, and I am hap- 

 py to say has exceeded my most sanguine expectations I have 

 cut with it 125 acres of wheat, besides my own crop, making some 

 200 acres of oats and wheat ; and I can confidently recommend it 

 to my brother farmers as just the machine they want. I have cut 

 12 acres of oats in half a day, and 20 acres of stout wheat in one 

 day. with three horses abreast, and most of Jt was bad cutting I 

 think I can cut 35 acres of good wheat in a day. and do it better 

 than can be done in any other way 

 fpct order, and I consider it full as g 

 Yours most respectfully, 



Whkati-and, August 20, 1849. 



Messrs. Kldrcd & Hussey— Gents:— I have now used one of your 

 Reaping Machines for two years, and do most cheerfully say that 

 it has given thf best satisfaction. I have cut my whole harvest 

 and a large one too. with my ordinaiy firm hands. I have cut 20 

 acres of stout wheat a day with ease, and 1 would most cheerfully 

 recommend it to my brother farmers as the best and most econom- 

 ical machine that is used on a farm. In fact I think so much of 

 it, that five hundred dollars would not induce me to part with it if 

 I could not get another. 1 have kIpo two brothers, each of whom 

 have one of your machines, which they like very much, and could 

 not be induced to be without. I think your agents. Messrs. Rap- 

 alje St Briggs. will sell a large number of Ihem in our county next 

 season, as many of my acquaintances have told me they intend to 

 purchase one of your Reapers another season. Ar'N Harmon. 

 Bergen, Sept. 1st, 1849. 



This is to certify that I have this season used one of Hussey's 

 Reaping Machines, which I purjha,--ed of Measrs* Rapalje & 

 Briggs. of Roche ter and that it gives perfect satisfaction. I have 

 cut my wheat, which was very badly lodged, much faster, better, 

 and cheaper than it could be done any other way. I have had 

 one of McCormickV for the last three years, and it now stands in 

 the road as a useless article, as I consider it. having tried to use it 

 for three years without any success. 



1 consider Hussey's Machine just the thing for our farmers, and 

 1 could not now, after proving its merits, be induced to be without 

 one. Noah Whbvr. 



Ghkkck. Sept. 7th. 1849. 



Messrs. Rapalje & Briggs — Genfn:— The Reaping Machine 

 bought of you by Mr Champion, for me, exceeds any thing of the 

 kind I ever saw. \ ou will remember that when I got it I said to 

 you I was sure it would not work in my badly lodged wheat as I 

 had seen McCormick's tried repeatedly, and it was a perfect fail- 

 ure : but I was most agreeably disappointed. It cut any of my 

 wheat better and faster than eight good cradlcrs could do. and 1 

 think it saved me from two to three dollars per acre in all my 

 lodged wheat, in getting it clean and fast. In short, too much 

 cannot he said in its favor. I would not sell it. if I could not get 

 another, for one thousand dollars, for should 1 raise as much wheat 

 for eight or t:n years to come as I have for the last ten. it would 

 save me more than that sum, and I think it will last me longer 

 than that time. Yours, most respectfully, J. Norton. 



.June 1, 1850, RAPALJE & BRIGGS. 



Genesee Seed Store and Ag. Warehouse, Rochester. N.V. 



Bnri-aU^s Clover Mill. 



FOUR sizes made and sold by the Subscriber at Geneva N. Y. 

 warranted to be th iroughly built and to work well. Among 

 oth^T premiums awarded, this Machine was the first, at the late 

 State Fair. 



Orders from abroad, or inquiries in respect to it, promptly at- 

 tended to. [4-4t] E. J. BURRALL. 



Allen's Improved Portable KHllroad Horse Power, 

 Tlireslter, and Separator. 



TH E advantages of the above horse power, are— 1. They occupy 

 but little more space than a horse. 2. They can be moved 

 by the weight of the horse only, by placing the machine at an an- 

 gle of 10 or 15 degrees. 3. They are easily transpoi'ted. simply 

 constructed, not liable to get out of order, and move with little 

 friction. 



The Overshot 7^re.?/te?-s consist of a small-spiked cylinder, with 

 a concave top, and possesses these advantages. 1 They have a 

 level table for feeding, thus enabling the tenders to stand erect, 

 and control the motions of the horse and machine by means of a 

 brake, by which accidents are avoided. 2. In consequence of the 

 spikes lifting the straw and doing the work on the top, stones, 

 blocks, &c.. drop at the end of the table, and are not carried be- 

 tween the spikes, 3. The overshot cylinder does not scatter the 

 grain but throws it within three feet of the machine. 4, This ar- 

 rangement also admits of attaching a separaloi high enough from 

 the floor or ground to allow all the grain to fall through it, while 

 the straw is deposited by itself in the best condition for binding, 

 5. Neither grain nor straw are broken by this machine. 6. The 

 cylinder is long, which admits of faster and more advantageous 

 feeding ; it is smaller and with fewer teeth than ordinary thresh- 

 ers, thus admitting of more rapid motion and faster work with less 

 power ; and the diminution of teeth in the cylinder is fully made 

 up by an increased number in the concave top, which is stationa- 

 ry. 7. The seperator is a great advantage in diminishing the labor 

 of raking out the straw, as it leaves the grain in the best condition 

 for the fanning mill. Three men with a single power, can thresh 

 100 to 160 bushels of grain per day; and four men with a double 

 power, twice that quantity. All the above are compact and can 

 be carried where wanted, complete, or they may he readily taken 

 apart and packed for distant transportation by wagon or other- 

 Price of single Power, $80 

 '• Thresher. $28 

 '■ Seperator and fixtures. $7 

 '■ Bands for driving, etc.. $5 

 Wood-sawing machine, complete, and in running 

 order, $35, 

 Price of Double Power, $100 



with Thresher, Seperator, &c., $145 to $150 



All the above are sold singly or together, as desired, and are 

 warranted to work well and give satisfaction. 



Also. Taplins 20 feet circular, and the Cast Iron Sweep Powers. 

 Enquire at the New York Agricultural Wareheuse and Seed Store 

 of A. B. ALLEN & CO.. 189 and 191 Water st.. New York. 



AVHE AT ! "WHEAT ! ! 



To Wlieat Growing Farmers! Save Time and do 



your worlt ^vell I 



SAGE'S BROAD-CAST SOWER AND SPRING-TOOTH 

 HARROW, is the cheapest and most effective labor saving 

 machioe yet invented for wheat growing districts, being so simple 

 in its construction, that any ordinary workman can fit one up to 

 work with perfect accuracy, and so cheap as to be within the 

 reach of all. 



This Maehine drew the first premium at the State Fair at Syra- 

 cuse, and requires but five minutes examination, by any practical 

 farmer or mechanic, to satisfy them that it will pprform the work 

 of sowing and harrowing accurately and effectually, and with as 

 much dispatch as can reasonably be desired. 



With aM: chine that will not require more power than a com- 

 mon plow, one man and horse team can sow accurately, and har- 

 row once over. 20 or 25 acres in a day, or from one to one and a 

 half acres for every mile the team walks, according to the sizo of 

 the Machine, 



Letters Patent were obtained for the above article .A.pril 16. 

 1850. All communications, post paid, addressed to S. S SAGE. 

 Windsor. Broome county. N, Y , will receive prompt attention 



Windsor. May 20. 1850. [7-lt^] 



Seymour 6i Morgan^s Improved Reaping maclUne. 



HAVIinG observed in the last number of the Farmer, an ad- 

 vertisement by C. H, IVIcCormick, in which he alluded 10 the 

 Improved Reaping Machine, manufactured by us, we would mere- 

 ly say. in reply, that what he so respectfully states in regard to 

 our Machine being inferior to his, is not worthy of notice, from the 

 fact, that wherever the two Machines are exhibited, to those who 

 are best ealculated to judge ol their merits, ours never Jails to take 

 the preference : and the gentleman having learned from expenence 

 that he cannot compete with us in a fair business-like manner in 

 .celling, has tried to frighten us from making our machine.— 

 And now. as a last resort, he threatens the farmers, to prevent 

 them buying of us. and at the same time (very disinterestedly of 

 course,) offei'S to furnish them with his. 



We will also say to purchasers, that we have but few Machines 

 remaining unsold, and these we propose to furnish to those who 

 wish a first rate article, and- at the same time, guaranty the right 

 to use them, as we shall show Mr. McCormick. should he ever give 

 us occasion, that our only infringrmcnt is nn his bunness. and nol 

 on hispatevt. SEYMOUR & MORGAPJ. 



Brockport, June 12, 1850. [7-lt] 



Back Volumes of the Karmer we can furnish bound. 

 Also, ail wurks on Agriculture and Horticulture, Poultry, 

 Sheep, &c. 



