THE GENESEE FARMER. 



KETCHUM'S PATENT MOWING MACHINE. 

 Howard & Co., Proprietors & Manufacturers, 



BUFFALO, N. T. 

 THIS justly celebrated machine has been steadily advan- 

 cing in pubHc favor, for its simplicity durability and ef- 

 fleiency — and it has settled the question beyond a doubt 

 that grass can be cut by Horse Power ; for during last sea- 

 son, five hundred of these machines were sold by us, and 

 universally approved of by those who used them. Farmers 

 were daily in Uie habit of cutting from ten to fifteen acres 

 per day, with ordinary driving. It leaves the grass uni- 

 formly spread over the ground, requiring no turning to 

 cure properly. In the Report of the Committee who served 

 at the Trial of Mowing and Reaping Machines, held at 

 Geneva in July last, they show fully and conclusively thifi 

 to have been th-e only macJdne in ttie fiekl whleh cut its 

 allotted two acres icithoui clogging or any i-nicm/.ptio?}, 

 doing its work admirably, and in far better manner than 

 can be done by manual labor with a scythe. Our knives 

 are not sickle-edged, consequently do not clog at every lit- 

 tle hummock or bog they may happen to come in contact 

 with. The Committee also show that there is an actual 

 saving, by the use of this machine over hand labor, of 

 $13 per day. We have only to refer those who want a 

 perfect Mowing Machine to examine the Report and judge 

 for themselves. This machine took the first premium as 

 a mower, at the trial in Springfield, Ohio : a gold medal at 

 the Fair of the American Institute, N. T., :Uso, first pre- 

 mium at the Provincial Fair at Toronto, C. W. 



They are so very compact that one of them can ho easily 

 carried in an ordinary one-horse wagon, and so ver>' simple 

 that it requires no machinist to put it together, as there arc 

 but two bolts (beside the pole bolts) to be secured to have 

 the machine ready for use, and which does not require 

 over ten minutes time. They weigh about 7o') lbs., and 

 can be worked by-any boy who can manage a team. We 

 have made all the improvements suggested by experience 

 in the way of strength, durability, &c., and sell them under 

 the following warranty : That said machines are capable of 

 cutting and spreading, with one span of horses and driver, 

 from ten to fifteen acres per day, of any kind of grasn, 

 heavy or light, wet or dry, and do "it as well as is done with 

 a scythe by the best of mowers. They are equally capable 

 of cutting barley, buckwheat, millet, &c. It is much less 

 trouble to keep "the knives in order than a scythe, as they 

 have frequently been known to cut from ten to fifteen acres 

 without sharpening, which can be done on an ordinary 

 grind-stone in a few minutes. We can give any reference 

 required, for the full performance of our machine, as above 

 stated. 



Orders should be sent in early, as we shall manufacture 

 but a limited number. The price of our machine, inclu- 

 ding two sets of knives, extra knife blades, wrench, &c„ is 

 $110, cash, in Buffalo, the machine to be delivered on board 

 of boat or cars free of charge. 



Oftice and shop, comer of Chicago street and Hamburgh 

 canal, near Eastern R. R. Depot, Bufialo. 



March, 1S53— tf. HOWARD & CO. 



^W J. RAPALJE & Co., are sole agents for the sale of 

 the above machine in Rochester, which they will BeU at 

 manufacturers' prices. 



Mantixes. 



FERTILIZERS of all kinds for sale by the subscribers. 



Improved Superphosphate of Lime, "Suporphosphato of 

 Lime — boUi the above made after the recipe of Prof. Mapes. 

 Penivian Guano, Sulphuric Acid, Bone-dust, Potash 

 SDarlingi, Pouirettc, Plaster of Paris, &c. &c. 



GEO. H. BARR & CO. 

 63 Cortland St., New York. 



EMERY'S MOWER AND REAPER. 



THE subscriber, not only having made himself practically 

 acquainted with the constnielion and working of all the 

 successful machines of this class, but having made and 

 successfully introduced several valuable improvements in 

 some classes of agricultural machinery, which have already 

 gained favorable'and world-wide reputation and adoption, 

 flatters himself that he has also made an improvement in 

 the construction of a Mower and Reaper of equal if not 

 greater merit, than any of his former improvements. 



It will sufilce to say, that while this is the most comp.act, 

 light, simple, cheap, durable, easy working machine, it is 

 at the same time the most perfectly adjustable, and ea.sily 

 convertible into a Mower or Reaper, working as perfectly 

 in either fonn as those of the best other kinds, whether 

 simple or combined. The frame itself is so suspended 

 upon the axis of the main wheel, as to be elevated and 

 depressed at pleasure, so as to secure a horizontal or in- 

 clined (forward or back) position of the whole machine, at 

 whatever elevation used, thus always having the cutting 

 works in proper posit-son. 



In reaping, a reel is used, and the raker stands erect, face 

 forward and directly behind the platform, with a support 

 about him ; the movable platform being on the same plane 

 with the frame-work at the sid^; of the discharge, and at 

 the same time about two inches above the stubble. With 

 the above introduction, and the diagrams to follow, together 

 with those in this number of the Genesee Farmer, the 

 public will have before them several machines from which 

 to make a selection before purchasing for the coming sea- 

 son, and at the same time know what they are purchasing, 

 much better than to be guided alone by impracticably 

 written and published reports of committees of public trials, 

 and be enabled to purchase only such articles as have their 

 practical as well as theoretical merits plainly pointed out, 

 or if not so pointed, to purchase only of responsible man- 

 ufacturers, who are willing to back tlieir machines by their 

 reputation and capital. 



For further particulars concerning the Reaper and Mow- 

 er above described, address 



HORACE L. EMERY, Albany, N. Y. 



March, 1S53. 



^r° E. D. HALLOCK, No. 50 State street, Rochester, is 

 agent for Western New York, and will have one put up in 

 running order in his store. Those in his vicinity wishing to 

 obtain a Reaper and Mower, are requested to call and ex- 

 amine the merits of the above machine before purchasing 

 elsewhere. 



Superphospliate of I>iiue. 



THIS extraordinary fertilizer, the effects of which as a 

 manure and general assistant to soils, has proved itself in- 

 valuable to the agriculturist. This most important cfmstit- 

 uent of the soil is being daily removed and taken up in 

 solution by plants, and unless such substance be returned 

 ttrtility must decrease and the land become poor, iLs pro- 

 moting and pushing power of growth giving strength to 

 young plants while in their tender state and fortifying them 

 for early maturity, excels over all other inanures. It is 

 some ten years since its introduction in England, where, 

 from its pronounced magic effects, its introducer received a 

 patent right from the English government. 



The progressive high repute of its properties has caused 

 the demand to increase each year. At the present time 

 some thousand ions are annually sold to the farmers. 



The subscriber has had much experience in the peculiar 

 manufacture of this manure in Europe, which leads 

 him to suppose that ho stands unequalled by any cfim- 

 petitor. Some considerable quantity was sold last season 

 and tried on various crops, the beneficial results of which 

 has caused orders for forward delivery in the coming spring 

 to a large extent. Being in a powder, it is easy in hand- 

 ling, may be drilled in with seed, sown, &c. 



To prevent deception being practiced, all packages will 

 henceforward bo branded with the maker's name. For 

 sale at the followins Agricultural warehouses : 

 LONGETT & GRIPPING, 



25 Cliff St., New York, 

 E. L. ALLEN, (late A. B. Allen & Co.,) 

 1S9 Water St., New York, 

 where purchasers may be sure of obtaining a chemically 

 pure and genuine article. 



^^ Enquire for C. B. DkBtjrg's No. 1 Superphosphate 

 of Lime. [3-3t] 



Nortliern N. Y. Live Stock Insurance Compa- 

 ny, Plattsburgh, N. Y. For terms, please apply to agents 

 of the Company. 



