MOWERS AXD KEAPEES. 



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in all mowing and reaping machines, was invented by 

 Henry Ogle, of Alnwick, England, in 1822, and his machine 

 was put in successful operation, after much experimenting, 

 by T. & J. Brown, of that place. But so strong was the prej- 

 udice of the working people against labor-saving machine- 

 ry, that they threatened to kill the manufacturers if they 

 persevered ; and the enterprise for a time was given up.* 

 The limits of this work permit only a brief notice of 

 some of the chief Fig. it5. 



points in mow- 

 ers and reapers ; 

 and a few ma- 

 chines are refer- 

 red to, out of a 

 large number of -' 

 kinds, which are "^^m 

 made in the dif- 

 ferent States, 



and which have ..^^^^^^^.=^.,..., 



proved them- The Kirby Machine as a Moiver. 



selves worthy of the confidence of farmers. 



Fig. 17G. The operation of 



mowing is shown in 

 fig. 175, which rep- 

 resents the Kirby 

 mower, one of the 

 best single -wheel 

 machines, cutting a 

 swath five feet 

 wide, as fast as the 

 horses advance. 

 Buckeye Mmver with Fdded Bar. Various contriv- 



ances are adopted for lifting or folding the cutter-bar when 

 the machine is not in operation, or in passing from one field 



* Woodcroft. 



