PREPARED BY THE DEERING HARVESTER COMPANY. 19 



1851, ou la machine Hussey fut montree et ou, dans un concours, 

 devant jury, elle obtint un vote unanime de superiorite sur la machine 

 McCormick, qui seule prenait part au concours. La machine ici 

 montree fut construite en 1864. 



No. 6. 



RANDALL'S REAPING MACHINE. 



The machine represented in the above illustration was manufactured 

 by Abram Randall in 1833. The model from which the photograph was 

 taken is one-fifth size, and is a careful reproduction from an engraving 

 and description found in a remonstrance of the citizens of New York 

 against the renewal of the patent granted to C. H. McCormick, June 31, 

 1834. Said remonstrance was filed early in 1848, and is now in the 

 United States Patent Office. It will be seen that this machine lacked 

 little of meeting all the requirements of a hand-rake reaper. A suitable 

 reel, divider, cutting apparatus, grain-receiving platform, and stand for 

 the raker were provided. The machine was drawn and motion given to 

 the parts from supporting wheels. Its cutting apparatus consisted of 

 shears. Aside from the great difficulty of keeping the latter in order, 

 it is self-evident the machine was a practical success. Its divider is of 

 the modern type, and the reel is well proportioned. This machine was 

 operated in the harvest of 1833. 



No. 6. 



LA MOISSONNEUSE RANDALL. 



La machine representee dans Tillustration ci-dessus fut construite 

 par Abram Randall en 1833. Le modele dont la photographic fut prise 

 est un cinquieme de la dimension et est une reproduction bien exacte 

 d'une estampe et d'une description trouvees dans une remontrance des 

 habitants de New York centre le renouvellement du brevet octroye a C. 

 H. McCormick, le 31 Juin 1834. Dite remontrance fut mise au dossier, 

 au commencement de 1848 et se trouve actuellement dans le Bureau 



