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OFFICIAL RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION 



In 1840 Mr. iMcCormick sold two machines, and from that time 

 gradually increased the number each year. Further improvements were 

 made in 1847. When lie adopted Mr. Husscy's cutting apparatus the 

 machines may be considered to have reached a high degree of devel- 

 opment. 



No. 13. 

 MOISSONNEUSE McCORMICK. 



Bkevetee I.E 31 Janvier 184;. 



Cette moissonneuse pretendait etre un perfectionnement de la 

 moissonneuse brevetee de Mr. McCormick en 1834, 



En 1840, Mr. McCormick vendit deux machines, et augmenta 

 graduellement leur nombre chaque annee. De nouveaux perfectionne- 

 ments furent faits en 1847. Ouand il adopta I'appareil de coupe de 

 Mr. Hussey, les machines pouvaient etre considerees comme ayant 

 attaint un degre eleve de developpement. 



No. 14. 

 RUGG'S CUTTING APPARATUS. 



Shortly after 1840 George Rugg, of Ottawa, Illinois, U. S. A., who 

 then operated a repair-shop, conceived the idea of serrating the edges of 

 the sections of Hussey's cutting apparatus. He found that for cutting 

 grain free from grass they were greatly improved by the change. 



When Mr. McCormick's machine began to be used in his neighbor- 

 hood, Mr. Rugg took out the straight sickles and applied the cutting 

 apparatus as improved by him. This improvement on Mr. Hussey's 

 cutting apparatus came into immediate use for grain-harvesting machines, 

 and now shares the labor performed by Mr. Hussey's original invention. 



No. 14. 



APPAREIL DE COUPE RUGG. 



Peu apres 1840, Georges Rugg, de Ottowa, Illinois, K. U. d'A., 

 qui dirigeait un atelier de reparations, concu I'idee de fauciller les fils 

 des sections de I'appareil de coupe dc Hussey. II trouva que pour 



