42 



OFFICIAL RI'TROSPECTINI' I'.Xl 1 1 1'.ITION 



etait a Tavant des roues prinoipales do support ot entre Tappareil et 

 les roues so trouvait uu ooiuluotour sans tin, ditToront docolui do l>o!l on 

 CO cju'il olait jjIuoo horizontalotnont ot qu'il so jjrolonjuoait extoriouro- 

 raent ct vors lo haut ot otait adapto a dolivror lo i^rain coupo dans un 

 wag'on so trouvant a coto do la niachino. 



S<in porlootionnoniont otait un ij^rand i)r()tiros ot la machine est 

 maintornant bion on usay-o dans los controos aridos du ct)ntinent 

 amoricain. 



Des Ic debut I'apparoil dc coupo ilussoy fut oniployo dans ces 

 machines. Le modole montre, dont la plioto«;-raphure ci dessus est une 

 reproduction, ost lo i^'onro actuolloniont y:n usag"e. 



No. 21. 



SEYMOUR'S SELF-RAKING RI:A1MX(; MACHINE. 



On July 8, 185 i, a United States patent was granted to William H. 

 Seymour for improvement in reaping machines. The improvements 

 were of great value, and went into immediate use. He so proportioned 

 the parts that the line of draft was well grainward from the single driv- 

 ing-wheel, and applied to the machine an automatic rake. 'I'he cutting 

 device was of the then well-known Hussey type. The rake, geared from 

 the main supporting wheel, was adapted to travel forward in an elevated 

 position, drop into the accumulated grain, and sweep it in an arc of a 

 circle rearwardly and sidewardly, thus delivering it outside of the path 

 of the team on the following round. 



As improved, these machines were extensively manufactured by 

 Seymour ^: .Morgan, who made valuable improvement from time to time, 

 and were among the very earliest to manufacture self-rukiug reapers. 



No. 21. 

 l.A MACHIXI': /\ MOISSONXER SEVMOUR. 

 Le 8 Juillet \H=>1, un brevet des Etats-Unis fut accorde ^William 

 H. Seymour ])our ])orfectionnemcnt dans les machines A moissonner. 



