PREPARED BY THE DEERING HARVESTER COMPANY. 



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relative to the ground changed at will. Improved, it came into exten- 

 sive use, and was manufactured by D. M. Osborne & Co., of Auburn, 

 New Yoi k. 



No. 27. 



FAUCHEUSE WHEELER. 



Cette machine fut brevetee a Cyrenus Wheeler, le 6 Fevrier 1855, 

 Ce fut une des premieres machines dans laquelle Tappareil de coupe 

 pouvait monter et descendre, et se balancer et avoir sa position rela- 

 tive au sol chang-ee a volonte. Perfectionnee, elle fut en g-rand usage 

 et fut construite par D. M. Osborne & Co., d' Auburn, New- York. 



No. 28. 



HAINES' MOWING MACHINE. 



On September 5, 1855, a United States patent was granted to 

 Jonathan Haines for improvement in mowers. This was also one of the 

 early attempts, and it may be said one of the most successful attempts, 

 to secure a finger-bar and its cutting apparatus to the main frame of the 

 machine in such a manner as to permit it to rise and fall and conform to 

 the undulations of the ground in passing over a field. The finger-bar 

 was not jointed at its immediate end, as that of Mr. Hussey had been, 

 but extended stubbleward so far as to reach the whole width of the 

 gearing frame. Although placed at the rear (the machine being what is 

 now known as a rear-cut mower), long stiff rods were extended forward 

 therefrom and connected by universal joints to the main portion of the 

 gearing carriage. The bar was thus flexibly connected to the main 

 body of the machine, and could rise and fall at any point. A suitable 

 lever was provided for raising it from the ground when not cutting. 

 AVhile the machine never became extensively used, it may be considered 

 as one of the many steps of considerable importance that led to the per- 

 fected mowinof machine. 



