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Un appareil do ratelajre automatique tut adoptee, par un meca- 

 nisme conveiiable, a avoir un mouvement orbitaire sur la platetorme de 

 reception et a delivrer la paille coupee en javelles pretes a etre liees 

 L'appareil de coupe etait mis en mouvement par une mamvelle, a3-ant 

 sur son arbre une lourde roue balancee pour fournir le momentum 

 necessaire pour aider dispositifs de coupe a faire leur travail. 

 L'illustrati.m ci-dessus est une photo-g-ravure en miniature. 



No. 79. 

 SMITH'S MOW INC. MACHINE. 

 In 1811 a mowing machine was made in England by Smith, of 

 "Deanston." In this machine a rotary disk served as a cutting device, 

 the edge of which projected from beneath a drum. The latter served 

 merely'^to deflect the cut grass sideward and deliver it in the form of a 

 narrow swath. The machine was provided with a tongue at rear to which 

 horses were connected. Within the cylinder were placed supplemental 

 supporting wheels, which prevented the draft of the team from tipping 

 the machtne forward. The cutting disk was made adjustable in its 

 height from the ground by means within the control of the attendant, 

 who walked at the rear of the team. 



Ratchets and pawls were shown in the main driving-wheels, in order 

 that the action of the cutting apparatus might not be affected when turn- 

 ing corners in the field. Clutch devices for throwing the cutting appa- 

 ratus into and out of action were also provided. 



The machine was used to a considerable extent, and we find in the 

 "Farmers' Magazine," referred to below, that it did not fall far short of 

 a perfect success. 



The art of harvesting grass and grain may be said to have been 

 enriched in the following respect, which we quote from the Encyclopedia 

 Edensis: "By a particular apparatus he [the operator] can raise or lower 

 the cutter when an obstacle is in the way or in going from one field to 

 another. " 



