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reason that a mill will choak when the corn goes in faster than the meal 

 comes out. A skillful hand would have lowered the cut at the axle of 

 the machine, and broufijht the platform horizontal or lowest at the rear, 

 as it should be in cutting wet grain. 



The following pages will show the result, the authenticit\- of which, 

 if doubted, will be proved by the production of the originals in my 

 possession. OHKD HUSSEV. 



Baltimore, Aid., Jan. i, ICS52. 



}-'ro)n the Hull yiiiii:;hind^ Ad^'crtiscr, Sept. 5, 1851. 



At the annual meeting on Mr. Mechi's Farm at Tiptree Heath, a 

 few weeks ago, a brief report of which appeared in the Hull Adver- 

 tiser at the time, several reaping machines were tested, the result then 

 being that one manufactured and invented by Mr McCormick, of 

 America, was the only one which was considered to have done its 

 work properh'. Amongst those tried, was one invented and manu- 

 factured by Mr. O. Hussey, Baltimore, Md. (U.S.) which in theoj)inion 

 of gentlemen then present, did not fully accomplish the object in view. 

 It should, howcxer be mentioned, that while Mr. McCormick's machine 

 had on that trial the ad\antage of the superintendence of persons inti- 

 mately acquainted with its mechanism, and who had been accustomed 

 to the working of the machine for some years, Mr. Hussey's invention 

 was (in the absence of the inventor) in the hands of persons entirely 

 unacquainted with the proper mode of working it. Since then Mr. 

 Hussey himself has come over to England, in order to superintend his 

 machine, and the result has been that it is now brought out to receive 

 a thorough trial of its merits, 



The trial of Wedncsda}', however, was the best. It took place in a 

 field belonging to Mr. Coskill, Gro\ehill Eane, Beverly. There was 

 assembled during the day a great number of farmers and gentlemen 

 interested in agriculture, who witnessed the trial with great interest. 



The wheat in this case was very much "laid;" indeed in many 

 places it was almost flat on the ground. It therefore afforded one of 

 the best opportunities tor judging of the capabilities of the machine 

 under disad\antageous circumstances that could possibly occur. 



On the whole, the conclusion come to was, that the reaping was 

 done as well by machine as by hand. No one doubted for a moment 

 that it would cut corn well where it was standing; but some farmers 

 thought it would not equal the scythe where the corn was laid. The 

 result, however, showed the contrar)', and every person acknowledged 

 that it had succeeded admirabl)-. After cutting a large quantity of 

 wheat, the machine was taken into another field, and after a slight 

 alteration, set to work to cut clover. We understand that on the da\- 

 before previous to coming to Hull, it had been tried on clo\-er and cut 

 it extremely well. 



y\s the machine cut along it was followed closely by groujjs of 

 farmers striving hard to fiiul flaws in its performance. But they could 

 not. On the contrary, in those {)laces where the corn was most "laid. ' 

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