liNCiLlSll I'UliLICATlONS. V<1 



the dclu<;o aiiJ hurricane of that chsastrous clay, came off on Satur- 

 day, tlie 27th. The trial was one of great severit)', the crops of 

 Wheat and liarlcy were laid, and the straw damp and soft. The 

 laurels so recently placed upon the brow of Mr. M'Cormick have been 

 plucked off -not wholly, but in great part — by his fellow countryman. 

 Mr. Husscy. Both the machines proved their ability to do good work, 

 but Mr. Ilussey's attested its superiority; and the Knglish farmer has 

 now seen, thanks to Prince Albert and the Exhibition of Works of 

 Intlustry, that his corn and grasses, hitherto slowly and laboriously 

 reaped witii the sickle and the scythe, may now be plained off the 

 land, in five feet breadth, as rapidly as a horse can trot." 



"A trial has taken place before the Cleveland Agricultural Society 

 of the respective merits of M'Cormick's and Hussey's American Reap- 

 ing Machines, and the report of the jury of practical men. appointed 

 by the consent of both parties to decide the question of merit is favor- 

 able to the latter Implement. This Decision throws considerable 



DOURT UPON THE JUSTICE OF THE AWARD OF A GREAT MEDAL AT THE 



EXHIBITION TO M'Cokmick's." — LondoH Ti?nes, Oct. 7. 



Following u[)on its success at Clev'eland, the proprietors were in- 

 vited to exhibit the Machine at the Barnard Castle Agricultural 

 Society, Lord Harry \-a.x\&, president. 



Barnard Castle, Oct. 8, 185 1. 



The undersigned President, Vice Presidents, and members of the 

 Barnard Castle Agricultural Society and others who have witnessed the 

 working of the American Reaping Machine, invented by Mr. Hussey, 



do CERTIFY THEIK UNQUALIFIED APPROVAL OF ITS OPERATIONS AND 

 ENTIRE SUCCESS. 



LORD HARRY VAN?:, President. 

 W. F. WHARTON, Vice President. 



John Mitchell, V. P., Forcett Hall, Yorkshire, Esq. 



J. S. Edgar, M. D., Barnard Castle, Esq. 



John Dickonson Holmes, Barnard Castle, Solicitor. 



George P. Harrison, Porcett, Yorkshire, P^sq., Farmer. 



P2dvvard Scaith, Keverston, near Darlington, Esq.. Farmer, and 

 Assistant Draining Commissioner. 



Thomas Robinson, Hutton Hall, near Richmond. Yorkshire, Esq., 

 Farmer. 



Richard Ka\', Forcett \'alle)'. near Darlington, P^sq., Farmer. 



William Plarrison, Greta Bridge, Yorkshire. Esq., Farmer. 



Thomas Carter, Scales, near Richmond, Esq., Farmer. 



Jno. Whitfield, London, Esq. 



Rev. Thomas Boys Croomc, Scotland. 



William Watson, Junr., Barnard Castle, Solicitor. 



J. R. Monkhouse, Barnard Castle, ALanufacturer. 



Samuel Nelson, of Scaife House, near Staindrop, Durham, Esq., 

 Farmer. 



William Thompson, Lanehead, near Ovington, Yorkshire, Esq., 

 Planner. 



