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THE : APEET CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
(May 21, 1864. 
t I was never to have a premium, however excel- | 
lent the ict ipa J eas ^ He then ye 
avow 
ard 
elio r of "that resolu- 
tion ; aud he set to work to “defend himself a those 
who acted with 
een 
e of my 
years. 
thereto, and act for t 
it was t o p 
their own interest inn wid he 
the sale of Aree owns eet this fence two years afer 
risi in the breaking of the Agricultural Society in 
yneside ; zs Dit Shorthornel Lor that district, 
i e bes s I r knew, far 
ole, Ł 
vario ous s improvemenis were effected, but from errors | 
in judgment, and carelessness in manufacture, they 
| gave general dissatisfaction. 
cut through the wet ro without 
choking, when out amo ng those on the 
list for a final tri: 
Havin; i 
g tting 
ff in shoes it it occu 
e 
ing i 
> 
1837, at the 
tha, ves ge ‘of a 
good Short-horn Tas Tyne side in No impete cd 
and the premiums were nearly all carried away 
peri seil I brin districts ; F and wi ith t the de 
man vrai men oly never r again will become want 
to what it once was, while i in be parts of the king- 
dom the agri icultural provements have greatly 
—— is ought to x warning to all other 
agi socie eties to prevent the conductors thereof 
cline or MUN was in 
fell ET Pad Lacus ded n | in 
tl s Eo 
tep 1 
1 the skeaf P the “alting: bens di to the 
e labour of lifting the 
ject. 
ar y gre ol details of his 
vention for the inserting of the band at the en 
the tilting-board. We ey i 
advantage clajmed by ay, in 
delivery ya the qe Dd the sheaf, is that it saves the 
Be that is always occasioned by having the shesves | - 
urned twice Mess 
interest, instead o publie adva: ntage ; for 
held, and ever il hod? tbat the prosperity 
landed int erest, I mean landlord, tenant, and deam. 
iati state. tends to the prosperity of every other class 
in 
la add further, that I showed Mr. Whit- 
taker, Mr. doc of Farnley Hall, and others wit 
them, the Belvi ee 
s 
he | hi 
parts of the 
d bands, rece 
Unde every system of reaping corn a band has to |) 
be ie tut “shen 7 Pree whether cut by the 
way, or under my 
being required pu 
| ordinary system of laying of the Men es different 
work I calculated thus:—Making the 
d 
4-12ths; tying 'and sto oking, 5-12ths— 
Under r my system, the lifting of the shea 
. before them that it arose from Norfolk? 
pons ain MACHINE ere 
r hands | 
new improved | 
pare pees to his narrative, he 
, About the end of harvest, 1858, shearers got very | 
st hands, as usual, having vns off to | 
Berwickshire, leaving me with a few bothy girls, their | 8° 
cousins, brothers ‘day &c., to cut a field of " and | 
of ‘spring dads They form era very | 
mi ; but I fo shearing P 
ed to have a | 
dh ifüculty was to get | 
one that would give vnm bother than shearers. Bells | 
was the only one at work in e district, and from | 
ould learn 
anything I c 
tisfi 
ns, informed me that 
Areg could cut ves as well as d that 
was 25 made some ae iind e ai one. 
T. Hots, Fenton eme seeds Mr. Boushiell, Bonnington, | 
x MAN, 
of the whole labour is saved—that is Sr, ent. 
| Saved by no eme being left, and or no 
a aon or raking required, 6{—total saving, 40 per 
isa the lower district of this coun 
following the machine generally work in in is 
and the | man ties and stooks. In the higher didis 
. follow 
the people 
Two 
ba: 
en make the 
The three 
b 
three, ah arriving 
wee 100 Tul K collectively, 300 yards has been 
velled. The three then march back, gather up bo 
dts that are scat ttered about, and perforin a 
x Re 300 yards ; o a total of 6 
to lift, tie, NA took 100 etch 
system ‘ly one i 
goes, and having e heads to gat 
to come back, and lift 100 yards ots 
100 yards. By working in 
the e ground, ~ travelled over six times; by WórkH i in | 
wey: four by one Lia s and no TRA 1 
sam 
br drawi ing iba a pm penes wad filling the machi jae | 
When the bore rses are fast ,8 machine cap abl id T4 
e horses si endi, 4 feet 9 inches 
y be ©, thus saving both horses and pela of | 
about 1-5h of the travel. e 
With 
| teh machines at could not get o on with | 
ie Oi Getting 0a get a 
sheaf. The | girls ra eir 
à mess vine 
tof uM horses from wired whe which 
ium bar was the only 
Obviated next tend putting on another 
"i Edinburgh Corn E 
taken for the purpose of “showing, as cfs as it. was | 
practicable at vce of. the season, Mo EY of cose reserv: 
DREN "oae 
début at ANE and also | e 
journey, In nade 
of good horses, with a man and | 
| boy s rake irl ti 
Wednesday the 23d the machine was exhibited in the | 
xchange, and on the ons day it was | 
= to work ta the — of Mr. Herdman 
ing a fair one of Wheat. Th 
pro 
h laid 
boe the ‘ane p cut Wheat 
vig of the — a 
when hae cud the machine made 
iy 26th.—Cut Oats and Wheat on the f. of 
Fioroni Paddock eed po gnats where there, van a larg a 
ance p 
goi Lr 
ko 
bue oniy time n amy (um noy, the borma were - forward 
ü The argo 
| tra’ 
. these penAan remarks, I now Lc to Es and n 
der- | se first-rate 
n 
ange- | a 
o follow the machine and put | w 
[: į single EA Aa dere 
ES 
Cut Oats and Wheat very much twisted, on Gle en, the pr 
of pe EN of Hamilton, Stirlingshire. on trial, Property 
a of the weather and the character of the ero a a 
so consol os rs I could have wished. The Pr was 
to Stirling that night. e horses ee ‘ave sled 
uesday 29th.—The weather no 
farm of Tee, Robertson, Pg 
ei oni 5 zx D" 
b sp Wheat on the 
were of <a old 
ae at the Y- 
un S - she: eav Misc thus ‘ear 
mber o; of the 
Stirling wen 
med to give 
may 
OMA § m this vin of "the "country isto twist 
the tern ge R? aro 
itu xd upp A 
farmers, and. Almost a alt the EE makani " 8 
nt. e worked well, and s 
‘ow 
mee 
Wednesday: au. The weather still bad. Cut 
n the 
t Wheat- 
gon of Mr. s Wingate, Loose, Ms s 
e hor 
ua andin ng t iu he work 
ihe pele’ Miren ie os Prose 
y ee. od duae tober 1.—Cut Oats—partly heav 
n the farm of Mr, Finlay, New Furi Yoram 
ard in 
and oí others, 
—Cut a quantity of Oats, kin, 
on the farm of Mr. Prentice, Benkhe ai 
n weather had by this time cleared mL 
and € was à E rcg improvement in the qualit H 
the done. e ance of spec i 
amongst others the Earl of eeu € 
mp tete work. The horses went on to 
Mon "igna Cut Oats on the farm of Mr. M 
bizéing, Tont Perth. The tend very sot and u: 
machine, and the horses, thei 
showed, ‘oe the first time, yi ptom 
work, rA Mei was well and all pre 
pte eased. Imay mention here that 
were put up the ame night t with 
Mains. 
Tuesda 6th 
ie New: 
sent seemed much 
t the horses and workers 
Mr. Hall, late of Amistield 
—Cut a goodish crop of Oats on the farm otn 
North Dowald. Part of the field extremely un 
rs Ro ber on, 
suitable fora renuit pees poe ane Aper much Jai 
tw ers the 
ork don: prised every fm 
7th. —Tru YE the machine from 
griet tò ala Ba rail WK er they ‘arrived same day. After 
ia preety xhibited in fro: ere n E 
rigg, abou Glasgo! 
ice we eut black Oats a the feri of Mr. Craig, Backley, 
int me Ne pS As i mber of farmers aud others, ‘The 
furr Y deep, notwithstanding which the 
machine did its orbs pe ell. e horses returned same night 
i o as; and next morning "eft for Hamilton. 
Tel ay Sth —Cut Black ie on € tob of*Mr. thee 
Pe land lying i d gene and A he 
n our journey 
There was a large 
Travelled on to 
The ho 
Friday 9th. eut tod finest. Oats we had mi 
on a = — ma ae 
atten ork well done. 
Big ar ye inoa 
atm rda: 10th. is a A) Short crop of Oats on the farm of 
acken Hillriggs. Suceosded; noiwitriading t "d 
nti of "dd igawe in plac’ e band regularly beneati 
thesheaf. Horses went on to 
IT nday 12th.—Cut Wheat—a sie 'op—on the f: 
r. Nicol, of Ke n end near the Tw The e eri ms 
3 feet 1 a n length, and much 1 aid, t the yaa 
i wel 
uesday 13th. —Expeoted to get grain at Galashiels, but was 
aise den ointed. rap 
Wednesday 14th.—Cut a fine crop of Oats, grown pub 
reclaimed land, on the farm of Mr. Simson, Blainsiie, Lauder. 
On ws ame field one of Samuelson's self-delivery reapers Bre 
atw The pace of both implements seemed to be neatly 
of bearded Wheat on 
sgh Dunse. a eiela 
on's one-horse side 
zu h.—Cut a splendid e 
the fa ob ir. Torrence, €. naa 
écif-deliveret, and M -— s ao cker! 
de! “Friday masons X ue he m tg the stb 
inn ay 16th.—Cut Barle deny shortin 
PM r. Crow, Sc iteration n, near Berwick. The mi 
ertised was not very 
Mr. Cro 
Bo 
E 
| wor rk w 
Ther Batak 
= mfes anà cuttin 
Pe 
I ca 
| expressing m 
selves, and also fot the 
where recet 
e Corres ondence. 
af mbankments 
wa invest 257. in another | turn out of spec 
x horses worth 807. | Particul: Wheat, 
esent, as reaping mac 
ouptry. 
practi 
Monday 28th.. ~The weatlier extremely wet end disagreeable. 
ES general satis satis- 
Apo to my pede tank about 30 fe 
