Implement Show at Manchester. 
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30?. and 37?. — Has improved oil fittings, and made good work in a heavy 
crop. 
No. 4760. W. S. Underbill, Newport, Salop, l-horse reaper, price 18?. 10s. 
— Has a sparred platform, seemed light in draught, and the sheaves were well 
delivered. 
No. 411. Johnston's comhined American reaper and mower, price 25?. — 
Worked with four rakes, and made very bad work. The machine was stopped 
and two rakes taken off without better success, and it failed entirely in the 
last round. 
No. 3727. J. and F. Howard, Bedford, 2-horse reaping machine without 
self-delivery, price (with one knife-bar) 18?. — Has a tipping platform. It 
choked shortly after it started, and also got out of gear at the corner. The 
second round was very much better, no stoppages being required, and the 
sheaves, in a heavy crop, neatly made except when working leewards. 
No. 1975. Ficksley, Sims and Co., 2-horse reaper, price 18?. — Has a sparred 
platform and pole. — This machine, like all others exhibited by this firm, 
seemed very compact and well built, chiefly of iron. It did very well the first 
and second round, but the platform was then altered, after which the cutting 
was only moderately good, the horses going very badly. 
No. 3940. Samuelson and Co., combined self-raker, price 36?. — Made very 
good work, but cut ofl" a few heads owing to the way in which the crop was 
swung ; a head-saver was put on, but still a few heads were cut. The sheafing 
was superior even to manual work. 
No. 3721. J. and F. Howard, Bedford, combined 2-wheel reaper and mower, 
price (with one knife) 23?. — The frame-work of this machine is of iron, and 
solid ; the gearing is simple and compact, has a sparred tipping platform, 
and carries a spare knife-bar very neatly on the pole. The work was superb 
on all except the lee side. The change to a mower is very simple. 
No. 470. J. and F. Young, Ayr, N.B., 2-horse double road-wheel manual 
delivery reaper, price 30?. — This machine cut no ears off, but failed entirely to 
work leewards, which the exhibitor frankly confessed he never attempted 
to do with this machine. It seemed, however, a thoroughly well-made 
implement. 
No. 42. William Harkes, Knutsford, Cheshire — a new implement, as de- 
scribed in the introduction to this report. — It is made to cut either, right or 
left, to suit the way the corn is lying. The width of cut is 4 feeti3 inches. 
Price 25?. The cutting was moderately good when going against the lie of 
the corn, but the reverse cutting leewards. 
No. 1977. Picksley, Sims and Co., l-horse combined reaper and mower, 
price (with three knives) 20?. — Fitted witli a pole for two light horses ; cut 
and delivered well in a thin crop. A well-made machine. 
No. 482. Walter A. Wood, 77, Upper Thames Street, London, E.G., com- 
bined mowing and reaping machine, with side-delivery, price (with two knives 
and all extras) 22?. — This machine, chiefly constructed of wood, has two 
wheels, only one driving, cutter-bar jointed for grass, rigid for corn ; smooth 
knife for grass, serrated for corn. 
The appearance of this machine, in the midst of a large crowd of people, 
excited universal attention ; it was drawn by a pair of light thoroughbred 
horses adorned with carriage harness and small American and English flags at 
the horses' ears ; the driver was the picture of an American athlete, and the 
entire turn-out seemed as if it would " whip creation." Mr. Grifiin, repre- 
senting Mr. Wood, of New York State, was evidently disappointed at the 
difficulty he experienced in attempting to cut and deliver this half-ripe rye. 
The machine was stopped and a rake taken off, after which it worked a little 
better. The opinion of the Judges, however, was, that whatever eminence 
Mr. Wood's machine has attained on the other side of the Atlantic, it has 
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