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AMERICAlSr AG-RICULTURIST. 
[OCTOBEE, 
THE NEW CHAMPION REAPERS AND MOWERS. 
A Wonderfnl ImproTement in HaFvestm^ MaeMnery. 
The remarkable feature of these machines is the NKW MECEAXICAIi MOVEMENT for driying the knife. 
It possesses more strength and durability than any of the best systems of gearing heretofore in use for this purpose^ and 
does airvay with nearly all the noise and friction common thereto ; the direct results being extreme 
lightness of draft, and greatly increased cutting pow er. 
The demand for Mowers and Eeapers with this movement was so great, that the supply for 187? was exhausted long 
befo-re the close of the season, and in every instance they won the yery highest commendation. Limited S23ace prevents 
copying largely from testimonials, uniformly commendatory, thousands of which hare been Tolunteered by parties who Jiaye 
purchased or expei'imented with machines during the summer of 1877. We select the following : 
" Havins: used the "New Champion in first crop and rowen, on oil kinds of land, rouirh and 
Bmooth, sidehill and level, vret grass and dry, 1 feel in dutj' bound to say that in compari- 
son with all other machines ever used on my place, (some half dozen, > it i^- the best.—^. 0. 
Kkwhall, Shelburne, Mass. 
*' I unhesitatingly pronounce the Toronto Mower QTew Champion) the best machine in 
use. I crave it the most severe test, mowing the heaviest swaths and the lightest upland 
with the greatest ease, even cutting through a large hay cock at a s.oic walk."— J. A. 
Delaiiere, Lot 24, Trafalger, Ontario, Canada. 
*' The New Champion gives first-rate satisfaction. It is particularly adapted to rough- 
uneven land."— S. A. Jacksox, Milton, Vermont. 
" The Kew Champion is equal to any emergency. I have given it a severe test. ITo lost 
motion, and no perceptible wear."— JiILTO^" Da:nce, L 'Ug Green, Md. 
"I cut over 100 acres of grass and grain tliis seas n wita the Xew Champion. It works 
admirablv on smooth, rougli. or stnny ground ; the kni.e can not be clogged, the gearing 
Is perfection, and it is the lightest draft machine I ever worked."— jEBEiiiAn Shell, 
Evan's Mills, N. T, 
" Have given the I^ew Champion a severe test in the thickest of wet, lodged grass,' across 
deep ditches, amongst stones, stumps, rocks, a id trees. It is a splendid machine, and the 
more I use it, the better I like it. It is impossible to clog it."— Geo. W. Slbley, Spencer, 
Mass. 
" I mowed 6 acres of rough, stonv land in less than 4 hours, with the Kew Champion, I 
would not exchange it for a dozen'of the other popular machines, for it draws as easy in 
heavy grass, as an empty express wagon does on the road."— Maek E. Hawkins, East 
Wallingford, Vt. 
" Witli a New Ch;impion, having n fonr-foofc six-inch cntbing-bar, we last week out a full 
acre ill an hour with s:reac eiise. •* * To sec a mower catting gra-s almo-^t siliMiilv. and 
without a gear or cog-wheet vi-;it>lr', wns something woiulertnl. lint this was done and done 
well. If sirenirth and s^mpHciiy go with dirct morion, and frier ion and heaviness of dral't 
sire le^seneil l)V the ab-enci* of ijf^ iriiiir. ih-n ""? have one mowei'iohick seenu to surpass all 
theokifavoriles."—New Ynrk S^mi-W'ppkh/ r/'Ji's, -Innis JOth, iS7;. 
"Having used the Toronto Mower. (New Championi, I take great pleasure in recom- 
mending it. It possesses every desirablf^ appliance that it is possible to combine in one 
machine."- Geo. Nelles, Cayuga, Ontario, Canada. 
"My Machine cut this season 123 acres of grass, some of it in very roush, stony, and 
stumpy ground. It cost nothing fur repairs, arid I nave no hesitation in pronouncing' it the 
best I ever used or ever saw."— John Link, Cayuga, Ontario, Canada. 
"The New Champion is the 6fsi machine I ever mounted.— L. T. Scott, Bethlehem, Ct. 
" Tliis season I tried tlie New Champion in thick bottom grass and heavy clover, with 
five other machines, and it did better work than any of the others."- Dakjel Offokd, 
Mt. Lebanon, N. Y. 
" The New Champion will do pood work where no other machine can be operated.'*— H. 
K. Davidson, Charlton Depot, Mass. 
" My New Champion is the best machine that ever went into a field. I would not ei- 
cliange it for anv two I ever saw, and I am familiar with all the standard machines now in 
use."— J. La Preike, Bmiingtun, Vermont. 
" I have usod the New Champion extensivelv this season, and it is the oplninn of all who 
have seen it work, that it excels all machines in use.'— Henry D.B. Freer, Gardiner, N.T. 
" The New Champion is a wonderful machine. Mv young and high-mettled team tried 
hard to break it, but could not.— Wsi. P. Vaenum, Dracutt, Mass. 
" We cut our crop with a New Champion, with more ease to horses and driver, than with 
anv macliine we ever used. "What puzzles us is to find out what makes it run with so much 
ease, and where it gets its power."— Johs" T. & Jajies E. Dronebukg, Frederick, Md. 
" A man will never want but one of these machines, /o?' it will last a life-time ."^—G'E.o. W. 
Harrington, Plainville. Mass. 
"I have used a mower ("with this movement) four seasons, and the extent of cash out 
for repairs has been sixii/-two cents."— B. F. Mato, "Warwick, Mass. 
" A most important, yet simple novelty in mechanics. The draft is remarkal)ly light, be- 
cause ihe absence of tlie usual gearing reduces the friction to a niininium. Stiength and 
durability are secured in the higiiest degree. We find (after a personal trial) that this pe- 
culiar movement works ia the most satisfactorv manner."— ^7)ienca7i Agriciilturist for 
May. 1SI7. 
" The New Champion, for lightness of draft, and simplicity of construction, beats any 
macliine I ever saw. No side-draft, no bearing down on horses* necke, no clogging nor 
choking. In a word, it beats the representation all hollow."— J Hudson Kase, Kueh- 
towu, Pa. 
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Machiiies \Till be on exhibition tlais fall at most of tlie County, l>i'?trict and State Fairs tbron^^bont the tTiiited States and 
Brillsh Provisiccs. At every Fair held durins: September, Triiere there was a competitive exliibition, from w^bich we have 
advices to date (Sept. 12tb), Use Ne*v Champion was awarded the highest premiums. 
The Ne-w Champion Reapers and Mowers are manufactured by Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly, Springfield, O., lor the Eastern portion of the 
U. S. ; by the Champion MMchinp Company, of Springfield, O., for the Southern and South-western portion of the U. 8. ; by Warder, Mitchell & 
Co., Springfield, O., for the Northern and North-western portion of the U. S. ; by the Toronto Reaper and Mower Company, for the Dominion 
of Oanadi*. Bold by L. H. Lee A Bro.. Baltimore, Md. ; Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly, Schenectady, N. Y. ; Champion Machine Company, Cmcinnuti, 
•<>. ; Champion Machine Company, Si. Louis, Mo.; Champion Machine Company, Omaha, Neb.; and Warder, Mitchell & Co, , Ghicago, Ills 
