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NEW CHAMPION MOWER. 
1'liis peculiar Machine is unlike any other ever made, and is a new departure in 
the construction and mode of operating Mowing Machines. 
The draft is light; in operation 
it is nearly noisi-less; and its 
adaptation to various kinds of 
work most extraordinary. The 
operator lias the most PER¬ 
FECT CONTROL, of the ma¬ 
chine when at work. The knife 
will run at any angle, and in any 
position in which it can beplaced. 
I The machine will work with 
equal facility over stones, 
stumps, among trees, on 
heavy hill-sides, through 
gullies, over ridges, in 
sinampy marsh and over 
bog; in the shortest and 
down grass, whether lay¬ 
ing to or from the machine, 
and in the TALLEST 
CROP to be cut. The machine 
can he instantly adjusted while in 
operation to cut low, to take up 
lodged and very short grass, or 
to cut over rough ground, wher¬ 
ever it is desirable to cut the crop 
higli; and both ends of the cutting 
apparatus may be carried en¬ 
tirely above the ground, at any 
distance, FROM AN INCH TO 
ONE FOOT. The bar may 
be lifted to an upright posi¬ 
tion to pass a tree, remove 
any lodgment, or to free 
the guards. 
The machines can be IN¬ 
ST AFT EY THROWN OUT OF 
HE AII and can be put into work- 
in ' order in a moment’s time, and 
without the operator leaving his 
seat or stopping the team. The 
WHEELS ARE WIDE APART, to 
stride the swath, and leave the 
grass unmolested. The steady, 
uniform, and powerful move¬ 
ment of the knife is the crowning 
feature of success. There are but 
two small cog-wheels in the ma¬ 
chine, and they are about the size 
i f a dinner plate. There is uo 
Pitman and no gearing in 
the drive-wheels. The gear¬ 
ing is enclosed by one small disk 
or rim, perfectly protecting it 
from d rt. One of the great 
features of this machine is 
discarding the old style oi 
quick running gearing, and 
consequently dispensing 
with the frame work, here¬ 
tofore employed to carry 
the gearing. 
WELL DESERVED AND CONVINCING TESTIMONY. 
THE NEW CHAMPION never received a faint-hearted endorsement. We pre¬ 
sent a few tersely stated commendations : 
“ I cut over 100 acres of hay and grain one season, and 
it did ils work perfectly.”— ,T. Shell, Evans Mills, N. J. 
”1 value the Noiseless Action, and its reliability in 
hard-cutting, among its highest qualifications.” — J. 
Coggeshall, Middletown, R. I. 
‘•It is a powerful cutter, very light draft, durable, and 
completely under the control of the driver.”— Timothy 
S. Ford, Lowell, Mass. 
*■ It tails through thick and thin; does not choke.”—D. 
Hodges, Lawn Ridge, III. 
“The new movement is the longest stride ever taken 
in Mowing Machine Improvements.”— G. L. Goodrich, 
Newlmryport, Mass. 
“It works like a charm, it is the most complete and 
perfect machine I ever saw.” — Thomas Monteitii, 
Monteith, Mich. 
“As to easy draft it can not be beat. I used but one 
horse on a two-horse machine.”— S. N. Sanders, North 
Sudbury. 
“ It excells all machines in use at present.”—H enry D. 
B. Freer, Gardner, N. Y. 
“I did not have to throw the machine out of gear, or 
stop the team, to pass a tree.”— Albert Graham, John¬ 
son’s, N. Y. 
“I would not exchange it for any other, and its price 
added. ’’—John B. Palmer, Wilton, Maine. 
“ It cuts where other mowers failed. I regard it as 
ahead of all machines I ever saw.”— James II. Thomp¬ 
son, Bu-lnveil, Ill. 
“ What puzzles ns is to find out what makes it run with 
so much ease, and where it gets its power.” — J. T. & J. 
A. HnoNEBUitG, Frederick, Md. 
.“I have cut among stumps, and over gutters, without 
injuring the machine in the least.”—R. B. Williams, 
Hazlettvillr, Del. 
“ Farmers, when you try it, you will buy no other.”— 
D. Shook, Rhinebeck, N. Y. 
“I have used a mower (with this movement) four sea¬ 
sons. and the extent of cash out for repairs lias been sixty- 
two cents:'— E. F. Mayo, Warwick, Mass. 
“Tile New Champion is equal to any emergency. I 
have given it a severe test. No lost motion, and no per¬ 
ceptible wear.”—M ilton Dance. Long Green, Md. 
“A man will never want, but one of these machines, 
for it will last a life-time."— Geo. W. Harrington, Plaiu- 
ville, Mass. 
There was no special effort made during the last Fair season to secure awards of Premium for the New Cham¬ 
pion Mower. But wherever it was convenient for our agents to exhibit it they did so. always, however, fur the pur¬ 
pose of presenting it to the attention of farmers, rather than for that of competing for the premiums. Yet it bore 
away from every Fair and Agricultural Exhibition at which it was present, with only one or two exceptions, the 
First Honors—the Red Ribbons. 
For Descriptive Pamphlet address! Wliiteley, Passler <fc Kelly, Tlie Champion 
Machine Company, and Warder, Mitchell & Co., Springfield, ©.; and The Toronto 
Reaper and Mower Company, Toronto, Canada. 
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