[April, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
1819 .] 
INTERNATIONAL EX POSITION AT PARIS, 1878. 
A GLORIOUS VICTORY ! 
_ FOR THE 
Champion Reapers & Mowers. 
completed the display, and kept a constant crowd of admirers from the opening until the closing day — from May 1st nntil 15th of November. The trials of Harvesting Machinery in 
the field were looked forward to with great interest, and on the 22nd of July, at Mortmant, 15 leagues from Paris. 20.000 eager visitors were on the ground, full of anxiety to see the 
work and mark the results; A lengthened and severe test of three days, resulted in a. signal and indisputable Victory for the Champion Machines over all its 
competitors. The French authorities have not yet published -their report of the trials, with which we shall furnish our readers just as soon Vis obtained ; but In the mean time, 
the report, which we give below, of an official Dynamometrical draft test of Single Reapers made at “ Grignon,” the leading Agricultural Institute of France, in August, 1878, is 
another convincing proof of the Great Superiority of the “ Champion ” Machines, for their lightness of Draft, as well as for their general advantages 
over all competitors. Farmers will he more than ever satisfied, that the “Champions,” which, in every well conducted trial, in America or Europe, almost in¬ 
variably carry off rbo honors of the field, are certainly the machines to be preferred. 
Extract from Report of Trials of Single Reapers at Crignon, France, 1878. 
Machines. 
Equivalent in United States weight to. 
Rolling draught when not at work. 
Equal in United States weight to. 
CHAMPION. 
Wood. 
Johnston. 
74 kilo’s. 
112 kilo’s. 
130 kilo’s. 
103 lbs. 
248 lbs. 
286 lbs. 
32 kilo’s. 
45 kilo’s. 
94 kilo’s. 
70 lbs. 
99 lbs. 
206 lbs. 
Several American manufacturers had sam¬ 
ples of their Automatic Binders and Reapers, 
and were regarded as entitled to awards for 
the merits of their several inventions. The 
“Champion” had no Binders there, and con¬ 
sequently was not in competition with them. 
No other than the “ Champion ” — having on¬ 
ly Reapers and Mowers on exhibition — 
were awarded 
Osborne. 
160 kilo’s. 
330 lbs. 
58 kilo’s. 
127 lbs. 
"2 GOLD MEDALS 
AND A 
WOKK OF AUT 
For EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 
for work done in the field.” ^ _ 
field.” ’ -:- 
The Champion Reapers and Mowers are manufactured by Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly, Springfield, O., for the Eastern por¬ 
tion of the t, S.; by the Champion Machine Company, of Springfield, O., for the Southern and South-western portion of the 
U. S.; by Warder, Mitchell «fe 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 Canada. Sold by I. H. Lee & Bro., Baltimore, Md.; Whiteley, Passler & 
Kelly, Schenectady, N. Y. ; Champion Machine Company, Cincinnati, O.; Champion Machine Company, St. Louis, Mo.; 
Champion Machine Company, Omaha, Neb. ; and Warder, Mitchell & Co., Chicago, Ills. 
AWARDED 2 GOLD MEDALS AND A WORK OF ART. 
The Display of these Machines was one of the greatest attractions in the Agricultural Machinery Department. 
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