AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
191 
KETCHUM’S COMBINED HARVESTER. 
IMPROVE© 1858 
H.E AFE 
SWING OF EXPENSE OF 
DRIVER. 
Many farmers drive and rake 
the grain off the platform. A 
little practice will enable any one 
to do it. 
TEAM. 
One light team can work this 
Harvester all day. In changing 
Mower to a Reaper, the 
main wheel is enlarged; which 
lessens the motion of the knives 
and diminishes the draft about 
one-third. 
The change is effected simply 
fid quickly, by bolting sections 
to the wheel, and the platform to 
the cutter bar. 
REEL. 
It being expressed by many far¬ 
mers, that if, with the present ad¬ 
vantages of the Ketchum Machine 
as a Mower, a reel could be at¬ 
tached for reaping, it would 
as a Reaper. A 
Reel has been added, which is 
and easily attached. 
to 
At the U. S. Trial at Syracuse 
on the trial test of Draft of 14 
Reapers, the one that had th« 
greatest Draft was Rufus Dut¬ 
ton’s, which was 543 lbs.—and 
the one that had the lightest 
Draft was Ketchum’s, which 
was 330 lbs.—being a difference 
of 213 lbs—nearly one half,— 
and making a difference in the 
Draft of the two machines for 
one day’s work of 10 hours of 
1,633,284,000 lbs. Sixteen hun¬ 
dred and thirty-three millions 
two hundred and eighty-foui 
thousand pounds!! 
FARMERS look at this. These figures are really startling, and should cause farmers to ponder and look carefully at the draft of Machines before they buy. The Ketchum 
Machine has been improved in this respect beyond any other machine in use. Our constant study has been to combine a certain power, momentum ana strength, with the 
lightest draft, of any machine in the world. The above calculations are based upon trials and tests, made by the U. S. Agricultural Society. It is true that tne Ketchum 
Machine, when first introduced to the public, had more draft than was desirable, but in this respect it has been improved from year to year, and now is the lightest draft of any in 
use, as the above figures clearly demonstrate 
S3 Jh. MOWER. 
GEARING. 
The main shaft rests in boxes on 
this frame, and the Gearing is at¬ 
tached in such a manner that there 
can be no cramping of the gear, or 
racking of the frame. This arrange¬ 
ment secures the requisite and a 
uniform speed of the knives. 
ADJUSTABLE ROLLER WITH 
LEVER. 
This is another improvement, 
which adds very much to the value 
of the Mower. The driver on his 
seat can elevate the cutter bar to 
any desired hight, and permanent¬ 
ly fasten the fame for removal; 
this has long been a desideratum, to 
aid in backing, in turning corners, 
in passing over obstructions, in 
going from field to field, or passing 
along the load. 
ROLLER IN OUTER SHOE 
Asma] stationary Roller is placed 
in the outer shoe, on which the fin¬ 
ger-bar lightly rests, thus diminish¬ 
ing the draft of the machine. 
GUARDS. 
We have improved our Guards, 
from the results of experience, which 
are strong, well braced and will not 
clog. 
FRAME. 
There is no frame surrounding 
the wheel, but it is located mainly 
In the interior of the wheel. 
MATERIALS. 
None but the best are used, and great pains are taken in selecting the very best quality of iron, made expressly for this machine. As to durability, simplicity, power and 
general adaptation to the wants of farmers, the Ketchum Machine stands unrivaled. 
KNIFE, OR KNIFE SECTIONS. 
These are made of the best of steel, with an oblong hole in the centre, to prevent clogging, and belong exclusively to the Ketchum Machine. 
PATENTS. 
It is well settled that a good machine will contain more or less of Ketchum’s Patents. In the series of his inventions, there was secured to him by one patent, the altach- 
ment of the cutters, below the frame, arid opposite the plane of the wheel in such a manner as to leave unobstructed space below the frame, and between the heel of the cut¬ 
ters with their supports and the wheel, so as to pass over the cut grass or grain without clogging; by another, the extension of the shoe upward and forward, and connecting 
with the draft of the machine ; and supporting the rack or finger-bar by means of auxiliary framing, back of and above said finger bar; by another Patent, a very important 
result is attained, by placing upon the outer end of the cutter-bar, in close proximity to it, a hinged track clearer, at an acute angle with the cutter-bar, which rises and falls 
with the uneven surface of the ground, and turns the grass in, as it falls back from the cutters, and separates the cut from the uncut grass. By another Patent assigned to the 
proprietors, the open triangular tooth, or triangular hollow tooth, is secured exclusively to the Ketchum Machine. By another Patent, his invention to make a Combined Ma¬ 
chine, was secured to him, which consists in enlarging the main wheel by false sections, removable at pleasure, and by means thereof the cutters are raised, their motion Ie»* 
sened and the draft of the machine very much diminished. He invented and obtained a Patent for an adjustable strengthening rod under the platform, to obviate all trem 
ulous motion therein, and to crown and complete a perfect combination for a Harvester. He invented and patented an adjustable Roller, to attach to the cutter-bar whiL- 
inowing. 
Thus, the puDtic will see that the Ketchum Machine has been kept in advance of the improvements of the age. 
The price of the Mower at Buffalo is $110, and of the Combined Machine $130 
Buffalo, N. Y., near N. Y. Central Depot, on Chicago street, May, 1858. 
R. I>. HOWARD, Proprieior and Manufacture! 
