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THE CULTIVATOR 
May, 
New-York State Agricultural Works, Albany. N. Y., 
BY WHEELER, 
T HE subscribers offer this season a new and most valuable ma¬ 
chine in the successful combination of a Winnower with their 
Overshot Thresher. It is easily driven by one Double Horse Power, 
and has been now fairly tested, a large number having been in con¬ 
stant use during the past Threshing season. 
We have numerous letters from gentlemen wbo have us^d the 
Winnower, and gave extracts from a few of them in our advertise¬ 
ments of last month, and we now insert a few more. We might add 
a large number, but it is deemed unnecessary. 
[From R. Olney , of Portage, N. Y.] 
u Messrs. Wheeler , Melick £f Co. —I will now state some facts in 
regard to your Thresher and Winnower. We first used it to thresh 
Oats, which were good, and not very long straw. With 5 hands we 
threshed and cleaned, fit for any market, 60 bushels per hour, while 
running. This is not guess work as is frequently the case, but we 
kept the time to the minutes, and much larger figures might have been 
made had we exerted ourselves. Our Wheat was heavy growth and 
very long straw. We averaged 20 to 25 bushels an hour, using a pair 
of mules, and a span of very light horses, alternately, but with either 
team alone, and 5 hands, I can thresh 400 bushels good Oats a day, 
and half that quantity of Wheat, and make it no harder for team or 
hands, than ordinary farm work. The machine is admirably adap¬ 
ted to the farmer’s use ; can be worked at so little expense, and in bad 
weather, when little else can be done. It is of the most simple and 
durable construction, their being nothing liable to break or soon wear 
out, but that a common farmer can repair. It cleans the grain well, 
and wastes less than any other I ever examined. I write thus mi¬ 
nutely, that you may understand the facts as they are; the figures I 
have given being taken from our ordinary threshing, without any ef¬ 
fort to hurry business.” 
[From S. H. Olney, of Granger, N. Y.] 
u Messrs. Wheeler , Melick Of Co. —I have used your Patent Horse 
Power and Winnower while it threshed about 3,000 bushels of grain, 
and am happy to say it has given the best satisfaction. With a light 
pair of horses and 5 hands, we have threshed from 50 to 60 bushels 
of Oats per hour, and about half as much Wheat. My ordinary 
day’s work of Oats is from 250 to 300 bushels, and 125 to 150 of 
Wheat. I can confidently recommend this machine to farmers, as 
superior to any I have used, although I have used various kinds 
for about 15 years.” 
[From Chester Olney , dated March 1, 1852.] 
“ Messrs. Wheeler, Melick If Co —Last fall I employed Mr. Olney, 
with one of your Powers and Winnowers, to do my threshing, and' I 
most cheerfully state that the work was done better, with a less num¬ 
ber of hands, and less waste, than ever before, with other machines. 
It averaged from 20 to 30 bushels per hour of Wheat, and twice as 
much of Oats.” 
[From N. Olney, Esq., of Portage, N. Y.] 
“ Messrs. Wheeler, Melick If Co. —You ask my opinion in regard to 
your Thresher and Winnower, but as two of my sons, and one of my 
neighbors, have given you some details, I will merely say that in my 
opinion your machine will do better work than any I have ever used, 
although I have used many different kinds for the last 20 years.” 
[From a second letter of E. French, Esq., Bridgeport, N. Y.—Bated 
March 9, 1852.] 
“ Messrs. Wheeler , Melick $f Co. —I am not able to do your Win¬ 
nower the justice it deserves. I have used it since August, and it has 
earned $500 without asking for Work, while other machines have 
been begging for it. I have had a man running it who has an eight 
Horse Machine of his own, and good of its kind, but he could not get 
work with it. I have taken pains to exhibit the operation of your 
machine, and have seen none but pronounce it the most perfect in use. 
It has threshed 25 bushels per hour, and is capable of threshing 200 
bushels per day, of good Wheat. My Wheat was of the “ Soles” 
MELICK & Co. 
variety. I sold it from the Machine for seed, without other cleaning. 
Oats it will clean better than any Fanning Mill I ever used.” 
[From E. T. Tiffany, of Dimock, Pa.] 
“ Messrs. Wheeler, Melick Sf Co —I consider your combined Thresh¬ 
er and Winnower, one of the best machines ever introduced into 
Northern Pennsylvania. I have used one of them through Decem¬ 
ber and a part of January, and did more business than any other 4 
machines in this place. With a good team, I can thresh 400 bushels 
of Oats per day, and I think with an exchange I could thresh 500 or 
600 and with less waste and expense than any other machine in ex¬ 
istence. Could I get experienced workmen, I would order one or 
two more. It would be the best investment I could make. I can 
make better profit with one of your machines, than can be obtained 
from any two farms in Susquehanna Co. Your Thresher and Win¬ 
nower receives the highest approbation of our farmers.” 
[From Samuel Tucker, of North Evans, N. Y.] 
“ Messrs. Wheeler, Melick Sf Co.-—In reply to your request about 
the Thresher and Winnower, I am ready to answer that it works 
well. Indeed its equal was never seen in Erie Co. I have threshed 
18,794 bushels of Wheat, Oats, and Barley, besides 50 Busnelsof 
Grass Seed. A number of my neighbors want machines like mine.” 
Price of Double Power Thresher and Winnower, $225. 
The superiority of WHEELER’S PATENT RAILWAY CHAIN 
HORSE POWER, and OVERSHOT THRESHER and SEPA¬ 
RATOR, is universally acknowledged. Thousands of them are in 
use, many of which have threshed from 50,000 to 100,000 bushels of 
grain, and are still in good condition. Probably more than four times 
as many of these machines were sold during last year, as of any oth¬ 
er kind. They are beyond doubt the most durable and economical 
machine in use. Their capacity has been tested by repeated trials, 
as well at the New-York and Pennsylvania Fairs, as on several pri¬ 
vate occasions, in competition with another machine made in this 
city, which has been advertised to be far superior to ours, and in ev¬ 
ery instance the result has been about one third, and in some instan¬ 
ces more, in favor of our machines. In every case except one, 
where we have submitted our machine to a working test at Fairs, it 
has taken the highest premiums, and in that excepted case, the Com¬ 
mittee decided that our machine performed its work in 8 minutes, and 
its competitor in Ilf minutes, being nearly one third in favor of ours. 
We have also exhibited ours, in competition with the same ma¬ 
chine, at the Stale Fairs in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, and 
also at the Provincial Fair in Upper Canada, at all of which wo re¬ 
ceived the highest Premiums, viz: In Ohio a Silver Medal and Diplo¬ 
ma; in Michigan $20; in Pennsylvania $10; and in Canada a Di¬ 
ploma. 
We have numerous similar testimonials from County Societies, 
where we have always received the highest premiums awarded to 
Chain Powers. 
Price of one Horse Power, Thresher, Separator and Belting,.. $120 
Two Horse, do,......... 145 
Besides the above, we manufacture and keep constantly on hand, 
among other articles, Clover Hullers, Straw and Stalk Cutters, Por¬ 
table Saw Mills, (adapted to Horse Powers,) and Single Powers, with 
Churn Geer attached. These last are extensively used in large Dai¬ 
ries, and are so arranged that the Power is used at pleasure for either 
threshing, churning, wood-sawing, or other purposes. 
O 3 ’ All machines made and sold by us, are warranted to give sa¬ 
tisfaction, or they may be returned, after a reasonable time for trial. 
Orders are solicited, and will be promptly filled. 
WHEELER, MELICK & CO. 
Corners of Hamilton, Liberty & Pruyn Streets, 
(Near the Steamboat Landing,) Albany, N. Y. 
May 1, 1852. 
