Multiplex Lawn Mower can be used as a 
three, four, or five unit machine, cutting 
from 86 inches to 12 feet; is operated pre¬ 
cisely like an automobile, with foot brakes 
and gear shifts, having two speeds forward 
and one reverse and traveling from three 
to seven miles an hour (S. P. Townsend) 
A HUNDRED TEARS 
FROM THE SCYTHE 
Our forefathers certainly la¬ 
bored in elegant if not alto¬ 
gether comfortable fashion I 
This cut (from Loudon’s “ En¬ 
cyclopedia of Gardening”) 
shows a machine in vogue 
nearly a hundred years ago. Of 
it Loudon says: “ Budding’s 
mowing machine is an admir¬ 
able device for cropping, or 
shearing lawns, grass plots, or 
indeed any kind of short grass” 
The Granite State Model E 
is an up-to-date ball-bearing 
machine serviceable to the 
average small householder 
or for use on limited areas; 
its five-bladed cutting reel, 
improved type of fixed 
knife, automatic oil cups 
and adjustments ail making 
for effectiveness (Granite 
State Mowing Machine Co.) 
The Pennsylvania Triplex Lawn 
Cleaner and Rake keeps fairway or 
lawn free of twigs, leaves, stones, 
cut grass and similar litter so irri¬ 
tating both to the golfer and to the 
man who likes to survey his grounds 
with pride. Does the work of four 
men, and may be quickly converted 
into an efficient sweeper for putting 
greens (see cut on opposite page) 
Sixty years ago when this was manu¬ 
factured in England by Thomas Green 
of Leeds (a pioneer in this field whose 
firm is still operating under the title of 
Thomas Green & Son) it was consid¬ 
ered a wonderful advance in grass 
cutting, being designed as a two man 
machine, one man pulling and the 
other pushing. These early English 
models served as a basis for improve¬ 
ments by American manfacturers, of 
whom Coldwell was among the first 
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