BUCKEYE ALWAYS AHEAD
The Buckeye secured the scold medal and special mention at the Melbourne ExbJbitfon, the judges stating in thetr report that," Its construction was a special study fcr every intelligent mechanic The Bockeye Lowdowa was awarded first prize at Jamestown, South Australia, j the judges giving a special certificate, stating, "In our opinion this machine is undoubtedly the machine of the future." The Buckeye Lowdown has jast secured the grand national prize of victor«a at Traralgon Show, beating all competitors. The Buckeye Lowdown securedflrstprlze at Palmeraton North Show on the sth ult., beating the Brandford. i The Buckeye Elevator secured first prize at Oamperdown A. and P.! Show, beatine Hornsby, McCormick, Deering, aad all competitors. The Buckeye Elevator won the great Boracey Field' Trial, beating the Hornsby, McCormick, Brandford, Massey. The Buckeya Mower and Reaper won the first prize at Palmerston North Show. The Buckeye Mower and Reaper won the first prize at the Tokomairiro Show. The Buckeye Lowdown will cufe and bind every acre of cultivable land in Otago; no other machine can do this. Every reaper and binder claims to cut and bind without assistance on steep sidings, and there is not one of them game enough to follow our liowdown round a stiff paddock. That is, of course, "without a man or two sitting on their Cills. The Buckeye Lowdown will take part in all the principal competitive field trials of the coming season. Owners of billy land, secure one before it is too late. The Buckeye Harvester Company has : an agency in every important town in Canterbury; carries a large.and wellselected stock of duplicates, and finds | expert assistance in any case of need free, j Every binder started on every buyers own farm, and every duplicate nart required by the farmer supplied at from 20 to 50 per cent, less cost than the prices usually charged by other agents. The "following card is attached to our exhibit at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition:—"The machinery upon this stand secured the highest award at the Melbourne Exhibition. Although in competition with specially finished machines, on which no time or money had been spared, we exhibited then as now our ordinary stock machines, the same in every detail as supplied to farmers We did not resort to nickel or gilt decorations, steel knotters, special binders, or even an extra coat of paint. Our, manufacturers have won their laurels honestly, preferring to meet their reputation to the special merit of the Buckeye rather than> to the elaborate finishing of any one machine specially fitted up for trial show or exhibition purposes. Practical farmers can appreciate this.
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Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7449, 15 January 1890, Page 2
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