Practical testing
Competition in the sale of reapers and binders must have been fairly intense in earlier days of settlement.
This is suggested in a certificate held by the Canterbury A. and P. Association. It concerned a competition to determine the best of three machines. The certificate reads: “The judges appointed to decide on the merits of reapers and binders at the competitive trial in J. Deans, esq., paddock, Riccarton, on the 24th day of January, 1878, between the Woods Harvester and binder, McCormicks and Osbornes, under the management of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, have awarded the only prize of 25 pounds to the Osborne harvester and binder entered by Messrs Robert Wilkin and Company.
“In accordance herewith this certificate is presented by the association. Ernest Grey, president.”
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Press, 8 November 1978, Page 29
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