NEW THRESHING MACHINE.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 63, 23 September 1875, Page 7

NEW THRESHING MACHINE.

A short time ago some seed and manure drills, of the latest pattern adopted in England, were imported by an energetic Auckland farmer, per Emily M'Laren. These drills can sow from sto 15 rows at one time. We now learn that the same gentleman has ordered _ one of the latest improved threshing, sacking, finishing, and dressing machines of Messrs Hornsby and Sons, of Grantham, England. This machine will probably be shipped from London about August, and will reach Auckland about the end of October or beginning of November; we hope in time for the annual show ofthe New Zealand Agricultural Society. The following is an extract from the letter of Messrs Hornsby and Sons, acknowledging the receipt of the order : — " May 13th, 1875.— Dear sir,—We are favored with yours of the 19 th March last, containing order for one of ' our five-leet threshing, shaking, ard finishing machines, fitted with chaff apparatus, <t;c. r which will have our best attention, and for which we are obliged. We shall ship' it in July or early in August, but most probably the latter. We have no fear of the machine we shall send you coinpeting most efficiently and successfully against those you allude to, and especially as you have a good and powerful engine, if you happen to have it in good working order. You will see by the catalogue, iwhicfr we serial ' you, ; that we have bought a new * patent self-feeding apparatus ' for our threshing machines, which is~L2O exthi. : With' this apparatus on the machine . there is- no danger whatever of a man falling into ; the drum. It: also prevents stones, sticks, &c, from getting in, and saves the loose corn/ thris avoiding waste also, rlnsteady of; a; man being constantly employed in spreading the sheaves '■•for '-'-the 'drum, he can untie sheaves and. pass -them-whole into the 1 patejitcfeeder^ ,which will, spread and 1 feed *the 3drpirij willrorit whatever..' :.This; feeder .constructed • to avoid damage to the ■> straw, vw.hen! intended 'for [ thatch or .Gliaffirig^purposes, anti. i| /superior toWpMng'tbdtl had "y'et^ begri'prought out'for feeding] the machine $rith beans Aor opea§,o pea§, ,It \ has "bniybeett^&^recVritl^ ! We arejjiqw j§^ryingr ;; sue- j cessive trials, and if we are then as! ! satisfied witn it as we are at present, | *» .shift put-6nV onp,tfo¥r. 7 machine». ! as| I snail oe careftu to send you as gopcrand I efficient a machine as*it!s ! piSslwMoi | Iffife&Kp Waiting mm& other favors,! which shalbafev&yfcßave our best attentioife,iri^e^?«^si&c., R. Hornsby and! Sons." a p^rH ! IJjg^troduction of improved ma-l eh^ryj having the tendency to economise numan labor, cannot fail to have a beneficial effect upon the agricultural

| conam«Bfcyxiatr ifegegjj^WhMTTOh j j machines are introduced, they can be j jlet OHs & on^ Jypp r Md rrWf»^j|M>le- j jmerft'iffa d/stnct caVlhus be tma&e to ! i supply tfie^'Wants 1 of c? 8 Considerable ' | number lof * gettteta- ' labdr the/cost of-!Sultivatihg : 'CTalh¥roDS j Will be 9 dwPm-^imSi .will b^ giyen^o^hje culttvationvbfcgrain j crops, in: this : present' nearly '£^C^o ;;^ is; sent, a"tvajjr frqjin.^tbe' pypyi^c^-y^riy, for various kinds ! of breadstuSs i which; can well be 'grown : here; -and-if~tbe energy of ppe.jor ;tw6 s settlers opuloV-do something "to aid' in reducing such enormous annual exportations of hard cash, the condition of settlers woul,d be much improved i a larger; amount of labor would have tp be ..employed,; which would have a beneficial action oh settlers and tradesmen, inasmuch'" as a larger market would be provided for the produce of the farm and the labor of the workshop and factory. T* he lessening of hand labor by the aid, of machinery invariably provides ' more extensive employment for the labor of: men, and generally in a less laborious form, than that which the introduction of the improved machinery displaced. »^^m^i^^^mmamßmammmmimmat