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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8337, 13 April 1889, Page 6

IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. IMPROVED HARVESTING MACHINERY THE BUCKEYE LOWDOWN REAPER AND BINDEE. We have recently had the opportunity }f inspecting a specimen of the latest type of the Buckeye harvester. This is :he machine known as the Buckeye Lowdown reaper and binder, and it it in view at T. and S. Morrin and Co.'b Bigh-street premises, Auckland. We ire British enough to rejoice when English mechanical genius triumphs >ver that of other countries, but we are ilso British enough to appreciate a good hiog when we see it, and fairly admit ts merits wherever it comes from, [he makers of the Backeye machines i .re Aultman, Miller and Co., of Akron, )hio, U.S.A., and the special mechantal features and improvements adopted n t!ie Lowdown machine, now under lotice, have been protected by New jqaland letters patent. One notlceablu iharacteristic of American inventors ,nd manufacturers of machinery is their agaoity and acnteness in devising aechanical appliances adapted to special onditions. This is what so often in the olonies gives American implements the 'ictory over British made goods. We egard the Buckeye Lowdown reaper ,nd binder as a marcel of inventive ogenuity and practical skill in producing xactly what is wanted for a certain iiirposc. Tho chief objects to achieve i an ideal harvester, are a maximum xcellence of work with a minimum xpenditure of manual and horse labour. )ut tho best machine must not only be bio to do the best work under certain ircumslancoa, but it should be adapted 0 do tbe best work on th« level or the ill side, and in long or short, heavy or ight, crops. Judged by these requirements, the Buckeye Lowdon, so far as to can get at the truth of the matter, is ecidely ahead of all other reapers and lindera. It is at least 300lbs lighter han any of the elevator machines, leing as easily worked with two horses s the latter are with three. It has ieen practically tested in this colony by a any Southern farmers as to its adaptalility for hillside work, and their estimony is that the Buckeye Lowdown an cut on as steep Bidelings as any lack-delivery machine, thus saving the abcur of sis or seven men binders, rhile its weight is but very little more han an ordinary reaper. Itsoonstruotion 1 co arranged that the weight of [earing, etc., is all on the platform side I the driving wheel, thus rendering it lerfectly safe against the risk of apsizing on the steepest Biddings ever topped. The total weight is about IDOlbs, and its lightness of draught has »een specially remarked upon by all vho have worked it on hilly country, of vhich we have a great deal in New Zealand. This alone would stamp the mplement as being suited to our special 'equirements, so long as it holds its own vith other machines as to quantity and luality of work done. This Buckeye does not claim to be " all steel," but a judicioua combination of steel and malleable iron, very few castings being used in its construction. As compared with other machines it has fewer wearing parts, having in this latest pattern discarded the intermediate gearing at OD6 time in use for working the binder. Another special feature is the one platform canvas, instead of the elevator canvases. The grain is cut in tbe ordinary way and carried to the tedders by the platform canvas. It Is then tied and delivered in Bhcaves of any size to the sheaf carrier, and dumped by the driver as he finds it convenient. One of the chief improvements in the present machine, ever its original of a few years ago, is a moveable binder with greatly Inoreased width of canvas, which fits It for handling the heaviest and tallest crops. Another improvement is a higher knife speed, which has the effect of preventing choking when working in damp straw, or where the undergrowth is thick and green. Both the driving and grain wheels are on the suspension principle patented by the proprietors. The measurement of the Lowdotrn is 1C feet 6 inches over all, and thus it oan be taken through, any ordinary gateway witt perfect ease, The driver has merely tc work the foot-lever to throw the machine out of gear, and that done he oan drive off at onoe to any part of the farm oi district. These are practical meriti which all farmers will recognise anc appreciate, and we anticipate a quid sale of the shipment shortly to arrive ii Auckland to the order of Messrs Morrii and Co. We may add that this maefcini bas been successfully used in the Boutl to out and bind cocksfoot and ryegrasi The only machine of this type tried ii this provincial district in one bought fiv years ago by Mr Geo. Halley, of Cam bridge, Wajkato, and he has the ver; highest opinion of its merits, althoug he improvements since effected make i long way behind the present pattern. - New Zealand Farmer. [Since the above was penned by tl Editor for the September issue of tl N. Z. Farmer, this machine has bet sent to tbe Waikato, and tried iv difficult crop of green oats, in tl presence of a large gathering of farmei There was not the slightest hitch and tl entire season's stock was disposed c together with five additional machin whioh the General Agent agreed to eh from the South on arrival of t "Anahuoc." The new Knotter, simplified adoption of the appleby — cc sieting of fewer parts all of which are sight and adjustable without expi knowldege— worked perfectly, and v animous approval was expressed wi the construction and working of t njaohine. One gentleman of aoknov edged experience who bad previou: ordered a new '88 Hornsby promp cancelled his order aud took a Bucko; Farmers requiring one this season v do well to communjoate with Mes I ft W. Mills and Co., Ljmited, WelU)