LIGHTNESS OF DRAUGHT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1875, 28 October 1887, Page 14

LIGHTNESS OF DRAUGHT.

That the Buckeye is the lightest draught machine in the world, everyone is ready to concede; and should any of our competitors desire again to test the acouracy of this statement, we invite him to a friendly contest in the present harvest, which shall determine by dynamometer tests the actual draught of every machine. We also assert that the Buckoye is entirely free from side draught, weight ou thu horses' necks, and in actual dead weight that it is lighter than any of its competitors. We do do not claim a " steel frame," wood being largely used in the framework of our harvester, because no other material combines in so high a degree the essential qualities of lightness, stiffness, elasticity, and strength. A judicious use of malleable castings, wrought iron and steel parts, in combination with wood, enables us to produce the lightest, most serviceable, and most durable self-binding harvester ever offered in the market. At the Grand National Field Trial in Victoria in 1886 the Buckeye secured the maximum number of points in each department of the contest — cleanness of cut, certainty of binding, simplicity of construction, and lightness of draught; fewest stoppages, and lowness of cut; and drawn only by two horses ; cut its two acres in lhr lOmin, beating the Hornsby by 9min and the M'Oormack by 16min, each of the latter being operated by three horses. Although there were several other exhibits at the show, none of our other competitors choosed to submit to the crucial test of a Field Trial.