STEAM REAPER AND MOWER.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 206, 4 September 1873, Page 2

STEAM REAPER AND MOWER.

A new steam reaper and mower has been patented by Mr E. Hayes, of Loadoo. The implement consists of a boiler And steam engine, erected on a light wrought iron girder frame, the whole being carried on four wheels, of which the two hind wheels are utilised, for propulsion, and the two fore wheels for steerage and for carrying the cutting apparatus from off the ground. The boiler and engine are more especially designed to. develops a maximum of power with a minimum of weight ; an«i the steam is used at a pressure of 1201bs to the square inch in the boiler. Tht* piston speed is high, and is applied by suitable intervening mechanism to the double motions of actuating the cutter b<ir and propelling the implements by means of the driving wheels. With the object of not overloading the frame and machine, the storage room for fuel and water is very limited, and arrangements must be made for supplying the tender with these requisites at suitable localities. The machine is worked by two hands, a man to steer and a boy to attend the fire. This entirely novel invention is self-propelling, and altogether its weight does not exceed that of the combined reaper and mower in every day use. It will be recognised by practical men as a great gain, inasmuch as the horses are exposed to injury and laming in drawing ordinary machines, and this class of work is undoubtedly the most trying to them in the hot weather of harvest time. The farmer will, by the use of this apparatus, not only be enabled to reserve bis horses for more advantageous labor, but he will have the means of acting promptly and expeditiously when occasion serves and requires, without reference to the antagonistic influences of weather or man, so far as it is humanly possible. A lady residing nt a station not far from Stawell gives further evidenco of the value of gum lenves. The Nnos sajs ; — She had noticed that the blacks — of whom there were several in tho neighborhood — alwnys bandaged any wounds they received with sum leaves alone. This simple remedy se> mcd to bo efficacious in all cases that came under her notice, including some where ghastly wounds had been inflicted. They nuturally adopted the same treatment for cuts and bruiiei received by her own children, nnd always with the most satisfactory results.

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