. Catalogue of garden, flower, field and grass seeds, &c. ... Agriculture; Horticulture Catalogs. OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. §3 PATENT IMPROVED RAILWAY CHAIN HORSE POWER AND OVERSHOT THRASHER, AVITH These machines were invented and first used in New York in 1839, and patented in 1841. The first of the kind made, some of which have been in constant use, are still good. Over two thousand of them have been made and sold by the inventors, or under their immediate superintendence, and wherever introduced they have proved to be admirably adapted to the wants of the farming comm
. Catalogue of garden, flower, field and grass seeds, &c. ... Agriculture; Horticulture Catalogs. OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. §3 PATENT IMPROVED RAILWAY CHAIN HORSE POWER AND OVERSHOT THRASHER, AVITH These machines were invented and first used in New York in 1839, and patented in 1841. The first of the kind made, some of which have been in constant use, are still good. Over two thousand of them have been made and sold by the inventors, or under their immediate superintendence, and wherever introduced they have proved to be admirably adapted to the wants of the farming community ; a fact evinced by the steadily increas- ing demand for them, which in New York, and the adjacent Eastern and "Western States, and in a few counties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, required over 400 machines to supply them in 1848. These machines have taken premiums at the New York and Ohio State fairs, and at numerous county fairs in different States, and in Canada, never having been exhibited without receiving a premium. The accompanying cut gives a side view of a one horse machine at work. It is so compact and convenient in its arrangement a small sized barn floor will set the whole, and leave room for working, and, with from two to four hands, it thrashes from 50 to 100 bushels of wheat or rye, or twice the quantity of oats, barley, or buckwheat per day. As the one horse power thrasher requires but few hands, little space, and is very efficient, it is the kind best suited to the wants of a single farmer, and most sold in this sec- tion ; but for the large farms of the South and West, as also for the largest in this vicinity, the two horse or double power is sometimes preferred, as it will thrash twice the quantity of the one horse if properly attended; The horse power is strong and durable, and runs light. With a slight elevation the horse's weight drives the thrasher with force and speed. It is not only adapted to thrashing, but to driving all machines farmers
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