. The journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York continental regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's campaign against the western Indians . r improvements made, to none of which particular refer-ence need be made, except that of February 9th, 1864,which was for a combination and arrangement of gearing,rendering it more compact and better adapted to the purposeof casing or boxing. The first machine was made at PoplarRidge, Cayuga County, in a shop carried on by Shourds andMosher, and the first trial was made one mile south of thereon the farm of the inven
. The journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York continental regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's campaign against the western Indians . r improvements made, to none of which particular refer-ence need be made, except that of February 9th, 1864,which was for a combination and arrangement of gearing,rendering it more compact and better adapted to the purposeof casing or boxing. The first machine was made at PoplarRidge, Cayuga County, in a shop carried on by Shourds andMosher, and the first trial was made one mile south of thereon the farm of the inventor. The cutting apparatus used atthat time was an arrangement of pivoted shears.—See The trial was made in grass soaked by recent rains, andwas satisfactory ; but the following seasons use of the samekind of cutters developed the fact that those cutterswere better adapted to wet than dry grass, and theHussey cutters and fingers were substituted in theirplace. These machines continued to be manufactured atPoplar Pidge up to 1860, reaching several hundred innumber annually, when the establishment was moved toAurora and continued there up to 1866. After the harvest. l^^f^M Fio. 60.—Wheeler Machine of 1857.
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