THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



TlHE "AMERICAN HARYVSTEX" AS A SELF-     think we have now found
one which answers
                  RAKER.                    our expectations, and we shall
be prepared to
  This is a fast age, and the sons of sires who furnish it the coming season
to suchpurchas-
reaped with the sickle and at night bound uF, ers of the Kirby as may desire
it. The above
after themselves, are not content to merely cut cut represents the Kirby
machine with the self-
down and rake off with the hand into gavels, raker attached. This raker has
been tested on
an amount of grain to harvest which fifteen several machines during the past
harvest, and
men of the olden time might have bent their has given universal satisfaction.
 It is very
backs and grunted in vain. They must have simple, strong and efficient. 
It delivers the
machinery which will do its own raking.   gavels at the side of the machine,
out of its
                                 . L... I ..way on the next round. The driver
centrols



contrived for adding this important work to
the already great accomplishments of the
Reaping Machine.  Perhaps none of these
have, as yet, given perfect satisfaction, but a
number of them have been found to answer a
good purpose, and are highly esteemed by



those who use them.
  In relation to the rake adopted by the pro-
prietors of the Kirby Reaper, we know but lit-
tle from personal observation, and, therefore,
allow them to speak of it in their own terms,
which are at once modest and Sensible.

  "There are many difficulties to be overcome
in making a successful self-raker, and it will,
perhaps, be impossible to produce one that will
do good work in all places. We have for the
past three years been experimenting and ex-
amining rakes, with a view of attaching one
to the Kirby as soon as we could find one
which we could confidently recommend. We



the size of the gavels without any alteration
of the machinery for light or heavy grain.
The machine is not injured or altered as a
hand-raker, and in case of any accident to the
self-raker, it is not necessary to stop work un-
til it can be repaired, as is the case with all



other self-raKers, out it may be detached Dy
taking out three bolts, and the work go on with
a hand rake, which is furnished with every
machine.  We consider this a very essential
feature in a self-raker, for all machines are Ii-
able to accident, and there are some oases in
which no self-raker can work well, and in such
cases it is almost indispensable to be able to
detach the raker and substitute a hand rake.
While we have no desire to urge our self-raking
attachment upon any purchaser of the Kirby,
we feel that we can recommend it as the best
one that has yet been devised, and we are wil-
Hng to allow every purchaser a fair trial of
the rake before he decides to keep it."



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