TRIAL OF GRASS-SEED STRIPPERS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 363, 13 January 1880, Page 2

TRIAL OF GRASS-SEED STRIPPERS.

• :■■■ , -. ■ /■ (From the Lyttelton Times,.) ', '■ /'I Under the auspices of the Canterbury IM Agricultural and Pastoral Association, fl a trial of grass-seed strippers advertised fl to take place in a paddock belonging to ' H Mr W. Boag, of Burnside, Fendaltown, took place on Monday. The machines competing were those exhibited in class 34 of Machinery, at the late tan Show, the prizes, according to being withheld till a trial of the qualities of the several be fairly tested by a field trial. be remembered that Messrs and P. and D. Duncan were exhibitors, consequently there were two machines to ;try. • The weathei^^^^^H

all that could be desired, but the crop "was hardly ripe enough to allow as clean work as might have been shown had it been riper.. The attendance of the farming community was not numerous, doubtless owing to the superior attractions elsewhere in the way of the trial of the new string harvester, which was going on at Irwell and other places. Messrs W. E. Ivey (College Farm), J. Sharp (Lincoln), and Mr C. Bourn (Southbridge), had been chosen judges. Each machine was allotted two acres, as fairly equal as possible, lots being drawn, and the first place fell to Messrs Scott Bros. A start was made at 11.45, Messrs Scott Bros, finishing at 12.52. The other machine finished work soon after wards.

The machines were then subjected to •several tests, such as Mgli and low setting, &c. The judges spared <no pains to arrive at a sound and equitable decision, and ultimately were unanimous in declaring in favor of Messrs Scott Bros', machine. The verdict gave general satisfaction, although the machine of Messrs Duncan and Co. did good work also, and is simple in construction.